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Green agriculture and food security
By Technology Times at July 30, 2012 | 7:03 pm | 0 Comment
Feeding to huge world population in the first half of this century while attending the needs of 925 million undernourished people and addressing climate change demands managed transitions in both conventional and traditional farming systems. Both farming systems are depleting natural capital and producing significant quantities of global greenhouse gases (GHGs) and more...
Pakistan desperately needs to head towards green economy
By Technology Times at June 10, 2012 | 6:08 pm | 1 Comments
STAFF REPORT IBD: While stressing for integrated efforts on the part of the international community, the recently held two-day national consultation on Green Economy has come up recommending binding the three pillars of sustainable development – social equality, economic prosperity and environmental conservation for sustainable growth and green economy. The more...
Green Economy – Link to sustainable development: Achim Steiner
By Technology Times at June 5, 2012 | 4:02 pm | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_16731" align="alignright" width="114" caption="Achim Steiner"][/caption] A FEW years ago, the idea of a Green Economy with its links to sustainable development and poverty eradication, was a novel concept confined to development practitioners and academics. This year, it is among the top two issues that will be deliberated by policymakers at the more...
UAF set to become Pak first green university
By Technology Times at June 2, 2012 | 1:57 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT FBD: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) presently is in developing a master plan for setting up a five-megawatt solid waste power generating plant, which will make the university free from pollution and the first green institute in the country. UAF Vice Chancellor Dr Iqrar Ahmad disclosed this in a recently held meeting with a delegation of Vita more...
Pakistan needs to re-orient economy on green discourse
By Technology Times at May 29, 2012 | 12:08 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Green economy is vital for inclusive and sustainable growth, however, the current policy framework and ways of managing resources in Pakistan has become obsolete. The country should have a compreh nsive poverty reduction strategy while the capacity of the provinces has to be built in addition to strengthening the policy implementation capacity at the more...
Green benches needed in Sindh
By Technology Times at April 30, 2012 | 11:52 am | 0 Comment
The news ‘Hazardous discharges in Ravi: Green Bench summons Wasa, EPA officials’ (April 13), wherein the green bench in Lahore High Court had taken up its first case involving an environmental issue, filled me with joy that the environment has assumed judicial importance in Pakistan. This also led me to wonder why Sindh High Court, despite the orders by the Supreme more...
Speakers for collaboration to get green renewable energy
By Technology Times at February 21, 2012 | 2:21 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: South Asian countries can benefit through collaboration on acquiring green renewable energy as it is more feasible at regional level than at a country level given the cost barriers, said delegates from Pakistan and India during the recently held three-day dialogue on climate change in Islamabad. They also asked South Asian countries to have shared more...
Green Climate Fund and developing countries
By Technology Times at January 23, 2012 | 5:19 pm | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_12092" align="alignright" width="99" caption="Anusha Sherazi"][/caption] THE DAWN of Green Climate Fund (GCF) and interests of the international community to save countries from unwanted climate change disasters is becoming a burning issue of the present era. The need for the Green Climate Fund was felt for the first time during the 15th more...
