Nepal earthquake: boon for industry, disastrous for the environment

Source: thethirdpole.net Author: Ramesh Bhushal Nepal’s government has decreed that developers can build cement factories, with a 3,000 tonnes capacity, without carrying out an environmental impact assessment. Dr. Ramsharan Mahat, Nepal’s finance minister, said the decision will help reduce cement imports and help boost investment in roads and other infrastructure, as he announced his budget…

Will 2015 be the year of sustainable development?

The year 2015 will be our generation’s greatest opportunity to move the world toward sustainable development. Three high-level negotiations between July and December can reshape the global development agenda, and give an important push to vital changes in the workings of the global economy. With United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call to action in his…

SAARC and environment concerns!!

Kathmandu has been beautified like never before to welcome the delegates from all South Asian nations for 18th South Asian Association for regional Cooperation (SAARC) Conference- head of States level conference on 26-27 November, 2014. Greenary (rather artificial and temporary) has enhanced beauty of roads and infrastructure of the capital-Kathmandu. The delegates have already praised…