areas in India are considered poor; however, “On the map of poverty in India, the poorest areas are in parts of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal”. As a company, we will try to centralized our mainly distribution to the poorest areas. According to The times of India (2012), “Just over half of rural India uses electricity as its main source of lighting, an increase of 12% over 2001” it also shows that “43% of rural households still use
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This paper introduces an important phenomenon that negatively affects the populations and the environment. Through it we aim to spread the awareness to the public and suggest a daily, simple and environmentally friendly life style and routine.The paper discusses the inflation of hurricanes intensity resulting from high temperature, which based on climate change phenomena. Through the last years, our earth has experienced a rise in the number and in the intensity of hurricanes. The impacts that these
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1.0 OVERVIEW OF THE TOPIC The weather is changing. Adverse weather patterns are increasing around the world. Natural catastrophes and particularly severe weather events are increasing in frequency and severity all over the globe. Extreme rains, heat waves, cold snaps, blizzards, floods and droughts are just some of the many weather events that are impacting peoples’ life and company’s profitability. For many businesses a small deviation from normal weather patterns can adversely affect their financial
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Green Building Makes a Change Being sustainable has become a main concern all over the world. Although Hong Kong has ranked Asia’s second-most sustainable cities, it performed poorly in environmental factors. Hong Kong’s serious air pollution, high greenhouse gas emissions, poor solid waste management and the low proportion of renewable energy sources contributed to its low ranking in planet sub-ranking. This alerts Hong Kong should really take action to improve the environmental problems. And green
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I. Introduction: Energy is a global matter and energy policy is at focus of some of the hardest challenges that the world encounter. National governments play the main role in energy governance, the challenges fronting policy makers are beyond the range of any sole national government to succeed, making energy policy a key component of global governance and international relations. The global energy landscape has transformed radically in recent decades. The instability of energy markets is a distinct
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According to Magdalena and Debra (2008), efforts have been made at universities, in organizations, in governmental educational bodies, at international conferences to address sustainable issues. Government and media actively engage in debate on a number of environmental issues and consumers around the world more alert and increases their ecological awareness and concern (Felita & Yelena, 2013). However, the interminable discussion of the definition of ‘sustainability’ and its misconceptions is daunting
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What is an oil spill?(JDB) An oil spill is a type of pollution which consists on the dumping of petrol into the environment, mainly into oceans although it can also occur on land. These oil spills are mainly caused by the release of crude oils, wells, platforms and drilling rings. These oil spills, can very well damage the environment and therefore causing many consequences to different groups of animals and pollute the area where the dumping took place. Deepwater Horizon spill (MBR) This devastating
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Carbon emissions and GHG present a negative externality towards the global environment, yet these GHG emissions are not easily captured or represented in monetary terms. Several Methods have been used to estimate the value of carbon emissions that might arise from capital protects (Comhar. 2008): Marginal Abatement Cost of Carbon (MAC) or Avoidance Cost, and Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) or Damage Cost techniques. The social cost of carbon has been defined as the full effect on social welfare of
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ALTERNATIVE MOTIVE OF POWER Syarifah Assyura Binti Syed Nasir, Nurul Syazwani Binti Khairul Azhari, Salmie Amira Binti Mahadi, Nor Amalina Binti Sanusi JBM1114A Abstract: In transportation, there have many power to make it moving. Petroleum and diesel is a one of famous power use by many people in their live. Many people use transport to move from origin point to another point which is to supply goods or services. Based on research, motive power is a natural agent such as water or steam,
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5. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES IN SOUTH AFRICA Challenges of Sustainable development like in any other country are also faced in South Africa. At the moment we are facing a major crisis in the electricity department where demand of electricity has exceeded what South Africa can supply. Numerous interventions have been implemented by South Africa but it does not seem that those were enough. Some of the challenges may be seen below: “A target of 10 000 GWh” of contribution of renewable
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