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Want climate action? Give us cash, India tells rich nations
2015-12-04 23:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Rich nations responsible for the bulk of the heat-trapping gases mankind has spewed into Earth's atmosphere must provide cash if they want developing countries to make climate-saving cuts, India insisted Friday. Developing countries are hamstrung by a poverty-reduction imperative mixed with the expense of energy from renewable sources like wind and water, Indian official Ajay Mathur told AFP at a UN climate summit in Paris. He touched upon one of the issues most likely to sink the decades-old...
Nippon Steel to buy 1.8-2.6 mln T/year of iron ore from India
2015-12-04 20:54:58| Steel - Topix.net
Dec 4 Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp , Japan's biggest steelmaker, said on Friday it had renewed a contract to buy 1.8-2.6 million tonnes of iron ore annually from India's state-owned Metals & Minerals Trading Corp over three years. The deal follows the approval by India's cabinet in June to renew a long-term contract between MMTC and Japanese steelmakers for the supply of high-grade iron ore, despite growing pressure in India to use its natural resources to meet domestic needs.
COP21: Can India reconcile growth & environment?
2015-12-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche Welle: India is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change. But as developing nation, it also faces a balancing act between reducing CO2 emissions and boosting economic growth. DW examines India's role in COP21. Already one of the most disaster-prone nations in the world, India is also likely to be hit hard by the effects of global warming. The South Asian country has very dense coastal populations vulnerable to rising sea levels. And the freak weather patterns which already taking place...
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Chennai International Airport in India closed due to floods
2015-12-04 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has closed the inundated Chennai International Airport due to severe floods in the South Indian city.
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India to decommission submarine Sindhurakshak soon
2015-12-04 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The Indian Navy has decided to dispose of the defunct submarine INS Sindhurakshak, following a feasibility study about its reuse.
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