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ID: 64055
Title: Solar Anti-Dumping duty in India (Protection is needed to build a bright future
Author: Karunesh Chaturvedi
Editor: Dr. P.C. Maithani
Year: 2017
Publisher: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Akshay Urja Vol. 11 (3-5) 22-23 (2017-18)
Subject: Solar Anti-Dumping duty in India (Protection is needed to build a bright future
Keywords: Solar Anti-Dumping duty, India, Protection, bright future
Abstract: The Indian solar sector has shown incredible growth trajectory. The industry doubled its solar capacity in the last few years (5GW in 2015, 10 GW in 2016, and ~16.6 GW in 2017) , which is really very inspiring considering the country lacks enhanced industrial infrastructure that China, the US, and other market dominating countries have. India’s aggressive solarisation initiative made its intent of phasing out fossil fuels to bring in socio-economic change clear. However, the use of solar module import year-after-year shows a completely opposite picture than that what ‘Indian Solar Vision’ and ‘Make in India’ indicated.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64054
Title: Expression of Interest by SECI for setting up of Solar PV Manufacturing capacities in India
Author: Mr. Sarvesh Devraj
Editor: Dr. P.C. Maithani
Year: 2017
Publisher: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Akshay Urja Vol. 11 (3-5) 20-21 (2017-18)
Subject: Expression of Interest by SECI for setting up of Solar PV Manufacturing capacities in India
Keywords: Expression of Interest, SECI, Solar PV, Manufacturing capacities, India
Abstract: The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited an Expression of Interest (EoI) from prospective manufacturers to set up an integrated solar manufacturing facility in India within a three-year time-frame. The total capacity to be set up is 20 GW. This move by the SECI assumes significance as it shows how the implementing and policymaking agencies are learning from experience. The selected manufacturers will be given an assured solar power project capacities to be set up by them in phased manner. The allocation of solar power capacity will be done through an open tender to be floated by SECI. The tender document will be finalized based on the inputs received from this EOI. Within a fortnight, the MNRE has provided the Indian solar market with an adequate push and visibility for the next few years, both in terms of manufacturing and project development.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64053
Title: Universal Energy Access and Saubhagya Scheme Connecting the Unconnected in India
Author: Debajit Palit
Editor: Dr. P.C. Maithani
Year: 2017
Publisher: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Akshay Urja Vol. 11 (3-5) 16-19 (2017-18)
Subject: Universal Energy Access and Saubhagya Scheme
Keywords: Universal Energy Access, Saubhagya Scheme
Abstract: A little more than six years ago, the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) was launched in September 2011.We are now a third of the way to 2030, the year by which universal electrification for all has been targeted. In line with the global target to achieve universal electrification, the Indian government launched a new scheme, Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Subhagya),in September 2017 to achieve universal electrification for urban and rural households in India by March 31, 2019, which is 10 years ahead of the global target. Since then much of the attention has been on the viability and implementation of such an ambitious goal. The new goals is certainly challenging (if not possible) within the given timeframe. However, Saubhagya did achieve some important advances worth noting.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64052
Title: IREDA and EIB sign Euro 150 million loan agreement for renewable energy financing in India
Author: - (Re Event)
Editor: Dr. P.C. Maithani
Year: 2017
Publisher: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Akshay Urja Vol. 11 (3-5) 14-14 (2017-18)
Subject: IREDA and EIB sign Euro 150 million loan agreement for renewable energy financing in India
Keywords: IREDA, EIB, Euro 150 million loan agreement, Renewable energy, India
Abstract: European Investment Bank (EIB) and India Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) Ltd. Have signed a loan agreement for a second line of credit (LoC) of Euro 150 million on non-sovereign basis on March 10, 2018, in New Delhi. The line of credit is for tenure of 15 years including a grace period of 3 years, and it will be used for financing renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in India.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64051
