Cement, Energy and Environment

Similarly, the high cost of technology such as satellite imagery needed to prove that deforestation was actually avoided means that only countries and communities with greater capacity will be able to take the advantage of this mechanism. The US, UK and Norway promised US $280 million for REDO+ projects at Warsaw, far from the billions that experts see as required to build the capacity of countries to participate in REDO+ mechanism. The final outcome at Warsaw presents a re– run of the Polish CoP in 2008. At the Poznan conference, countries had agreed to make the Adaptation Fund operational, which was to use money generated by carbon credits under the Clean Development Mechanism to help developing countries adapt to climate change. Today, the carbon market is dead, and so is the fund. The loss and damage mechanisms agreed to at Warsaw cannot escape the fate of the Adaptation Fund unless the developed countries deliver on predictable and sustainable finance. In the lead-up to Paris, the real challenge is to stitch the differences between the developed and developing world . For this, the developed world will need to show real ambition and real money. The developing world, particularly India, will need to go back to the table and rework its strategy. With little time remammg, one can only hope these differences do not go to Paris when we are negotiating the 2015 deal. Otherwise, we will see a repeat of Copenhagen in 2015 - marked by secret deals, deep distrust and no consensus. Courtesy: A 'Down to Earth' Annual State of India's Environment, 2014 Pg. No.: 168-171 INVITATION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Original contributions are invited in the following broad areas of cement industry operations: ·:· Energy Management and Conservation • ••• ••• • ••• • ••• • Environmental Management and Improvement Productivity Enhancement Material Conservation Product Innovation, Quality and Standards Plant Safety Plant Achievements and Case Studies Typically, these could be: ·:· Success stories on Energy Saving, Environmental Improvement, Material Conservation; •:• Diagnostic/Case studies on specific problems/deficiencies met with in-plant operation and trouble shooting; •:• Reports on Productivity enhancement studies/campaigns; •:• Reports on Benchmarking of plant performance; •:• Results of R&D on cement production, energy efficient technologies/machinery; •:• Results on plant renewal/modernisation; and •:• Summary Proceedings (with recommendations where available) of Seminars/ Conferences devoted to Energy, Environment and Productivity matters in cement industry Authors are requested to send their contributions to Secretary General, Cement Manufacturers' Association, CMA Tower, A-2E, Sector 24, Noida- 201 301 (U.P.), India, preferably in CO/E-mail : cmand@cmaindia.org . It will be appreciated if material is supported by ample graphics, charts, tables and colour photographs. Printed by Harish Panchal and published by Harish Panchal on behalf of Cement Manufacturers' Association at 2142-47 Gurudwara Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi - 110005 and printed at M/s. Saphire Pri nters Pvt. Ltd., 9/52, Bazar Lane, Vishwas Nagar,Delhi 110032, Tel.: 011-22391057 • '