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The author is correspondent at BW Businessworld, he has a keen interest in sustainability and environmental economics
In particular, the report notes, environmental threats are posing an increasingly acute danger to human health - especially in major emerging markets such as China and India.
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This transition will be the world’s largest clean energy expansion programme, to meet the government’s target of adding 175 GW of clean energy into the country’s grid.
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The report states that “while a cumulative capacity target of 175 GW has been declared for the year 2022, by 2040 a likely capacity of 597-710 GW is expected to be achieved".
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With a whole range of media reporting on critical environment issues, these media representations become critical inputs in what becomes public discourse on environmental issues, and thus serve as integral instruments for environmental litigation.
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In order to move to a low-carbon and climate resilient economy, it is integral that there is an adequate source of investment and private capital to support the commercialization of new technologies.
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The Social Progress Index is an aggregate index of social and environmental indicators that capture three dimensions of social progress: Basic Human Needs, Foundations of Wellbeing, and Opportunity.
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The drive to renewable energy is not just for CSR or because countries are becoming more environmentally conscious, it’s because it makes economic sense.
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Globally, Bloomberg Philanthropies has invested $259 million since 2007 to implement interventions that have been proven to reduce road traffic fatalities and injuries in low- and middle-income cities and countries, including Mumbai and India.
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The code aims to optimise energy savings with the comfort levels for occupants, and prefers life-cycle cost effectiveness to achieve energy neutrality in commercial buildings.
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The rankings were based on different measurements that make up the average individual human impact in each country, including energy consumption, air pollution, waste production, CO2 emissions per capita and reliance on non-renewable energy
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