State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Climate Change
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Soot adds fuel to global warming
NYT News Service Soot from cookstoves in Asia and Africa is seen as responsible for 18 pc of the planets warming, says Elisabeth Rosenthal. It could help to curb emissions as we observe another Earth Day tomorrow
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Kochi to observe Earth Day
Kochi city is poised to join hands with the rest of the world to observe Earth Day on April 22 even as the threat of climate change is escalating by the day. The focus of the 40th anniversary of the Earth Day observance will be Green Generation Campaign.
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Forests could flip from sink to source of CO2
Forests that today soak up a quarter of carbon pollution spewed into the atmosphere could soon become a net source of CO2 if Earth
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Incentives to wind farms may be extended for 10 years
New Delhi: It seems renewable energy may get some more wind to its wings. Bolstered by the entry of large players such as Tata, Reliance and ONGC in this sector, the government is considering a proposal to extend generation-based incentive (GBI) to wind farms for a period of up to 10 years.
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'Link water, energy and climate change'
Business leaders from some of the world's biggest companies recently called for water, energy and climate change to be linked in global negotiations, such as the international climate talks due to culminate in Copenhagen in December.
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Aborigine, Inuit Tradition Can Fight Climate Change
Alaskan Inuits, Australian aborigines and Pygmies from Cameroon have a message for a warming world: native traditions can be a potent weapon against climate change. At a summit starting Monday in Anchorage, Alaska, some 400 indigenous people from 80 nations are gathering to hone this message in the hope that it can be a key part of international climate negotiations.
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Stove soot target in climate fight
Scientists say that reducing soot from villages in developing countries is a relatively simple climate fix
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Excerpts From EPA's Greenhouse Gas Document
The US Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday six emissions of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, are a danger to public health and welfare. Here are excerpts from the EPA's so-called endangerment finding, which opens the way for possible regulation of climate-warming pollution.
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EPA Says CO2 Emissions Endanger Human Health
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday unveiled a finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare, opening the door to federal regulation of carbon dioxide as a pollutant. The finding does not "automatically trigger" new carbon rules but could allow the EPA to move forward with limiting greenhouse gas emissions under the federal Clean Air Act.
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EU Greenhouse Emissions Fall - Because It's Warmer
European Union emissions of greenhouse gases blamed for stoking global warming fell by 1.2 percent in 2007, paradoxically aided by a mild winter that cut heating demand, EU data showed on Friday. Emissions by the 27-nation bloc in 2007, before the current global economic downturn, dipped to 9.2 percent below a 1990 benchmark year under the UN's Kyoto Protocol for fighting climate change.