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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Cutting emissions turns into a flexible business
The world's biggest economies, minus the U.S. agreed last week to undertake radical cuts in emissions of so-called greenhouse gases to fight global warming.But they are likely to proceed slowly and
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Call for ban on import of used vehicles from India
A group of promoters of environment friendly transports together with the Nitol Group, a major road transport importer and assembler in Bangladesh, on Saturday demanded immediate ban on the import of
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Warming Warning, but no takers
Deadalus, Craftsman and inventor, fashioned two sets of wings from feathers and wax and together with his son Icarus soared high into the sky until lcarus, so near the sun that his wings melted,
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In Congress, warming heats up
With the United States now alone in the world in opposing the treaty to combat global warming, some lawmakers are pressing for Congress to take the lead toward reducing emissions of so-called
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What next, then?
Against the odds, European negotiators emerged triumphant from the Bonn conference on climate change. When the world's environment ministers gathered to negotiate the final details of the Kyoto
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Kyoto rescued?
To judge by the euphoric proclaimations and the breathless headlines it seems that the Kyoto Protocol is back from the dead. George Bush, the Toxic Texan, had all but killed the treaty by declaring
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Bipartisan Senate plan seeks reduced carbon emissions
A pair of U.S. senators yesterday introduced legislation intended to "jump start" the nation's ability to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the greenhouse gases blamed most for warming the globe.
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Lawmakers begin effort to get U.S. to fight global warming
With the United States now alone in the world in opposing the treaty to combat global warming, some lawmakers are pressing for Congress to take the lead toward reducing emissions of so-called
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Climate dilemma
In last year's talks on implementing the Kyoto climate change treaty, Europeans refused to compromise with the Clinton administration's negotiators. This time around the Bush Administration virtually
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CO2 emissions trading long way off despite Kyoto deal
Trading of greenhouse gas emissions may be the solution in the future to reduce industrial pollution, but specific trading rules have first to be adopted and recognised globally, experts say. A deal