State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Environment
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Foreigners to pay for clean Ladakh air
Ladakh could become India's first tourist spot where foreign tourists would have to pay towards environmental costs. The Leh Autonomous Hill Council has proposed a US $10 "environmental restoration"
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Canada vows to stay Kyoto course, Russia regardless
Canada will meet its commitments under the Kyoto climate change protocol regardless of whether Russia ratifies the landmark environmental treaty, bringing it into force, Environment Minister David
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Summer heatwave killed 4,175 elderly in Italy
The heatwave that gripped Europe this summer killed 4,175 elderly people in Italy between mid-July and mid-August, Italian Health Minister Girolamo Sirchia said. The figure is the increase in the
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The Cancun challenge
The current Doha round of trade talks was supposed to help the world's poor. But a range of disagreements have stymied the negotiations. To keep the round alive, next week's meeting in Mexico needs
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Biomedical wastes should not be dumped with general wastes'
Experts in Dhaka (Bangladesh) observed that the biomedical wastes should temporarily be stored, segregated and disposed off with advance technology instead of being dumped with general
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Tripura bans plastic bags
The Tripura Government has banned the use of plastic carry bags of 20-micron thickness and 20x30 cm size and warned stern action against those using these bags. The State Science, Technology and
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Cancun targets cotton
It's not often you see Africans looking like potential big winners at big international gatherings. But this week Francois Traore, the head of Burkina Faso's National Cotton Producers Union, has been
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Can't hear crack of whip
Dussehra and Diwali are round the corner but pollution-enforcing agencies, like the Department of Explosives and Delhi Police, are passing the buck on firecrackers. Each claims that it is the other's
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Investment row causes WTO talks to collapse
The World Trade Oganisation's ministerial meeting in Cancun collapsed in confusion after African and Asian countries united to reject demands by the European Union and Japan for rules on investment
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Korean MPs flay government response to typhoon tragedy
Rival parties fumed at the government for reacting poorly to disasters when their lawmakers attended the Special Committee on Countermeasures against Natural Calamities at the National Assembly.