Green Options

The Indian government has failed to announce any funding schemes for the massive clean energy plans it unveiled in its National Action Plan on Climate Change.

Cities around the world should use a mix of energy efficiency measures and affordable renewable energy schemes to reduce their carbon emissions.

Mot of the developing countries have refused to accept emission reduction goals but with the proposed financial help from developed nations they can certainly set renewable energy targets for themselves.

Divisions within the EU have led to an agreement which ignores Carbon Dioxide as a pollutant and allows member nations to delay implementation of stricter emission standards.

Scotland plans to reduce its carbon emissions by 42 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels, the most by any country.

No support from United States and adverse economic conditions have forced the European Union to rethink its promise of providing financial support to the developing countries.

With US lawmakers failing to agree on a number of domestic issues like choice of energy sources and economic aspects of reducing carbon emissions, it seems unlikely that an agreement on the new climate treaty would be reached at Copenhagen this December.

Developed nations have proposed weaker carbon emission reduction goals at the Bonn climate negotiations. If the rising carbon emissions are to be tamed it is necessary that they set ambitious targets.

As part of its National Action Plan on Climate Change, India plans to give out $100 billion as subsidies to speed up solar energy production over the next 20 years.

While investing in clean energy projects in developing countries, the developed nations must not ignore their responsibility to reduce domestic carbon emissions.