State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Climate Change
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Hydel policy for private power projects to be announced after cabinet approval
Hydel policy for private power projects in Pakistan will be announced shortly after the final approval by the Economic Coordination Committee and Federal Cabinet.According to the Ministry of Water
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US and Canadian leaders commit to Kyoto obligations
The governors of the six US New England states, which include two Republicans, have committed alongside the premiers of five eastern Canadian provinces to achieve 1990 levels of greenhouse gases
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No winners in Bonn
The compromises made at the conference on climate change held in Bonn seem more of a step backward than an attempt to push the Kyoto Protocol and aid the
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Bhopal revisited
The government department to provide relief to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy may be closed down
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Costing a lot !
global warming will have serious repercussions on the world economy. The damage from climate-induced natural disasters could rise so steeply that will will become difficult for insurance
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What next?
More and more people are waking up to the need for an international climate regime based on the principle of per capita entitlements to the atmosphere
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EQUITY : an idea whose time has come
More people come out of the closet to support a fair and equitable approach to the climate negotiations
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Crunch issues
During the second week of the meeting, it became clear that there were four main areas of contention. In climate jargon, these were: sinks, supplemen tarity, compliance, and funding for adaptation. A
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Climate on a skid
Global warming is likely to be far greater and faster than previous estimates, says the latest report of the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research. Merely planting more trees won t help
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Hold Up!
The stage seemed set for another climate meeting to serve the economic interests of the US better than the threat of global warming