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Greenhouse break
AFTER the world community woke up to mid fact of living in warmer climes, of the first things they did was to jibe Climate Change Convention. ir then, they have been scurrying Wd to create
AFTER the world community woke up to mid fact of living in warmer climes, of the first things they did was to jibe Climate Change Convention. ir then, they have been scurrying Wd to create
The South has opposed the North's proposal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in yet another stalemate
UNDER the guise of concern for the environment and public health, Western governments continue to push the private agendas of large multinational interests. Experts advising international green funds
The international community is being exhorted to enforce a greenhouse regime
1980s Growing public Concern over scientific Evidence that Earth is getting warmer and the need to control the emission of greenhouse gases NOVEMBER 1988 First session of the Inter-governmental
IN INDIA, the determination and articulation of the country's stands on international issues have been the exclusive mandate of diplomats and bureaucrats. No matter how critical an issue, the people
Indian manufacturers of CFCs are no longer fatalistic about winding up, but they are banding together to overcome ploys that will gag attempts to recoup their investments
The sea would gobble up more than 5,700 sq km of India's coastal land if emission of greenhouse gases grows unchecked
WHILE resource- and consumption-intensive development depresses most environmentalists, their ideas are acquiring popularity in ways little suspected. When a heat wave scorched parts of north and
The islands of Maldives may be lost forever under seas that continue to rise in the wake of global warming
CLIMATES and sea-level changes are intimately related. An increase in mean global temperature is directly proportionate to the sea level, the circulation patterns of ocean waters. This summarises the
THE Brazilian minister for environment, Rubens Ricupero, says that Western politicians, NGOs and the media betray the attitude that Third World countries look for what he calls the "lowest common
The North does not appear to be serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Some Western countries sponsor meetings of select experts to sway public opinion in their favour
Industrialised nations continue to be the major contnlxftrs of greenhouse gases and their emissions are increasing
THE STATE of the world continues to deteriorate. Any light at the end of the tunnel is, at best, hazy. Despite the slide, perceptions have changed and the State of the World report could have
THE US is slowly coming to grips with one of its biggest environmental hazards: excessive car emissions. From 1994, under the 1990 Clean Air Act, companies with more than 100 employees are legally
Indian fridge manufacturers are juggling their options for a substitute for ozone-depleting substances and some are looking at a revived technology that will no longer make them dependent on Western companies.
An Indian laboratory has produced a CFC substitute that only a few other multinationals have made.
Green fridges now make up around 20 per cent of the fridges sold in Germany and are also becoming popular in other parts of the world.