Climate equity: women as agents of change
The “Climate Equity: Women as Agents of Change” Report has been jointly produced by the National Commission on Status of Women and UNDP Pakistan. The findings of the report have emerged from an extensive
Climate Equity
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PM stresses ‘equity’ in climate talks
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday stressed the need for “equity” in global climate change negotiations and said economic growth should not harm the environment. At his meeting in Delhi with the environment
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The poor against the poor on climate
Poor nations have been sparring over emission cuts without realising that the fight is a deliberate creation of rich countries Many years ago, in a desperately poor village in Rajasthan, people decided to plant trees on the land adjoining their pond so that its catchment would be protected. But this land belonged to the revenue department and people were fined for trespass. The issue hit national headlines. The stink made the local administration uncomfortable.
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Principles of equity should be goal of climate talks: Manmohan
Growth should take place in a way that does not harm the environment, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday. During his meeting with Environment Ministers of BASIC countries — Brazil, South Africa, India and China — Dr. Singh said the principle of equity - equal per capita rights to the atmospheric space - should be the goal of future negotiations on climate change, sources said.
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Outcomes from Doha climate change conference
The Doha Climate Change Conference that concluded on 8th December, 2012 has resulted in three decisions (clubbed together as ‘Doha Climate Gateway’) aimed at advancing the implementation of the UN Framework
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Jayanthi emphasises ‘equity’
In the run-up to the Rio+20 Earth Summit, India continues to emphasise the principle of equity as forming the foundation for climate change negotiations. “I would like to reiterate that the bottom line remains equity,” said minister of environment Jayanthi Natarajan addressing a special session on Biodiversity at the 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit. Ms Natarajan’s statement came a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had endorsed her stand at the UNFCCC meet at Durban conference
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Equity must be basis of climate talks: PM
NEW DELHI: In one of his most emphatic public statements reaffirming the return of 'equity' in India's climate change stance, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said global cooperation on climate change "must
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Lack of collective will on climate change: Manmohan Singh
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that "a lack of collective will" was hampering efforts to forge a common global front against the threat of climate change. Addressing the opening
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Equity: The next frontier in climate talks
Climate change is not a problem of present deeds but of past contributions. The world has run out of atmospheric space - and time. Will the rich, who contributed to emissions in the past and still take
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The inconvenient truth of equity
In 1990, China was responsible for only 10% of annual emissions. But in 2010, it contributed some 27% In 1992, when the world met to discuss an agreement on climate change, equity was a simple concept:
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Time-out
The 17th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change met in Durban in December 2011. Negotiations were heated and acrimonious, as the world desperately searched for new ways