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
-
UP plans to set up small, medium hydel units
Hit by chronic shortage in Uttar Pradesh, the Rajnath Singh government has decided to set up medium and small hydro power units in its well knit canal
-
MRTP panel moved on Nugas
Members of the Delhi Contract Bus Association (DCBA), "aggrieved and frustrated" over the "monopolistic, restrictive and unfair trade practices" of Nugas, have moved the MRTP Commission. In the first
-
Iceland is at work on fuel-cell plan
As some 3,800 diplomats, technicians and lobbyists pressed various schemes in Bonn last week to complete the Kyoto Protocol to curb global warming, Iceland promoted the most radical plan of all to
-
Kyoto deal approved after last minute scare
The Kyoto accord on global warming survived a last-minute scare yesterday after technical wrangles held up final United Nations approval of a political compromise struck earlier this week to salvage
-
Deal on climate change
Against all Expectations, signatories to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have been able to arrive at an agreement on how to operationalise the 1997 Kyoto Protocol; which is
-
U.S. Kyoto counterplan demanded
Japan has asked the United States to swiftly come up with a specific counterproposal to the Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming, Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Shunji Yanai said Tuesday. Yanai
-
White House in no hurry with options to Kyoto Pact
The 178 countries that completed a treaty on Monday aimed at curbing global warming may have to wait a very long time before President Bush, who rejected the pact, puts any alternative on the table,
-
US not dodging global warming challenge - Powell
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday defended America's record on environmental protection and said Washington was not denying its responsibilities by refusing to back the Kyoto pact on
-
Backlash against climate critics
Senate Republicans lashed at critics of the US decision not to sign the Kyoto climate change pact but vowed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through technology development, renewable fuels and
-
Delegates from 180 countries sit down to seal Kyoto deal
Civil servants from some 180 nations got down to haggling on Tuesday over the fine print of a deal to salvage the Kyoto accord which will force most rich nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.