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You would like to know more about climate change, environmental protection, human rights or globalisation? RESET provides you with up-to-date and in-depth background information, compiled and written by Resetters and experts. Get informed!

Energy

Carbon Capture Storage Technology and India

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), or carbon sequestration, is a means of separating out carbon dioxide when burning fossil fuels, collecting it and subsequently “dumping” it underground or in the sea. CCS is an integrated concept which consists of three components comprising of CO2 capture, transport and storage (which also includes measurement, monitoring and verification). Read on

Green Living

What is "Fair Trade"?

Fair Trade is an organised social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries obtain better trading conditions and promote sustainability. Read on

Green Living

Garbage Sorting in China

With the ever-increasing amount of garbage piling up at a speed which exceeds the capacities of landfills and incinerators ability to accomodate it, the Chinese authority now seeks to deal with the problem at the source. Garbage sorting has started already in the big cities like Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen and is headed to some local communities, only this time the implementation will come with strict regulations and penalties. Read on

Development

Is the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol contributing to Sustainable Development?

The purpose of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is defined in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Read on

Development

Microcredit Schemes – Miracle, Disaster or Somewhere in Between?

The term "microfinance" or "microcredit" - the provision of financial services and small loans to people who don't qualify for traditional banking services - is a concept that many of us are familiar with. But when it comes to tackling poverty, how helpful is it really? Read on

Responsibility

The Right Livelihood Award - The Alternative Nobel Prize

In 1980, the journalist and professional philatelist Jakob von Uexkull felt that the Nobel Prize categories were too narrow in scope and too concentrated on the interests of the industrialised countries to be an adequate answer to the challenges now facing humanity. Read on

Development

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main development challenges. The MDGs are drawn from the actions and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration that was adopted by 189 nations and signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. Read on

Biodiversity

Rainforests: Self-Sustaining Ecosystems

Not all tropical forests are rainforests. Differences in soil composition, altitude or rainfall allow for a number of forest types. Yet they all share one thing in common: threat of deforestation. Read on

Responsibility

Corruption

Call it a favour in Germany, small help in the Honduras or Gombi, Beer, taxi or even “le tschoko” in Cameroon, the words used for corruption are as diverse as its manifestations from bribery to fraud and from cronyism to an end with serious consequences. Read on

Chances

Child Labour

Child labour is work carried out children that harms them or exploits them in some way - physically, mentally, morally, or by blocking their access to education. While progress has been made around the world in the fight against child labour, there's still a long way to go. Read on

Biodiversity

Plastic Ocean - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

We produce huge amounts of waste every day - a lot of it plastic. Only a tiny portion is ever recycled, and the rest takes years and years to break down, ending up in landfill or polluting oceans and beaches, with serious consequences for our seas and the life within them. Read on

Development

Let’s make India a competitive country

Competitiveness is a key part of achieving development in all countries and India is not an exception. The struggle and efforts in this area will contribute to positive results in the political, economic, cultural, scientific, technological and innovation, social spheres among others. Read on

Development

Sustainable Development Goals should be India's Focus

The ideal world-and the most prevalent idea of the future that one can think of-must consist, essentially, of social inclusion for all, constant economic growth and a clean and secure environment. For this, we must move beyond economic wealth as the indicator and vehicle of the progress of humanity. Most importantly, sustainable development goals should: Read on

Chances

The Dowry System

The giving of gifts or money (otherwise known as a dowry) to a groom on behalf of the bride’s family is common practice in India, a marital tradition which dates back centuries. The dowry buys into people’s pride and desire to “save face” and the system (and exactly what is given) has substantial consequences for families and women in general. Read on

Energy

Lighting Scenario in Rural India - Dark Nights in Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the twelfth largest state in terms of geographical size and third largest by population. 85 percent of the population lives in rural villages. Read on