Climate Change

Rio+20: Manmohan hits out at developed nations

Rio de Janeiro: The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today again admonished the West for living the high life and not paying for it.

Publication Date: 
22/06/2012
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, UN Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), Climate Change, Brazil, Carbon Intensity, GDP, Emission Targets, Air Pollution, Pollution, Global, Sustainable Development, Climate Equity, RIO+20
Climate Change

Opening Remarks by Minister of State for Environment and Forests at the Media Interaction, Rio de Janeiro, June 20, 2012

Document contains opening remarks by Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister of State for Environment and Forests at the Media Interaction, held at Rio de Janeiro on June 20, 2012.

Publication Date: 
20/06/2012
Jayanthi Natarajan
Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), UN Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), Sustainable Development, India, Economy, Climate Economics, Carbon Intensity, Media
Climate Change

China Emissions Study Suggests Climate Change Could Be Faster Than Thought

China's carbon emissions could be nearly 20 percent higher than previously thought, a new analysis of official Chinese data showed on Sunday, suggesting the pace of global climate change could be e

Publication Date: 
13/06/2012
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
China, Climate Change, United States Of America (US), Green House Gases, Carbon Dioxide, Extreme Weather Events, Drought, Floods, Energy, Japan, Global Warming, Emissions Trading, Carbon Intensity
Climate Change

Global CO2 emissions hit record in 2011 led by China-IEA

China spurred a jump in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to their highest ever recorded level in 2011, offsetting falls in the United States and Europe, the International Energy Agency (IEA) s

Publication Date: 
31/05/2012
Reuters
Tags:
China, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Carbon Offset, Europe, United States Of America (US), Global Warming, Glacial Melt, Agriculture, Climate Agreements, Kyoto Protocol, Fossil Fuels, Energy Efficiency, Japan, Nuclear Power, Carbon Intensity, Coal, Natural Gas
Energy

China to spend $27 billion on emission cuts, renewables

China's central government plans to spend 170 billion yuan ($27 billion) this year to promote energy conservation, emission reductions and renewable energy, the Ministry of Finance said in a statem

Publication Date: 
25/05/2012
Reuters
Tags:
China, Energy, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Electric, Hybrid Electric, Zero Emissions Vehicles, Carbon Dioxide, GDP, Carbon Intensity, Carbon Offset, Green House Gases, Kyoto Protocol
Climate Change

Global CO2 Emissions Hit Record In 2011 Led By China: IEA

China spurred a jump in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to their highest ever recorded level in 2011, offsetting falls in the United States and Europe, the International Energy Agency (IEA) s

Publication Date: 
25/05/2012
Michel Rose
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
China, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, United States Of America (US), Europe, Coal, Global Warming, Germany, Kyoto Protocol, Fossil Fuels, Energy Efficiency, Japan, Carbon Intensity
Energy

New energy architecture: enabling an effective transition

This new report produced by the WEF in collaboration with Accenture, looks into pathways to creating a more effective transition towards a New Energy Architecture. It reveals how countries are progressing by applying the newly developed Energy Architecture Performance Index. In addition, two deep-dive country studies have been conducted on Japan and India.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2012
World Economic Forum
Tags:
Energy, Energy Efficiency, India, Japan, Climate Change, Energy Policy, Economic Development, Architecture, Environment, Renewable Energy, Natural Gas, Carbon Intensity, Energy Intensity
Climate Change

Asia-Pacific human development report 2012: one planet to share - sustaining human progress in a changing climate

This latest regional human development report for the Asia Pacific focuses on the need for the region to find ways to continue to grow economically while reducing poverty and tackling climate change and environmental concerns.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2012
Peter Stalker
UNDP
Tags:
Climate Change, Asia, India, Global Warming, Green House Gases, Human Rights, Low Carbon Economy, Urbanisation, Development, Carbon Dioxide, Energy Efficiency, Carbon Intensity, Energy Intensity, Poverty, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation
Energy

EU's green fuel ranking would cost little-report

Proposed EU law requiring fuel suppliers to report the carbon intensity of their product, and which also rank oil from tar sands as particularly polluting, would only cost vehicle drivers around on

Publication Date: 
19/04/2012
Barbara Lewis
Reuters
Tags:
European Union (EU), Carbon Intensity, Air Pollution, Oil, Netherlands, Petrochemical Industry, Green House Gases, Fossil Fuels, Environment, Fuel Quality, Canada, United Kingdom (UK)
Climate Change

Policies and practices for low-carbon green growth in Asia: highlights

Asia is at a crossroads. As the world’s most populous region, with high economic growth, a rising share of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the most vulnerability to climate risks, Asia must be at the center in the global fight against climate change.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2012
Asian Development Bank Institute
Tags:
Low Carbon Economy, Asia, India, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Emission Targets, Renewable Energy, Carbon Intensity, Carbon Dioxide, Development

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