The Protocol adopted at Kyoto came after a prolonged period of negotiations including two prior Conferences of the Parties (COPS) at Berlin and Geneva, respectively, and several other meetings of subsidiary bodies, such as the Adhoc Group on the Ber...

Between Geneva and Kyoto, the world has witnessed a great deal of sparring activity between the different pugilists involved in the process. Even among the Annex I countries, sharp divisions did emerge, which, in some sense, detracted from the path t...

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Renewable sources of energy have been used on a large scale in every country of the world prior to scientific and technological developments that brought into existence large scale use of coal and hydrocarbons.

After 50 years of independence the country needs to carry out some soul searching and arrive at the details and contours of a new perspective.

The subject of the economics of energy use in agriculture has generally received very little attention from economists in this country.

The most critical areas for collaboration, particularly from the point of view of preserving the eco-systems of this planet and the global environment, relate to the entire energy cycle in a rapidly industrializing world and in protecting the environ...

This paper takes a fresh look at two of the major environmental hazards affecting the planet

A great deal of useful material has been presented in the papers covering energy issues dealt with by the IPCC.

India completes 50 years of independence this year, and if an evaluation was to be attempted of these first 50 years of India as an independent nation, several major achievements stand out prominently.