The EEA report ‘Urban adaptation in Europe’ highlights the urgent need to adapt European cities to climate change and provides an overview of actions they are taking. The report provides a rich source
Lucknow Girl A Special Invitee Of Ban Ki-Moon Lucknow: At around 10:30am on September 22, after Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangari Muta Mathaai finishes her speech at the Summit on Climate Change at the United Nations, she will yield the lectern to a 13-yearold Lucknow girl.
New York: A 13-year-old girl from Lucknow, speaking on behalf of the world
OVER the next few days, climate change and its imminent geographic, economic and social impact will be the topic of animated discussions at a series of world fora. Beginning with the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, the debate will shift to the G-20 meeting at Pittsburgh on September 24 and culminate in the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December.
ENVIRONMENT minister Jairam Ramesh
Greenhouse gas emissions have fallen thanks to the global downturn, handing the world a chance to move away from high-carbon growth, a report said on Monday, citing an International Energy Agency (IEA) study. The unpublished IEA study found carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels had dropped significantly this year -- further than in any year in the past four decades.
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NEW YORK: A 13-year-old girl from Lucknow, speaking on behalf of the world's three billion children, will address over a 100 world leaders including US President Barack Obama during a summit on the climate change here tomorrow.
London: Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts said. More than 200 million women worldwide want contraceptives, but don
As world leaders gather in New York for the highest-level conference yet on climate change, European leaders are expressing growing unease about the United States
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will unveil a plan to support developing countries in technology and funding to fight climate change at a U.N. meeting this week, Japan's environment minister said on Sunday.