Title: Founding conference of the international solar alliance
Author: - (Cover story)
Editor: Dr. P.C. Maithani
Year: 2017
Publisher: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Akshay Urja Vol. 11 (3-5) 10-13 (2017-18)
Subject: Founding conference of the international solar alliance
Keywords: Conference, international solar alliance
Abstract: Apart from the President of France and the Indian Prime Minister, 21 Heads of State and Heads of Government, 6 Vice President and Deputy Prime Ministers, 19 Ministers as Heads of Delegation attended the founding conference in addition to many other ministers who were accompanying the Heads of State and Heads of Government. Ten Heads of multilateral banks, top representatives from UN agencies, corporate sector particularly renewable energy, civil society, academic and research institutions and think tanks were present from India and from all over the world. Before the conference more than half the potential States, that is, 61 countries had signed the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Framework and 32 had ratified it already.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64050
Title: Bruno Messerli (1931-2019)
Author: Ray Bradley, M. Grosjean, T.F. Stocker and H. Wanner
Editor: Natasha L.M. Barlow, Glenn A. Milne, Jeremy D. Shakun and Sarah Eggleston
Year: 2019
Publisher: PAGES
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Past Global Changes Vol. 27 (1) page -43-43 May 19
Subject: Bruno Messerli
Keywords: Bruno Messerli
Abstract: After a long illness, Bruno Messerli passed away during a clear winter night in February 2019, surrounded by his wife Beatrice and his whole family. Bruno was an outstanding scientist, colleague and friend, full of enthusiasm, ideas and congeniality, and always ready to take the lead. We will miss him dearly. After studying geography, geology and history and completing his doctoral thesis on the geomorphology of the Sierra Nevada in Andalusia, Spain, Bruno began his career with an impressive habilitation thesis on the Pleistocene glaciations of mountain ranges around the Mediterranean.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64049
Title: Methods and interdisciplinary communication in historical climatology
Author: Chantal Camenisch, S. White, M. Bauch, Q. Pei and C. Rohr
Editor: Natasha L.M. Barlow, Glenn A. Milne, Jeremy D. Shakun and Sarah Eggleston
Year: 2019
Publisher: PAGES
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Past Global Changes Vol. 27 (1) page -42-42 May 19
Subject: Methods and interdisciplinary communication in historical climatology
Keywords: Methods and interdisciplinary communication, Historical climatology
Abstract: The recently founded PAGES working group Climate reconstruction and impacts from the Archives of Societies (CRIAS) held its first workshop on methods and interdisciplinary communication from 1-2 October 2018 in Bern, Switzer land .CRIAS focuses on the methods of historical climatology, a discipline which deals with three different fields.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64048
Title: Methods and interdisciplinary communication in historical climatology
Author: Yassine Ait Brahim, N.Kaushal and L.Comas-Bru
Editor: Natasha L.M. Barlow, Glenn A. Milne, Jeremy D. Shakun and Sarah Eggleston
Year: 2019
Publisher: PAGES
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Past Global Changes Vol. 27 (1) page -40-40 May 19
Subject: Analyses of the SISAL database: Regional patterns in isotope signatures
Keywords: Analyses of the SISAL database
Abstract: Past climate changes and variations are assessed with proxy reconstructions based on various archives and climate modelling approaches. However, combining both proxy and modelling approaches still includes profound temporal –and spatial-scale gaps. Empirical climate reconstructions are most skilful on a scale-to-regional scale covering time periods up to millennia and more, albeit they exhibit a coarse temporal resolution.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Ludwig P et al (2018) Ann.N.Y.Acad.Sci.1436:54-69
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ID: 64047
Title: Global Soils and sediment transfers in the anthropocene: Database meeting
Author: Thomas Hoffmann and Veerle Vanacker
Editor: Natasha L.M. Barlow, Glenn A. Milne, Jeremy D. Shakun and Sarah Eggleston
Year: 2019
Publisher: PAGES
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Past Global Changes Vol. 27 (1) page -39-39 May 19
Subject: Global Soils and sediment transfers in the anthropocene: Database meeting
Keywords: Global soils, sediment transfers in the Anthropocene, Database meeting
