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<item><title>Himalayan glaciers 'not shrinking rapidly'</title><description>An Indian report rejects the consensus view that the Himalayan glaciers are shrinking rapidly &amp;mdash; sparking controversy.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/himalayan-glaciers-not-shrinking-rapidly-.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:37:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Link between patent law and tech transfer 'not proven'</title><description>Strong intellectual property rights do not always ease the transfer of climate technologies and may even hinder it, claims a study.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/link-between-patent-law-and-tech-transfer-not-proven-.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:03:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Weather station network to serve South Asia</title><description>A weather station network across South Asia is part of an India-led drive for locally produced climate change data.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/weather-station-network-to-serve-south-asia.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:06:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>India should make its national climate plans global</title><description>India should offer to make its national action plans part of a global climate deal in Copenhagen negotiations, says Rajendra K. Pachauri.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/india-should-make-its-national-climate-plans-global.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:33:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Harvesting biofuel from solar panels</title><description>Indian researchers propose using a type of algae as a source of biofuel &amp;mdash; which could then be 'milked' from specially-designed solar panels.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/harvesting-biofuel-from-solar-panels.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:30:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Global warming could increase negative effects of El Niño</title><description>Global warming may affect the central Pacific El Ni&amp;ntilde;o, increasing its occurrence and leading to severe droughts in India.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/global-warming-could-increase-negative-effects-of-el-ni-o.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:13:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Climate mitigation needn't stifle development, says report</title><description>Poor countries can continue to develop while curbing climate change, by pursuing 'climate-smart' technologies, says the World Bank.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/climate-mitigation-needn-t-stifle-development-says.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:52:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Climate change and insect-borne disease: Facts and figures</title><description>Priya Shetty explains the links between climate change and insect-borne disease, and outlines priorities for developing country policymakers.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/climate-change-and-insect-borne-disease-facts-and--1.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Homegrown climate models 'set India's record straight'</title><description>Newly-developed climate models have dismissed predictions of extreme greenhouse gas emissions for India.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/homegrown-climate-models-set-india-s-record-straig.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:38:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Climate change — adapting is crucial too</title><description>Climate change is a reality in developing regions, who say the international community must not neglect better adaptation strategies.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/climate-change-adapting-is-crucial-too.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:11:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>India's monsoon at risk from Greenland's melting ice</title><description>A warning about the risk that freshwater in the Atlantic poses to the monsoon comes with a call for better climate modelling.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/india-s-monsoon-at-risk-from-greenland-s-melting-i.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:50:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>India says no to emission reduction</title><description>India has said that it will not agree to emission reduction targets, given that it has among the lowest emissions per capita.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/india-says-no-to-emission-reduction.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:16:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scientific strategies can save dryland agriculture</title><description>Climate change will make Indian dryland agriculture harder, but a scientific strategy offers real hope, says ICRISAT head William D. Dar.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/scientific-strategies-can-save-dryland-agriculture.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>India pours funds into climate, space research</title><description>Climate change and space research &amp;mdash; particularly missions to the moon &amp;mdash; have received large chunks of funding in the new Indian budget.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/india-pours-funds-into-climate-space-research.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:08:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>India must improve its climate strategy, says report</title><description>The World Bank says that India must improve its climate resilience strategy, suggesting measures including a shift to dryland farming.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/india-must-improve-its-climate-strategy-says-repor.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:46:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Global warming may make monsoons harder to predict</title><description>Predicting monsoons will be harder because of global warming &amp;mdash; and scientists say they will need better weather models.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/global-warming-may-make-monsoons-harder-to-predict.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 04:09:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scientists develop improved groundwater forecasting model</title><description>Scientists in India have harnessed a sophisticated computing technique to create an improved groundwater forecasting model.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/scientists-develop-improved-groundwater-forecastin.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:00:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Climate salvation from low-soot stoves?</title><description>Using low-soot stoves in Africa and Asia would cut levels of black carbon, which warms the atmosphere.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/climate-salvation-from-low-soot-stoves-.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:00:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Renewables the way forward for India</title><description>Renewables like solar, wind and biomass could help India meet its growing energy needs and create millions of jobs, says Anil K. Rajvanshi.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/renewables-the-way-forward-for-india.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Biomass-burning 'behind Asian brown clouds'</title><description>Burning biomass is largely responsible for the South Asian 'brown clouds' that cause severe health problems for the country's rural poor.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-in-india/biomass-burning-behind-asian-brown-clouds-.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeinindia</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:03:50 GMT</pubDate></item>
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