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William Nordhaus and Paul Romer awarded as 2018 Nobel Prize for Economics
US duo William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer have won the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for research “about innovation, climate and economic growth”. Laureate Romer was honoured for his work on the endogenous growth theory, which has generated vast amounts of new research into the regulations and policies that encourage new ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Carbon tax • Climate change • Climate change policy • Economic growth • Economists • Fellows of the Econometric Society • Global warming • Low-carbon economy • Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences • Paul Romer • William Nordhaus
Himachal Pradesh to host conference of Ministers for Power, New & Renewable Energy of States & Union Territories
The conference of Ministers for Power, New & Renewable Energy of States & Union Territories will be held on 3rd July at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The purpose of the conference is to review the implementation of various ongoing Schemes/ Programmes & deliberate on a host of issues pertaining to Power and Renewable Energy sectors. The ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Bright green environmentalism • Environmentalism • Low-carbon economy • Renewable energy • Renewable energy technology • Technological change
Carbon Tax
The tax that is levied on the carbon content of fuels is called Carbon Tax. So, in Carbon Tax, the burning of fossil fuels viz. coal, petroleum products such as gasoline and aviation fuel, and natural gas is taxed in proportion to their carbon content. The result is an increase in the competitiveness of non-carbon ..
Topics: Carbon • Carbon finance • Carbon tax • Chemical elements • Chemistry • Climate change policy • Coal • Ecotax • Environmental law • Fuel • Low-carbon economy • Physical sciences
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, launches “Wood is Good” campaign
Dr Harsh Vardhan, the Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has launched the “Wood is Good” campaign at conference on “Sustainable Landscapes & Forest Ecosystems: Theory to Practice” in New Delhi on September 12, 2017. Wood is a climate-friendly material, as it is a renewable resource, having zero carbon footprints. The conference has ..
Topics: Carbon footprint • Climate change • Climate forcing agents • Forester • Greenhouse gas emissions • Landscape architecture • Low-carbon economy • Natural environment • Nature • Sustainable design • Sustainable gardening
The 8th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress & Expo-2017 started in New Delhi
The 8th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress & Expo-2017 has started in New Delhi from August 21, 2017. The theme of the 3-day annual conference is “Renewable Energy: What Works”, which focuses on new Green Technologies to ensure clean, reliable and affordable Renewable Energy supplies. It provides an opportunity and open forum to exchange information, ..
Topics: Bright green environmentalism • Environmental social science • Environmentalism • International Renewable Energy Conference • Low-carbon economy • Nature • Renewable energy • Renewable energy commercialization • Renewable energy technology • Technological change
Third Industrial Revolution – What are Drivers? – DK Majhi
Throughout the history, economic transformation occurs when new energy system occurs and converge with new communication technology.The new form of communication become the medium for organising and managing the civilisation with the help of new source of energy. In this current era the internet communication technology and renewable energies are giving rise to the third ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Topics: Energy development • Energy economics • Energy industry • Energy policy • Human overpopulation • Low-carbon economy • Natural Resources • Nature • Renewable resource • Sustainability • Sustainable Development