Abstract: The PAGES Global Soil and Sediment transfers in the Anthropocene (GloSS) working group aims to build a comprehensive global database on soil and sediment transfers in the Anthropocene, to identify hotspots of soil erosion and sediments deposition in response to human impacts, and locate data-poor regions as strategic foci for future work. The third workshop of the GloSS working group was hosted by the federal Institute of Hydrology (Koblenz) and supported by the UNESCO-IHP International Centre for water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC).The workshop aimed to synthesize the results from the regional task forces, discuss progress on the GloSS database and identify ways to motivate the GloSS database and identify ways to motivate the GloSS members and the broader scientific community working with human impacts on soils and sediments to contribute to the compilation of the GloSS database. A total of 19 participants from different disciplines (geomorphology, geology, soil science, ecology, (paleo) limnology, and hydrology) and 10 countries from four continents contributed to the workshop.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64046
Title: Co designed paleo experiments on land-cover and land-use change impacts
Author: Sandy P. Harrison, M.J. Gaillard and B.D. Stocker
Editor: Natasha L.M. Barlow, Glenn A. Milne, Jeremy D. Shakun and Sarah Eggleston
Year: 2019
Publisher: PAGES
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Past Global Changes Vol. 27 (1) page -38-38 May 19
Subject: Co-designed paleo experiments on land-cover and land-use change impacts
Keywords: Co-designed paleo, Experiments on land-cover, land-use change impacts
Abstract: Members of the PAGES LandCover6k working group (Land Cover 6k), the Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP), and representatives of the carbon-cycle modelling community and PAGES ‘ PEOPLE 3000 working group met in Sitges, Spain, to co-design paleo simulations to evaluate the impact of land-use and anthropogenic land-cover change on climate and the carbon cycle over the Holocene.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Crombe P, Robinson E (2014) J Arch Sci 52: 558-566 Gaillard MJ et al. (2010) Clim Past 6: 483-499.
Literature cited 2: Kaplan JO et al. (201) Holocene 21: 775-791 Klein Goldewijk K et al. (2017) Earth Syst Sci Data 9: 927-953

ID: 64045
Title: Archaeology that counts: International colloquim on digital archaeology
Author: Martin Hinz, J .Laabs and M.E. Castiello
Editor: Natasha L.M. Barlow, Glenn A. Milne, Jeremy D. Shakun and Sarah Eggleston
Year: 2019
Publisher: PAGES
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Past Global Changes Vol. 27 (1) page -37-37 May 19
Subject: Archaeology that counts: International colloquium on digital archaeology
Keywords: Archaeology, International colloquim, digital archaeology
Abstract: Quantitative methods are transforming how archaeology approaches the investigation of the human past. The emerging possibilities of data integration and computational modelling enable interdisciplinary research on a new level. In large part due to the current challenges imposed by climate change, there is a growing awareness of the importance of past environmental conditions on human history. Archaeology possesses an unmatched record of societal responses to such changes, which can only be utilized by integrated research and quantitative analysis.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64044
Title: Past plant diversity changes and mountain tree species conservation
Author: Rachid Chedadi,N.Mhammdi and F.Sarmiento
Editor: Natasha L.M. Barlow, Glenn A. Milne, Jeremy D. Shakun and Sarah Eggleston
Year: 2019
Publisher: PAGES
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Past Global Changes Vol. 27 (1) page -36-36 May 19
Subject: Past plant diversity changes and mountain tree species conservation
Keywords: Past plant diversity changes, mountain tree species conservation
Abstract: Two recent PAGES –endorsed conferences on “Past plant diversity changes and mountain tree species conservation” provided a great opportunity for scientists from different disciplines to discuss the issue of how the knowledge of plant diversity and ecosystem responses to past climate changes may help in managing species’ persistence under ongoing global climate change. They were held under the umbrella of the ongoing project VULnerability of Populations under Extreme Scenarios (VULPES, vulpesproject.com, 2016-2020).The choice of locations was driven by the fact that both Morocco and Ecuador are hotspots of biodiversity with impressive number of endemic species, many of which are threatened with extinction .Both conferences were sponsored and introduced by the local authorities, which stated loudly and clearly the importance of organizing such meetings in their countries, where biodiversity is a national cause. In Ecuador, the protection of wildlife is now included in the constitution, and plants are protected by law.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
