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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Japan in quandary how to lure US to Kyoto pact
Japan is committed to persuading the United States to come back to the Kyoto pact on global warming but is in a quandary over how to achieve the goal, Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said
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US says sending delegation to Bonn climate talks
The United States said yesterday it would send a delegation to a major climate change conference on the so-called Kyoto accord in Germany this month, but made clear President George W. Bush's
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Greenhouse emissions back on the rise
Japan's total greenhouse gas emissions came to 1.3 billion tons in fiscal 1999, up 2.1 percent if calculated simply as carbon dioxide from the previous year and the first increase in three years,
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Climate change experts say Kyoto pact must proceed without US
Leading European climate change experts on Monday urged the world to forge ahead with the Kyoto agreement even without the participation of the United States, the world's biggest polluter. The head
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Australia says leave Kyoto door open for US
Australia said yesterday no deal should be reached at the Bonn climate change talks next week in order to "leave the door open" for the United States to join any global agreement on cutting
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SUVs blamed for rise in greenhouse gases
Gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles are driving up Canada's greenhouse gas emissions, new figures indicate, and Environment Minister David Anderson says he's alarmed at the trend. Anderson said he is
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Japanese to push Kyoto Treaty
Japanese officials pledged to help the European Union to try to persuade the Bush Administration to embrace the Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming, but stopped short of saying Japan would ratify
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Don't debate, do something
While policy makers aground the world grapple with the economic and political issues raised by climate change, there is now growing observational evidence that the earth is becoming warmer than at
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New CNG norms to be notified this week
Faced with mounting criticism and a Supreme Court deadline, the Union ministry of road transport and highway has prepared a new set of CNG norms. The new norms, likely to be notified this week, have
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'Use funds for water harvesting'
Despite an investment of Rs. 32,000 crore din the Ninth Plan, more than 20,000 rural habitations are yet to be covered with at least one source of potable water and 1,66,832 habitations, marking