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
Climate Change
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Carbon-free funerals at Oz cemetery
An Australian cemetery has unveiled plans to take the carbon out of cremations by offering new green funerals to help combat global warming.
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China may upset global warming fight
Washington: China's current carbon emission levels have set alarm bells ringing for environmentalists as they are likely to upset global greenhouse stabilisation efforts.
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U.S. sued over endangered list
Three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government for missing the deadline to list the polar bear as a threatened animal under the Endangered Species Act.
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Saran is PM envoy for climate change
Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran has been named the Prime Minister's special envoy on climate change.
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Work together to offset inpacts of global climate change
Speakers at a discussion yesterday called upon all to work together to offset the impacts of global climate change.
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'Women most vulnerable to climate change'
Women, the primary caregiver in family, are the most vulnerable group to climate change, said the speakers at a seminar yesterday.
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Bangladesh to be worst sufferer of global warming: seminar
Policy planners on Monday said Bangladesh, among the least developed countries, would be the worst suffer of global environment degradation and rise in the sea level.
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Myopic budget
The 2008 Union budget must be remembered. Not because it heralds the news of an early election. But because it comes at a time when the world is battling four different but linked developments.
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Possibility of cold war over Arctic meltdown (Editorial)
With oil above 100 dollars a barrel and Arctic ice melting faster than ever, some of the world's most powerful countries -- including the United States and Russia -- are looking north to a possible en