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'Climate change will trigger hunger in India' : UN agency
Thursday, August 16, 2007 www.expressindia.com
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Environment
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The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned against the effects of climate change in India. According to the UN agency, climate change is likely to trigger a "risk of hunger" in India by affecting cereal production by as much as 18 per cent because of floods and droughts.
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Indian malls are not eco-friendly: Pachauri
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Environment
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Rajendra K Pachauri, chief of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that the shopping malls that are mushrooming in Indian cities and towns are 'environmentally disastrous'. Pachauri further added that India is not taking the threat posed by climate change seriously although there is an increasing awareness of its consequences amongst the citizens.
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Google and Intel Spearhead Green-Computing Initiative
Thursday, June 14, 2007 www.sci-tech-today.com
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Technology , Environment
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Computers have saved muscle and mental power for years, and now Google and Intel have launched an initiative to save electricity as well.
The new plan, called the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, also includes Dell, EDS, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HP , IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft , PG&E, World Wildlife Fund, and more than 25 other businesses and organizations.
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India to ask developed world to share responsibility on climate
Thursday, June 07, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Environment
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Amid global concerns over climate change, India will ask the developed world to share responsibility for checking the problem when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attends the G-8 Summit beginning on Thursday.Singh, will also meet world leaders including US President George W Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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Bengal: Ban on plastic bags takes effect
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 www.thehindubusinessline.com
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Environment
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The West Bengal Government has enforced a ban on plastic bags with effect from June 5, World Environment Day.Speaking at a national meet on 'Global Climate Change: Issues & Challenges for India',Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Chief Minister, said suitable strategies were being evolved, in order to tackle the environmental issues on a broader scale.
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Mumbai's green movement gets corporate boost
Monday, June 04, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Business , Environment
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Greenpeace, a global environmental activist group, has joined hands with PVR Ltd — a film exhibition, distribution and production company —to launch a green drive in the city.Issues like global warming, climate change and pollution will be highlighted through a 15-day campaign beginning June 5.
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WWF calls on G8, emerging nations
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 www.expressindia.com
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Nations , Entertainment
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The world's most industrialised countries and the main emerging economies must work together to improve their energy saving policies in order to combat climate change, the environmental lobby the World Wildlife Fund said on Tuesday.
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Patna's green cover depleting fast
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Cities , Environment
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The city is fast losing its green cover due to the merciless axing of trees in the name of road widening work undertaken by a private firm of Kolkata. With the mercury soaring, the absence of these huge trees along the roadsides is being felt all the more.
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Ban urges G8 summit to act on climate change
Friday, May 25, 2007 sify.com
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Nations , Environment
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged the G8 summit of the world's top industrialised nations to take measures to combat climate change, warning that inaction would be costly
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