Author: Hasit Patankar

iFOREST said a framework for the just transition at the national and state levels is essential for India’s goals of net zero emissions by 2070 and energy independence by 2047 India needs an estimated $900 billion for a just energy transition vis-a-vis coal mines and thermal power plants over the next 30 years, a report of independent non-profit environmental research and innovation organisation International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST) has said. India has set goals of net zero emissions by 2070 and energy independence by 2047. iFOREST said a framework for the just transition at the national and…

The European Union and Serbia signed the financial agreement for the energy support package worth EUR 165 million. The grants, announced in October 2022, are mostly intended for energy crisis mitigation measures.The EUR 165 million will be used for measures defined in the Government of Serbia’s energy roadmap, including help for vulnerable households and small and medium-sized enterprises, subsidies to households for energy efficiency and use of renewables, reforms in the energy sector, and the introduction of renewable energy auctions. The ceremony was helt at the National Dispatch Center of the country’s electricity transmission system operator Elektromreža Srbije (EMS). The…

The number of militants of the IS terrorist group * (“Islamic State” * , the organization is banned in the Russian Federation ) has grown to 6.5 thousand. At the same time, most of them are concentrated near the Afghan-Tajik border. This was stated by the head of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, reports today, February 14, IA Sputnik Tajikistan. According to him, they, as well as numerous other extremist groups located in the north of Afghanistan, pose the main threat to the stability of the Central Asian region. He added that the militants were stationed in the provinces…