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published since September 2013, said global warming was now causing more heat extremes, downpours, acidifying the oceans and pushing up sea levels. "Science has spoken. There is no ambiguity in the message. Leaders must act, time is not on our side," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in presenting the report in Copenhagen that is meant to guide global climate policy-making. With fast action, climate change could be kept in check at manageable costs, he said, referring to a U.N. goal of limiting average temperature rises to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial times. Temperatures are already up 0.85 C (1.4F). The study by the Intergovernmenal Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), approved by more than 120 governments, will be the main handbook for negotiators of a U.N. deal to combat global warming due at a summit in Paris in December 2015. To get a good chance of staying below 2C, the report's scenarios show that world emissions would have to fall by between 40 and 70 percent by 2050 from current levels and to "near zero or below in 2100". Below zero would require extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere - for instance by planting forests that soak up carbon as they grow or by burying emissions from power plants that burn wood or other biomass. To cut emissions, the report points to options including energy efficiency, renewable energies from wind to solar power, nuclear energy or coal-fired power plants where carbon dioxide is stripped from the exhaust fumes and buried underground. But carbon capture and storage (CCS) is expensive and little tested.
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COPENHAGEN: Governments can keep climate change in check at manageable costs but will have to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2100 to limit risks of irreversible damage, a U.N. report said. The 40-page synthesis, summing up 5,000 pages of work by 800 scientists already
Does it seem like despite your best efforts things never work out as you planned? Are you in despair because just when it seems you are making progress something goes wrong? At such times it is easy to feel defeated and to give up, but what can you do to stay on top of things? It is a fact of life that despite all your best efforts at planning, strategizing and being careful not to make mistakes some things will go wrong sometimes. One of my favorite poems, “Don't Quit,” makes the statement more eloquently by saying: When things go wrong, as they sometimes will When the road you're trudging seems all uphill…Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Dr, Moses says that I have seen this poem in countless places, mostly in the rooms of many a college or university student. It is a source of strength and hope for many during difficult and stressful times. The reason is that it states a simple truth so well that for many it is like shining a light in the darkness. I stuck it on my university room wall at one point. The reason for putting it on the wall is simple. When things are going wrong it is very easy to lose perspective and to focus on the problem. The light in our lives often goes off at such instances. The message on the wall is like a light shining in the darkness demanding our attention. It is a reminder that no matter how bad it may seem, there is always hope.
G20 Leaders' Summit: PM Modi Israel eager to share technology with India likely to discuss black money issue in areas such as aviation security, NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to raise the issue of black money, besides discussing the energy, security and IMF among others, at the G20 Leaders' Summit scheduled to kick off on November 15-16 in Brisbane, Australia. Suresh Prabhu, Sherpa of leaders, told media persons about India's agenda during the summit. "To deal with the issue of tax evaders and black money it would be interesting to have discussion on automatic exchange of information among the countries," said Prabhu, a senior official responsible for preparing the agenda for leaders to consider during the summit. "Today as you know tax evasion, tax dodging happens because people hide certain assets, certain incomes outside the
tax charging authority's ambit. By doing so they are actually not allowing proper taxation to take place," he added. "And when the tax authorities want that, the information getting is becoming difficult. So there is going to be an automatic exchange of information to be available to anybody and everybody through this process. Not anybody and everybody, in a sense it would be available between the countries, so this could be a very interesting idea," Prabhu added. G20 countries have committed to present policy measures at the Brisbane summit that will lift global growth by an additional two percent over five years. The G20 countries are one of the largest consumers of energy in the world. There are a few countries in the world which hold a monopoly on the supply side and some which hold a monopoly on the control side.
TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the country was "ready and willing" to share with India technology in areas such as aviation security, border protection and water harvesting, an official statement said. Netanyahu conveyed this to Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh during their hour-long meeting here. "Netanyahu briefed the home minister on technologies that had been developed by Israel
border protection and water harvesting. "He said Israel was ready and willing to discuss transfer and development of such technologies with India," a home ministry statement said. The statement also said a delegation from the Israeli industry would be happy to visit India to explore manufacturing opportunities in different sectors. In this context, Rajnath Singh also mentioned the possibility of exploring third country markets in Africa and Latin America, where Indian industry has a strong presence. Rajnath Singh left for Monaco Nov 3 to attend an Interpol ministerial meeting and general assembly.
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Digital India is about empowering its citizens, says Ravi Shankar Prasad NEW DELHI: U n i o n Communication and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that Digital India is all about empowering the citizens of the country. "India is a unique place where rocket science and "jugad" technology can co-exist. Indians are adept at using technology; the need of the hour is to create an enabling environment for them," said Prasad while addressing industry members at the India Economic Summit organized by the World Economic Forum and the Confederation of Indian Industry. The session was titled Delivering Digital India: How can local innovations be scaled up to achieve inclusive growth? Prasad further emphasized that the Mission of Digital India is not only for the Central Government to implement, but all state governments
and private players are important stakeholders in this. He appealed to the industry members to make this programme outcome oriented, which is the major focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and added that private players can play an important role in creating a decentralized distribution network. He encouraged industry members to make innovative suggestions so that the Digital India programme can become a great success. The session in particular focused upon the need for providing strategic incubators to rural entrepreneurs, leveraging mobile technology and e-governance and crowd sourcing solutions for reverse innovation. The discussions also highlighted how to ensure the last mile connectivity, which is extremely important. The panelists also underlined the importance of the public sector in India but raised concerns about many practices in public enterprises which are more than a century old.
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