We recognize our role in creating this problem; We embrace our responsibility to combat it.
President Obama speech at U.N. Climate Change Summit
United Nations Headquarters
New York, New York
23 Sept 2014
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Energy Enigma-A Trilemma
The Indian Institutes of Technology Alumni Canada (IITAC), in collaboration with PanIIT-USA, hosted the PanIIT 2014 International Conference in Toronto, from June 6 to 8, 2014. (more…)...
President Obama’s State of Union Address-2014
Top 10 quotes on environment : When our children’s children look us in the eye and ask if we did all we could to leave them a safer, more stable world, with new sources of energy, I want us to be able to say yes, we did. (more…)...
Power Speech of President Obama that Changed the Climate of 2013: Can he walk the talk?
Al Gore, Nobel Laureate stated that President Obama's speech on June 25 2013 at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.as the best 'by any president ever'. But does it provide leadership for the world? Not until he walks the talk. Here is that Monumental speech. (more…)...
Hallow or Hollow Fight for Climate ?
Without global alliance for collective and collaborative effort not only on the HFC phase down but enhancing the energy efficiency of the Refriegration and AC appliances, the Montreal Protocol could turn into the glaring example of global complacency leading to climate disaster.
Hallow or Hollow fight for Climate-Story of HFCs from TERRE Policy Centre ...
Ecosystems and Sustainable Development
Humanity has been receiving the wake up calls for long to warn about bio-diversity losses and depletion of the natural resources. (more…)...
Eart Care Award-Jury Speech
I was invited to speak In New Delhi in the function of Earth Care Awards, instituted by Times of India and Jindal Steel Works on 9th Sept 2011 . The Speech: (more…)...
Special Speech
2009 USEPA’s Stratospheric Ozone Protection and Climate Protection Awards
Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington DC,
By Rajendra Shende, UNEP DTIE ,
21 April 2009
Ms. Elizabeth Craig, award winners, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,
My hearty congratulations to the award winners and my sincere appreciation to USEPA for admirable organization of this evening’s momentous award ceremony in the landmark venue of Washington DC. I consider it as immense privilege to address such a distinguished gathering and I thank the organizers for giving me this distinctive opportunity.
What a day it was for me! In a single day, in Washington today, I met a Governor, a Senator, officials of EPA. NGO and Industry representatives and the action-enthusiasts who ‘just want to do it’. The spring is not only on the DC’s trees and around the Potomac river, I felt it in minds of the people. I smelled hope, I...
An Opportunity to Change
International Workshop
Global Trends in Energy Efficiency and Environmental Issues in Home Appliances
By Rajendra Shende, UNEP DTIE, Paris
Guangzhou, China 27-28 November 2008
It is pleasure to be here today with global gathering of friends, colleagues and experts from industries and governments for this workshop on Home Appliances. I would like to sincerely thank China Household Electrical Appliances Association (CHEAA) who has taken initiative in organizing this event. GTZ-Germany who is in fore front for promoting the environment friendly appliances is enthusiastic partner for this event and UNEP is indeed very happy to be working with both Chinese and German friends for making this timely event happen today.
This event could not have occurred at more opportune time. The production and ownership of home appliances have grown at double digit rate over last decade in most of the merging economies .The world has witnessing a dramatic change in all the...
Speech delivered at Foreign Correspondents Club of China
Sealing the Hole and Sealing the Deal: Convenient opportunity
To address
Inconvenient truth.
By Rajendra Shende, Head OzonAction, United nations Environment Programme, Paris
17th September 2009
By middle of December 2009, just about couple of months from now, when the Copenhagen climate summit would be over, the world would wake up to either of two dawning realisations i.e. the meaningful and adequate ‘deal is sealed’ to set humanity on the right track to address climate change or we have set the world on life threatening runaway wild fire. We are today uncertain on outcome.
Just about fortnight from thence, on 1st January 2010, the world would wake up to a definite and certain reality i.e. a world without chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other ozone depleting substances. On that day the production and consumption chemicals that harm the life supporting ozone layer would be assigned to the history books. Already more than 98 percent...
