12
Feb

Island nations on the frontlines of climate change

The President was speaking at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit in India, which was inaugurated by Indian Prime Minsiter Dr. Manmohan Singh. 

During the summit, President Michel repeated the call which small islands have consistently asked for; that atmospheric carbon dioxide should be capped at 350 parts per million of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and for the earth’s surface temperature increase to be kept within 1.5 degrees Celsius.

“We continue to repeat this call, because amidst all the debates, amidst all the polemics, we can’t change the facts. The facts tell us that climate change will delay our efforts at sustainable development. The facts indicate clearly climate change will affect our fisheries, our agriculture, our water resources, hence our ability to feed our people. And the facts tell us that climate change will inflict poverty and threaten our very existence as a nation.  But we will always continue to fight for our right to exist because island nations are on the frontlines of climate change,” said President Michel.

11
Feb

Reduce the VAT on a home refurbishment by offsetting Carbon

Sounds a bit farfetched perhaps; however there are a number of arguments accompanied by existing policy and activities in emerging markets that give this idea some credibility.Could the VAT bill paid by consumers on their home refurbishments be finally reduced without upsetting the Government?

Currently the cost of the majority of home refurbishment is enlarged by a 17.5% VAT charge. This not only represents a financial disincentive for people to refurbish their home but also encourages people to engage building companies that are happy to waive the VAT. Customers without contracts are subsequently unprotected against poor workmanship and worse, cowboy builders who cost the nation approximately £42m a year.

Any disincentive to refurbish one’s home hampers the UK economy. The condition and subsequent value of each home in the UK contributes to one of the nation’s largest assets: the housing stock. This asset underpins a considerable portion of citizen’s loans and mortgages from banks and building societies. On a grand scale, the consequence of individuals not refurbishing their home and not making the most of its value collectively reduces billions off the optimal value of the nation’s housing stock.

10
Feb

Issues For Building E-Solution: The Boon For The Future?health!

Abstract

The health care management is a critique for the coming phase of era, where every time a new decease, new viruses, high pollution, high food adulteration and new chemicals make the environment very critical to survive a human being. In this type of situation only the fast growing technology of IT and booming of internet with the medical technology can definitely helps to both normal persons and patients for taking care of health.

This article includes all the necessary aspects, which should be considered when we are going to build E- commerce solutions for ehealth care system e.g. selecting the best technology, business model , application model and software engineering issues  etc. This also deals with, how this E-health care system can adopt the innovation in health care world? This  also deals with the aspects of health care management where E-commerce must be used which can change the ratio of perfect treatment e.g. taking health care of newly discharged patients who are not able to come regularly until his/her fitness. They can online check their health statistics, consults with his/her doctor and order the medicines etc.