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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Making 'sense' of the new Japanese target
The leader of the newly elected Democratic Party of Japan Yukio Hatoyama created quite a stir with his bold mid-term target for emission reduction -- 25 per cent from 1990 levels by 2020.
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Kolkata governor's lessons to Al Gore: Sufficiency, not just efficiency
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopalkrishna_Gandhi">Gopalkrishna Gandhi</a>, the governor of West Bengal knows that we need to learn to walk the talk. He lives, as he says, in a 84,000 sq feet building – <a href="http://rajbhavankolkata.gov.in/">the majestic Raj Bhawan</a> (Governor’s residence) – in a massive 11 hectare plot of land in the heart of Kolkata city.
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India's changing position on climate change: why and for whom?
<p>Let me be straight: As the clocks ticks to Copenhagen, how low is the world prepared to prostrate to get climate-renegade US on board? Is a bad deal in Copenhagen better than no deal? <br />
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Possible elements of the Copenhagen Agreement?
<p>It is now more or less clear that the world will not be ready with an ambitious legally binding agreement at Copenhagen, which sets interim targets for industrialized countries or the funds and technology for participation of developing countries. Already the Kyoto Protocol, which sets binding targets for the industrialised countries is being bashed.