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FEATURETORY COVER S
Carbon Balance
The Kyoto Protocol was adopted as part of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change as a binding agreement that commits
the signatories to develop and execute national programmes to reduce
greenhouse gases. In this article, Deepa Parekh discusses the urgency
to meet the climate-mitigation targets and explains the different
mechanisms that can be deployed to carry out such changes.
Deepa Parekh is an architect with over seven years of
experience in green building consulting, policy, and
education. Having conducted over 30 training programmes,
she leads the Sustainability Education Programme at
Environmental Design Solutions Pvt. Ltd as a senior
project manager. As an ECBC Master Trainer, she strives
to bridge the gap between theory and practice, through her
work, she is currently developing courses for e-learning. She
can be reached at deepa@edsglobal.com
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Carbon Balance
The Kyoto Protocol was adopted as part of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change as a binding agreement that commits
the signatories to develop and execute national programmes to reduce
greenhouse gases. In this article, Deepa Parekh discusses the urgency
to meet the climate-mitigation targets and explains the different
mechanisms that can be deployed to carry out such changes.
Deepa Parekh is an architect with over seven years of
experience in green building consulting, policy, and
education. Having conducted over 30 training programmes,
she leads the Sustainability Education Programme at
Environmental Design Solutions Pvt. Ltd as a senior
project manager. As an ECBC Master Trainer, she strives
to bridge the gap between theory and practice, through her
work, she is currently developing courses for e-learning. She
can be reached at deepa@edsglobal.com
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