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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Giant Asian smog cloud masks global warming impact - UN
A three-kilometre thick cloud of brown soot and other pollutants hanging over Asia is darkening cities, killing thousands and damaging crops but may be holding off the worst effects of global warming, the UN said on Thursday.
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Obama should compromise on carbon policy
President-elect Barack Obama may have to compromise on a key point in his proposed climate policy if he wants to push through a program to regulate greenhouse gases, said the lead author of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology study on cap-and-trade markets.
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Polish PM says EU nearing climate deal in Dec
Poland's prime minister said on Thursday he believed a deal in December on a European Union climate package had come closer following his talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the issue.
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Sri Lankan housing programme highlighted at World Urban Forum
The Fourth World Urban Forum organised by the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS) was held in Nanjing, China recently. More than 5,000 foreign delegates from 175 countries including Sri Lanka participated at the Fourth World Urban Forum together with another 3,000 local delegates from the People's Republic of China.
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Transient nature of late Pleistocene climate variability
Climate in the early Pleistocene varied with a period of 41 kyr and was related to variations in Earth's obliquity. About 900 kyr ago, variability increased and oscillated primarily at a period of approx100 kyr, suggesting that the link was then with the eccentricity of Earth's orbit.
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Formation of climate change cells at ministries underway
Agriculture and Water Resources Adviser CS Karim at a workshop yesterday said the cells for climate change impacts are being formed at different ministries to bring this major issue into the mainstream.
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China asks world to step up on climate
Beijing conference tackles how to help developing countries.
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Japan CO2 hits record, risking Kyoto failure
Japan's greenhouse gas emissions rose to a record high in the year to March, putting the world's fifth-largest carbon dioxide producer at risk of an embarrassing failure to achieve its Kyoto target over the next four years.
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Earth may face freeze worse than Ice Age - Study
The planet could face a freeze worse than an Ice Age starting in as little as 10,000 years, giving future societies a headache the opposite of coping with global warming, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Crisis is opportunity
Ban Ki-moon, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Donald Tusk and Anders Fogh Rasmussen The urgency of the global financial crisis is no excuse for neglecting climate change.