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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Scientists to reconsider fuel efficiency standards in US
The US government's lead scientific advisory body said that it will reconsider 'The National Academy of Sciences' report,released in July, on automobile fuel efficiency after automakers objected that
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Europe's deal to rescue the Kyoto Protocol rescues nothing
The 1997 Kyoto Protocol on global warming seemed headed for dustbin history when the Bush Administration declared last March that it was pulling out. Then in July, Europe led a coalition of nearly
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The job for Japan is to help craft something better than Kyoto
The Japanese government finds itself in the middle of a tug-of-war between the Bush Administration, which has rejected the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas reductions and the European Union, which
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Siachen warming forces army to relocate
The Indian Army, in combat with Pakistani forces for the last 17 years, on the world's highest battlefield, is now facing a new enemy. With temperatures rising to over 30 degree centigrade at Siachen
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UK emissions trading scheme registers first deal
Britain's national emissions trading scheme, launched in mid-August as part of the government's bid to curb greenhouse gas pollution, has registered its first trade, the government said last week.
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Water harvesting goes for a toss
One of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's much-hyped programmes-Rain Water Harvesting-has gone for a six in Hyderabad. The city which has about three lakh households has only 533 RWH
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Massive watershed project launched
The Karnataka State Government today formally launched its ambitious Rs 700-crore watershed development project, which s said to be the biggest ever watershed project in the country, under which one
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State to get WB aid for groundwater recharging
The World Bank has agreed in principle to provide a loan assistance of Rs 471 crore to Karnataka State to take up groundwater recharging programmes in 72 taluks, which have been identified as dark
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Development nations responsible for global warming, say experts
Experts and journalists from some 20 countries and development agencies demanded "effective responses" from the developed nations to prevent the impending dangers of global warming resulting in
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Rain water collection plan extended
The advanced plan of collecting rain water to provide it as drinking water in the dry season has been extended in Tanahun district of Nepal after its initial