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Friday is "No Car Day" Campaign
Carbon Minus India (CMI) calls you to join its "No Car Day" Campaign
As the first step towards its Campaign, Carbon Minus India (CMI) calls every Indian city — particularly the Delhi-ites and NCR — to desert their cars at least one day (Friday) in a week.
Create a visible impact not only in the reduction of your individual carbon footprint and your city's overall emissions, but also motivate others to adopt a climate-friendly lifestyle. Enough of the cars — let's walk or cycle in our cities. No doubt, it will keep us healthier and reduce our vulnerability to pandemics like COVID-19.
For Details – Please Read Our CampaignGreen Building & Architecture
Let us live in a simple, plain, well functional, climate-friendly green apartment that offers you optimum comfort, energy and water efficiency; which shall help in protecting the earth—the only home of all of us—by using state-of-the-art, climate-friendly green building materials, engineering, and science. We must apply our minds more, to spend less and earn more in terms of environmental sustainability.
Today, architecture doesn't just mean luxurious building construction. It’s about Green Building and Architecture. Please join CMI-IISD's annual event.
UK Government Postpones UNFCCC's COP 26 at Glasgow
The United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), together with the UK Government, which is serving as the COP 26 Presidency right now, announced that it would be postponing the summit at Glasgow, which was scheduled at Madrid, Spain at COP 25 to take place, during November-December 2020, due to the Global Corona COVID-19 Pandemic. The exact date would be determined latter, following consultation with parties.
With 1.15°C Rise Of global temperature, while we are going through the climate emergency like, alarming situation and trying to focus now, for more and more aggressive Climate Actions, unexpectedly all of us, again started experiencing an another serious threat, got added to our survival now, COVID 19 Pandemic.
We look to the UK government and UNFCCC to move forward with arrangements and take necessary steps soon to set a next date for COP 26. We encourage them to set a new date and time, as early as possible, preferably within first quarter of 2021, as this COP is very important to mobilize global support for immediate and strongest possible climate action, which is an urgent call of time.
For Further Details, Please Click the Blog.Rich Countries accused of Foul Play
India claims its signing of a declaration demanding global warming kept below 2°C, is being misused by US and EU. Indian Environment Minister, Shri Jairam Ramesh said in a press conference.
Environment Minister also released a Document titled-"Climate Change Negotiations - India's Submissions to the UNFCCC." by MoEF, GOI.
15th Conference of Parties to UNFCCC
The COP 15, Climate Change Conference, was hosted by the Government of Denmark and brought together representatives of over 187 countries together with observers from inter-governmental, non-governmental organizations and the media.
From 7th-18th December, 2009, the 15th Sessions of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC, and the Meeting of the Parties of the Kyoto Protocol took place. A high level delegation, with ministerial segments concluded the Conference. Copenhagen decided the details of the GHG Reduction Roadmap that all the nations took collectively to protect our planet.
IISD-CMI's 16th NCCP on Carbon Management: GHG Accounting, Carbon Footprinting, Carbon Markets & Trading Successfully Concluded
Advanced Executive CDM Training Programe (AECTP) is Carbon Minus India (CMI)'s most important Management Development Program (MDP), Which has evolved over years since July, 2008, When it's first AECTP was Organised, Where Shri Suresh P Prabhu, Former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Power, Environment & Forests; was the Chief Guest.
Always India International Centre (IIC) has remained as the venue for our all AECTPs. The Last AECTP was Organised is known as the 13th in the Series. These Days it's has been reshaped as Advanced Executive Training Programe on Carbon Management, Sustainability Reporting and Renewable Energy and still popularly known as AECTP.
Investor's Corner
Carbon Revenue from e-Waste Recycling
Do you know India is the largest e-waste recycler in the world ? About 87% of the e-waste gets totally recycled here, providing basic employment to more than 5 million workers. These days, entire e-waste of the world have started flowing to India; not just creating livelihood opportunity for the poor but also creating largest carbon revenue market for the e-waste recycling opportunity for its investors.
Do you wish to invest in the sector and earn Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) or Voluntary Emission Reductions (VERs) ?
Interview with...
Teacher
(Sh. Bharat Prasad)
Rickshaw Puller
(Haria)
Student
(Ms Gudrun Benecke)
Different perspectives from 3 stakeholders.
Dr. Charles Cormier
Team Leader, Environment & Water Resources Unit, The World Bank
IISD-CMI-UNEP's India Climate Neutral Programme (ICNP) 2008-30
CMI has joined hand with UNEP in it's most popular live and action-oriented plantation programme, for massive CO2e Sequestration in Sink Sector Initiative - "Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign" and pledged to plant topical, indigenous and local trees throughout the country - under it's "India Climate Neutral Programme (ICNP) 2008-30".
The programme was launched in association with Times Foundation on the World Environment Day, June 5, 2008 at the UN lawns at 55, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi.
For Details–Please Read Our CampaignDr R.A. Mashelkar is the Chief-Patron of Carbon Minus India (CMI)
Dr. R. A. Mashelkar is the former Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), who have been elected as Fellow of Royal Society (FRS), London, US National Academy of Science, US National Academy of Engineering, Third World Academy of Engineering, U.K., and World Academy of Art & Science, USA.
Carbon Minus India (CMI) feels proud of Dr R. A. Mashelkar, as it's Chief-Patron and repose confidence to climb the ladder successfully to achieve credible milestones under his dynamic patronage.