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Mangdechhu hydroelectric project – A game changer for Bhutan

Smart Energy International

The Mangdechhu hydroelectric project in central Bhutan, the country’s latest hydro plant to come online, has brought a significant increase in the installed power capacity, providing additional energy security nationally as well as the opportunity for further exports to India. The design output is 2,925MWh based on 95% machine availability.

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Half the world's economy now eyeing net zero transition, analysis shows

Business Green

The latest update to ECIU's Net Zero online tracker released today shows that move towards setting ambitious climate targets is rapidly growing around the world, with just over $39tr - around 49 per cent of the world's annual gross domestic product (GDP) - now rooted in regions and cities which either have or plan to adopt a net zero target.

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Tug of War: The Impact of Climate Change on Economic Development

Unsustainable

Many of the Andamans’ beaches remain untouched and idyllic Yet, conservationists of the region like Pankaj Sekhsaria have said that ‘the proposed development model has not been developed in consultation with local communities or administration and has no clear and direct tangible benefits for the locals.’ He has reason to believe so.

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Advait and TECO 2030 are working together on hydrogen fuel cells

Hydrogen Fuel News

  This will occur within the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ( SAARC ), which is comprised of Sri Lanka, India, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, and Pakistan. billion (USD $17.87 million).

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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

DeSmogBlog

The story of how that lower limit became enshrined belongs to a large number of small island countries and vulnerable regions. However, the emergence of the 1.5°C C limit is more recent and intense. And so they fought. And they won. degree Celsius and 350 parts per million of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.”.

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Interview with Brian Czech: the impossibility of a perpetually-growing economy

Low Impact

Fish and Wildlife Service from 1999-2017, and as a visiting professor of natural resource economics in Virginia Tech’s National Capitol Region. The King of Bhutan, who transitioned to democracy and is now the prime minister of Bhutan, introduced an index called Gross National Happiness. He served in the U.S. Yes and no.

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2023 in Images

Planet Pulse

Which is why scientists and tourists alike are waiting with baited breath for Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcanic system to erupt as hundreds of small earthquakes rock the region and fissures crack nearby towns. But this potential eruption is just the latest chapter in the volcanic island’s storied history.