A double-whammy of El Niño and long-term climate change hit Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Drought, heat, wildfires,
Japan's plans to meet its obligations under the Kyoto accord on global warming could be in jeopardy as public safety concerns hinder the construction of new nuclear reactors low in greenhouse gas
During negotiations over the Kyoto Protocol, the United States preached the importance of market solutions to reduce greenshouse gas emissions. Few countries listened. Now, with Americans no longer
British industry cut carbon dioxide emissions by 13.5 million tonnes last year, almost three times above target, according to government figures. But the five-year emissions trading scheme (UKETS)
Global warming is redrawing the isobars on weather maps. Researchers have found that changes in air pressure over the past 50 years bear the fingerprint of human influence. Most climate scientists
With his rejection of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change in 2001, President George W. Bush inadvertently caused an upheaval in international relations. Environmental issues had been logn regarded
The mainstream scientific consensus on global warming becomes clearer by the day. The situation is now far more serious than it ever was in the past 400-600 years. Seven of the 10 warmest years in
The New Zealand government proposes to promote the development of two wind farms by providing them Kyoto Protocol climate change credits for the energy produced. While one is a 36-mega watt (mw)
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee recently added five more members to the task force that has been entrusted with the job of linking the nation's rivers. They are R K Pachauri, director, Tata
Water supply projects undertaken in the twin cities of Hubli-Dharwad in Karnataka which face severe drinking water every year, hold a promise of more water from the Malaprabha
Government's latest data on greenhouse gas emissions, which show that carbon dioxide emissions are down 8% on 1990 levels. Emissions of the
