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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United Nations says voluntary emissions reduction schemes working
Voluntary actions by industry, governments and organisations are leading to small but significant reductions in emissions of global warming gases worldwide, the United Nations Environment Programme
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The mother of all ecosystems honored
In terms of biodiversity, the Northern Territory was no Daintree Rainforest 1.5 billion years ago, but it will today be declared the home of the planet's oldest known "modern" ecosystem. In the
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Global warming treaty not doomed, Germany says
Germany's Environment Minister Juergen Trittin voiced cautious optimism in an interview published yesterday about the prospects of global climate talks to be held Bonn later this month. "We still
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German chemicals body urges US to back Kyoto deal
The VCI German chemical industry association yesterday called on the United States to back the Kyoto protocol to reduce greenhouse gases, saying it made economic sense to find more efficient ways of
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U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from energy up 2.7 percent
Preliminary estimates by DOE's Energy Information Administration (EIA) find that U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels rose 2.7 percent in 2000, the highest growth rate since 1996.
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Greenland should hold answers to climate puzzles
The ice that covers most of Greenland and the air swirling above the ice probably hold the answers to important questions about Earth's past, present and future climates.Greenland's brief summer
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Get Kyoto pact going with U.S. or without, Jospin tells Koizumi
Although France wants the United States to return to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, its priority is to put the pact into force, French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin told Prime Minister
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Koixumi in Kyoto : Where he stands depends on where he is
Anyone interested in clearly understanding Japan's position on the Kyoto Protocol on global warming would search in vain through Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's statements over the past several
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Vague Koizumi puts brakes on Kyoto pact
Japan is in the driver's seat to determine whether a global climate treaty will ever take effect. and supporters of the treaty say that they were discouraged by the remarks made on Saturday by Prime
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Bush administraton to spend $25 mln on global warming projects
The Bush administration said yesterday it would spend nearly $25 million to help fund eight projects to study methods for capturing and safely storing carbon gases blamed for global warming. The