NEW DELHI: India s nominee and current director general of TERI, Ajay Mathur, was on Monday elected as new chief of International Solar Alliance (ISA) – an inter-governmental body, set up in 2015 as a joint initiative of India and France to accelerate use of safe, sustainable, and affordable solar energy for all.
A coalition of 73 member countries, ISA, aims to mobilize over USD 1 trillion of investment into solar projects by 2030 through policy and regulatory support, capacity building, and by overcoming perceived investment barriers.
“This is a great honour for me, and I look forward to ISA enabling global solarization,” Mathur told TOI after his election at the first special assembly of the Alliance, held virtually. He will replace the incumbent Upendra Tripathy as new director general of this global body on March 15.
NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of the Uttarakhand disaster, PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday said enhancing disaster management capabilities was one of the areas which needed attention and it could be done through human resources development and technology. He said, “The road to fighting climate change is through climate justice…”
“The sad reality is changes in the environment and natural disasters impact the poor the most,” the PM said while virtually inaugurating the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS), an annual event organised by the New Delhi-based The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
Underlining the need for economic development in countries that lagged behind in this journey, he added, “Climate justice is inspired by a vision of trusteeship where growth comes with greater compassion to the poorest.” Though the PM did not get into the details, he said the country was working in the direction of enhancing its disaster management capabilities as part
Farmers demand rehab of Shamozai distributary of Machi branch, Swat
Peshawar
February 11, 2021
PESHAWAR: The farmers in Mardan district have demanded the government to provide them irrigation water from the Shamozai distributary of Machi branch, Upper Swat Canal so they can irrigate their cash crops.
The government had spent a huge amount and established a separate water canal for irrigating 7000 acres of certain villages including Tazagram, Qasami, Alo , Lakpani, Dheri, Shamozai, Matta, etc.
Main crops grown are sugarcane, wheat, maize, vegetables and orchards. The distributary supplies irrigation water to the land of aforementioned villages of the area without any problem to the land owners.
The 20th edition of The Energy and Resources Institute`s (TERI) flagship event, the World Sustainable Development Summit, will be held online from February 10 to February 12 and will bring together a wide number of governments, business leaders, academicians, climate scientists, youth, and the civil society in the fight against climate change.
"We committed to reduce emissions intensity of GDP by 33 to 35% from 2005 levels. You will be happy to know that that drop off 24% in the emission intensity has already been achieved," PM Modi said while speaking at the World Sustainable Development Summit 2021, organised by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).