Coal Mine Near Tiger Preserve a Test for India’s Climate Action Plan
A year after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the country’s National Action Plan on Climate Change, India appears poised to reject a proposed coal mine that brings together two of the country’s most pressing environmental issues: tiger conservation and climate change.
The Adani mine in Maharashtra State is located in a sensitive wildlife corridor connecting the [...]
Crafting a Carbon Market from India’s Grassroots
Cross-Posted from Worldwatch Institute, Eye on Earth, www.worldwatch.org
In India, the carbon market is starting to take root. The country is now home to a large share of carbon-offset projects, many of which are certified under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. Yet forests remain poorly represented in these efforts.
This may not be [...]
