Greenhouse Gas

Infosys ranked leader for reducing carbon footprint

Bangalore: Indian IT bellwether Infosys became Environmental Tracking (ET) carbon ranking leader in 2013 for its greenhouse gas emissions and disclosure practices.

"As part of the selection process, the Environmental Investment Organisation (EIO), a London-based climate change and finance think-tank, ranked Infosys among top five of the 300 large firms it assessed for carbon footprint," the global software major said in a statement here on Monday.

The company's carbon reduction projects include the first use of radiant cooling air-conditioning in a commercial building; utilising a new technique that involves circulating water in embedded pipes to chill rooms and reduce energy use.

The IT firm had also set up a 250-kilowatt (KW) solar plant on a campus at Jaipur in Rajasthan and a 125 KW solar photo voltaic plant at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala....more

11:59 PM, Apr 29, 2013

Climate talks slow, rich nations must act: Manmohan Singh

by Press Trust of India

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12:30 PM, Apr 17, 2013

UN climate conference extends Kyoto Protocol to 2020

by Press Trust of India

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10:39 PM, Dec 08, 2012

100 mn to die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate

by Reuters

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11:11 PM, Sep 27, 2012

'Need for integrating climate change in development policies'

by RK Pachauri,Forbes India

RK Pachauri AGE: 71 Position: Director-General of The Energy and Resources Institute; chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 Contribution: Has led cutting edge research into the cause and effects of climate change which are presented in the form of IPCC Assessment Reports The commonly used definition of sustainable development embraces development that meets the needs of the present without compromising...

03:04 PM, Jun 19, 2012

2011 was ninth-warmest year since 1880: NASA

by Reuters

Washington: The global average temperature in 2011 was the ninth-warmest in the modern meteorological record, continuing a trend linked to greenhouse gases that saw nine of the 10 hottest years occurring since the year 2000, NASA scientists said on Thursday. A separate report from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the average temperature for the United States in 2011 as the 23rd warmest year on record. The...

05:33 AM, Jan 20, 2012