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Technology, Health And Media- Searching For Breakthroughs

August 1994- Sitting in a state transport bus on way to a remote village in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, I was marvelling at the greenery all around.  T...

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Sustainable Development

The Real Value Of Investing In Sustainability

Marina Bay Sands, which owns Singapore’s largest hotel by number of rooms, has sustainability ingrained in employees since day one. Its efforts at reducing waste and ...

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Environment

Getting disaster resilience right

Last year, Asia Pacific suffered 6,000 fatalities and economic losses of almost US$60 billion due to natural disasters. UNESCAP executive secretary Shamshad Akhtar outlines...

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Environment

How market forces are winning the climate change battle

Greenhouse gases have stopped rising, and it's not hurting the global economy after all

Despite the stereotype of a business lobby warning about th...

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Kerala CM inaugurates Kozhikode Water Supply Scheme

The Water Treatment Plant and associated transmission system built under the Scheme provide for safe and stable piped water to households and institu...

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Environment

Citigroup Committing $100 Billion To Fight Climate Change

Megabank Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) has had a lot of bad PR in the last few years, most of it well-deserved. That said, it should be noted that the oft-criticized financial ti...

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Sustainable Development

Sustainable development by, for people

The year 2015 is going to be a busy time for government planners, climate negotiators, international donors and concerned citizens. In less than a year’s time the wor...

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Prince of Wales Speaks At Meeting On Forests And Climate Change

The Prince of Wales has described climate change and sustainable development agreements expected at major summits this year as a “Magna Carta” for the planet. H...

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Sustainable Development

The Responsible Investor’s Guide to Climate Change

Around the world, institutional investors – including pension funds, insurance companies, philanthropic endowments, and universities – are grappling with the qu...

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Environment

The Responsible Investor?s Guide to Climate Change

Around the world, institutional investors ? including pension funds, insurance companies, philanthropic endowments, and universities ? are grappling with the question of wh...

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