Nepal has made significant efforts towards low-emission development, using government tools to encourage finance flows towards climate action. However, achieving its ambitions will be difficult given current
Environment ministers of the Group of Eight (G-8) nations ended talks on Sunday in the Japanese city of Otsu calling for the early ratification of a global warming accord but papered over other
One way to fight global warming would be to collect and sequester carbon dioxide before it has a chance to escape into the atmosphere. Fixing the CO2 is one thing, but once the unwanted substance has
The EL Nino phenomenon, the warming of the equatorial Pacific ocean that occurs every 2-7 years, has been linked to outbreaks of dengue, malaria and cholera. Now, researchers from the Johns Hopkins
Australia is poised to become a regional leader in what many expect to be a massive new global market-the trading of greenhouse emissions. This July, the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) will launch the
If vehicular emissions are to come down, governments will have to provide incentives to develop and promote the use of cleaner alternatives. In 1999, global passenger car production reached a record
the us is unlikely to achieve emission reduction targets as stipulated under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol due to large-scale economic growth. "Taking full advantage of the flexibility mechanisms is the
Scientists struggle to explain the rapidly rising sea surface temperatures in the Northern Hemispere
raging forest fires have consumed more than four hundered thousands hectares of natural forest in the us in areas ranging from Arizona to the Canadian border. Over 70 large fires which are
Aerosols from Asia are poisoning the environs of the Pacific Ocean, say researchers
The absence of a clear position on the transfer of nuclear energy technology under the clean development mechanism amounts to doublespeak