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ID: 64043
Title: Trace element and isotope proxies in paleoceanography: Starting a new synergic effort around marine geochemical proxies
Author: Kazuyo Tachikawa, R.Anderson, L.Vidal and C.Jeandel
Editor: Natasha L.M. Barlow, Glenn A. Milne, Jeremy D. Shakun and Sarah Eggleston
Year: 2019
Publisher: PAGES
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Past Global Changes Vol. 27 (1) page -35-35 May 19
Subject: Trace element and isotope proxies in paleoceanography: Starting a new synergic effort around marine geochemical proxies
Keywords: Trace element, isotope proxies in paleoceanography, new synergic effort, marine geochemical proxies
Abstract: Reconstruction of past ocean states relies on the use of “proxies” (indictors or tracers), since it is impossible to directly measure variables such as water temperatue, biological production and ocean circulation. In order to clarify the ocean’s response to natural and anthropogenic forcings, it is essential to improve our knowledge of proxy behaviour and the associated uncertainty. This task will be most efficiently achieved by the synergy between marine geochemists and paleoceanographers.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Bradtmiller Ll et al. (2014) Nat Commun5: 5817 Hendry KR et al (2018) Frnot Mar Sci 5:22
Literature cited 2: Howe JNW et al. (2018) Nat Commun7:11765 and related Supplementary Material Lynch-Stieglitz J et al.(2007) Science 316:66-69

ID: 64042
Title: Abrupt changes, thresholds, and tipping points in Earth’s history future implications
Author: Ed Brook and Victor Brovkin
Editor: Natasha L.M. Barlow, Glenn A. Milne, Jeremy D. Shakun and Sarah Eggleston
Year: 2019
Publisher: PAGES
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Past Global Changes Vol. 27 (1) page -34-34 May 19
Subject: Abrupt changes, thresholds, and tipping points in Earth’s history and future implications
Keywords: Abrupt changes, thresholds, tipping points in Earth’s history, future implications
Abstract: There is increasing realization and concern that human modification of the Earth system runs the risk of inducing abrupt transitions in climate, ocean circulation, the cryosphere, ecosystems, and society (Turney et al.2016).Our ability to predict when and where such transitions, so-called “tipping points”, might happen is limited. While abrupt climate change has long been identified in ice-core records (Johnsen et al.1992) and other archives , skilfully modelling abrupt change has largely been limited to simple models (Valdes 2011).Recently, a multi-model as assessment revealed abrupt events in state-of –the –art models, suggesting the possibility of predicting the likelihood of such events (Drijhout et al.2015)
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Drijfhout S et al.(2015) Proc Natl Acad Sci 112: E5777-E5786 Johnsen SJ et al.(1992) Nature 359:311-313
Literature cited 2: Lenton TM et al (2008) Proc Natl Acad Sci 105: 1786-1793 Turney CSM et al (2016) PAGES Magazine 24:1-52

ID: 64041
Title: Impacts of sea-level rise from past to present: Islr18
Author: Robert L. Barnett, Koster, B. De Boer, A.B.A. Slangen, X. Benito-Granell and E. Alarcon
Editor: Natasha L.M. Barlow, Glenn A. Milne, Jeremy D. Shakun and Sarah Eggleston
Year: 2019
Publisher: PAGES
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Past Global Changes Vol. 27 (1) page -32-32 May 19
Subject: Impacts of sea-level rise from past to present: Islr18
Keywords: Impacts of sea-level rise, past-present, islr18
Abstract: The iSLR conference for early career researchers (ECRs) was designed to initiate cross-disciplinary engangement for the next generation of sea-level researchers from around the world. The meeting welcomed 68 ECR scientists from 24 different countries to Uttrecht, the Netherlands, in August 2018.The range of expertise reflected a broad range of disciplines, which hallowed participants to build new partnerships and discuss cross-disciplinary approaches towards addressing some of the key outstanding questions in sea-level science.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Fischer H et al. (2018) Nat Geosci 11:474-485
Literature cited 2: Otto-Bliesner B et al. (2017) Geo Sci Model Dev 10:3979-4003.