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Looking Back - My Week of Environmentally Responsible Living

November 6, 2009

Posted by Shravya Reddy in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
carbondioxide, carbonfootprint, climatechange, energy, globalwarming, noimpactweek, showerhead, sustainability, temperature, thermostat, vegan

No Impact Week is long over, but unfortunately I haven't had a chance to blog and record my experiences during the last few days of the effort. Things got seriously busy, but here I am, back in action now, and...

The Indian Monsoon and the Economy: how a changing climate could turn the waltz into a danse macabre

June 29, 2009

Posted by Shravya Reddy in Solving Global Warming

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adaptation, agriculture, climatechange, drought, economy, flood, gdp, globalwarming, india, mitigation, monsoon, rainfall, water

The Indian monsoon was late by more than two weeks this year, and steadily decreasing rainfall estimates for the rest of the season have raised the specter of drought in India for the first time since 2002. In mid-June, water...

India: 12% Growth in Renewable Energy Investment

June 9, 2009

Posted by Shravya Reddy in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
electricity, energy, hydro, india, renewables, solarthermal, windpower

A report launched this week by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) indicates very impressive trends for India's renewable energy sector. According to the report, 'Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2009', India's renewable energy investment grew by 12% in...

India - Attention to Climate Change is Need of the Hour

June 5, 2009

Posted by Shravya Reddy in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
chikungunya, climatechange, copenhagen, dengue, drought, floods, foodsecurity, glaciers, globalwarming, himalaya, india, malaria, manmohansingh, monsoon, poverty, pratibhapatil

 What better day to start this blog than on World Environment Day (June 5th)! To paraphrase an old adage, "Every Day is Environment Day" for us environmentalists, but a day like today is nevertheless significant, as it provides an opportunity...

Shravya Reddy
Shravya Reddy
Special Executive Associate
New York
Growing up in a country of over a billion people, I found myself wondering even...
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