The global agrifood system has been largely overlooked in the fight against climate change. Yet, greenhouse gas emissions from the agrifood system are so big that they alone could cause the world to miss
Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: With an eye on arresting the Capital
NEW DELHI: Climate changes are happening much faster and outstripping all efforts to predict them, suggests a new report on weather patterns.
Experts, businessmen, fishermen and fish workers based on their experience said the fishing zones and fish production in the coastal area are declining gradually over the years. They attribute it to sea level rise, increase of salinity at coastal belt, frequent cyclone and change in the oceanic current pattern.
The US Congress has taken its first big step towards passing a cap and trade bill to tackle global warming but the proposed legislation faces a tough fight to be passed by the Senate. A vote on Thursday night in the key House committee on energy and commerce set out proposals for a bill to reduce US carbon emissions to 17 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020 and by 83 per cent by 2050.
The passage of the cap-and-trade bill through the committee stage has driven a wedge through the US environmental lobby, Fiona Harvey reports .
Underwater archaeology is revealing how ancient civilisations coped with rising seas, and while their methods were basic, they still have relevance today.
China adopted a hard line yesterday ahead of climate change negotiations, calling on rich countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions 40 per cent by 2020 from 1990 levels and help pay for reduction schemes in poorer countries.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Rich nations should cut their greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels as part of a new global climate change pact, China said on Thursday, spelling out its stance ahead of negotiations.
United Nation's Global Environment Facility (GEF) on Thursday signed a project document with Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) and Economic Affairs Division (EAD) for the implementation of $19.2 million plan for setting up mini-hydel power plants in the district of Chitral.
New Delhi: After the World Bank endorsed India
