SciDev.Net

This site features data for Asian countries on vehicle emission reduction. It includes emission profiles, relevant emission standards, and information on transport management, and a list of agencies and frameworks for regulating emissions.

Current Science, founded in 1932, is India's leading multidisciplinary science journal. Published in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Sciences, it is intended to be, besides a source of original research papers and reviews, a medium for communication and discussion of important issues that concern science and scientific activity. The journal can be accessed free of charge online.

Down to Earth is a fortnightly magazine published by India's Centre for Science and Environment. It aims "to inform people about the environmental threats facing India and the world". The online version features archives from 1992 onwards, with selected full-text articles available to non-subscribers free of charge.

This US federal agency site gives a comprehensive overview of energy development and supply in India. The information is categorised by fuel source (oil, natural gas or coal), and electricity generation. The full report is also available as pdf  [108 KB] or html.

The Peat-Portal housed by the Global Environment Centre (GEC) is an online information portal on peatland management.  The site is dedicated to exchange of information, identification of problematic areas in management, sharing of ideas, and enhancing global awareness of pertinent issues in peatland management.  News and current issues on this topic are published in the newsletter, PeatMatters.

Tech2transfer is an initiative of the Confederation of Indian Industry and the UN Industrial Development Organization's International Centre for Advancement of Manufacturing Technology. It disseminates new technologies in Indian industry by connecting companies to science and technology organisations, undertaking feasibility studies for new technologies, providing policy inputs to government and using public-private partnerships to promote an innovation 'culture' in India.

Tech2transfer publishes information on technologies from different industrial sectors, including ownership profiles, descriptions of how the technologies work, how they are applied, and  their advantages and disadvantages.

TerraGreen in a fortnightly online magazine that reports on energy, environment and sustainable development, with a particular focus on the Indian sub-continent. Users can sign up to receive a digest of the magazine by email. TerraGreen is an initiative of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).

This site offers a thorough introduction to climate change in an Indian context. Several links provide information on, for example, India’s greenhouse gas emissions and the country’s vulnerability to the effects of climate change.