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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Confusion over wording endangers Japan's greenhouse gas commitments
Japan's ability to meet its Kyoto obligations has been cast into doubt because of a disagreement over terminology.Instead of basing its plan on reducing greenhouse gases on guidelines issued by the
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'Indonesian islands may disappear'
Indonesia could lose 2,000 of its 17,000 islands if global warming continues, an environmental expert told a climate change conference in
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EIA reports on U.S. carbon dioxide emissions
The Energy Information Adminstration (EIA) reports that U.S. estimated emissions of carbon dioxide, mainly from the burning of fossil fuels, increased by 1.3 percent in 1999--close to the average
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Kyoto CO2 reduction goals must be adhered to
NGO : A Japanese nongovernmental organization called on Environment Agency officials Thursday to establish efficient domestic measures to meet reduction targets for carbon dioxide and other
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Climate change poses new challenges for EU - report
Northern Europe and Britain can expect more flooding and torrential rains in the years to come but southern Europe will bear the brunt of the impact of global warming with water shortages, forest
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Cyber voices against climate change
As the days count down to November's crucial climate summit in The Hague, a coalition of leading environmental organizations today launched the first international web-based initiative to give
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U.S. climate change efforts focus on buildings, vehicles
Against a backdrop of growing scientific consensus that the earth is warming-and that human activities are at least partly to blame--a dozen federal agencies are working closely with the private
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Europe's poorer areas face worst climate effects
Climate change is likely to have a far more severe impact on the poorer regions of southern and eastern Europe than on richer countries in northern Europe, according to a European Union-funded study.
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Climate change and dams: An analysis of the linkages between the UNFCCC legal regime and dams
This study looks at the linkages between dams and climate change. It analyses the climate change legal regime as represented by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol and attempts to highlight the relevance of its provisions, decisions and processes to the planning, appraisal, design, construction, operation and
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Farmer's water-wise ways-bid to beat climate change
UK farmers are spending money on reservoirs, ponds, irrigation systems and hi-tech monitoring equipment in a bid to beat the threat of climate change, according to a new survey. Nearly two-thirds of