The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time since …
This report examines the climate change debates in seven key countries in the Asia-Pacific region—Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan South Korea, and the United States. In their stances toward mitigating the effects of climate change, the key Asia-Pacific countries define their interests differently, and often in ways defying standard expectations, …
We are in a critical situation globally. We have economic and ecological crises running at the same time. What do you bring to mainstream politics? You have not mentioned the third one. The social crisis. People do not believe in anything anymore. Greed and growth have revealed the problems with …
George MonbiotIt was Australia's second climate change election. Climate change deposed the former leaders of both main parties: Kevin Rudd (Labor) because his position was too weak, Malcolm Turnbull (Liberal) because his was too strong. When Julia Gillard, the new Labor leader, also flunked the issue, many of her supporters …
Beijing, March 14: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday disclosed he was snubbed at the Copenhagen climate change conference in December 2009 as he was not notified of a key meeting of a group of countries on the eve of the summit of leaders. The diplomatic snub against the Chinese …
MUKESH RANJAN and RASHME SEHGAL Differences with minister of state for envi- ronment Jairam Ramesh has led the Prime Minister's special envoy on climate change, Mr Shyam Saran, to put in his papers. He has been allowed to leave the Prime Minister's Office with effect from March 14. Mr Saran, …
Isabel Hilton In Delhi last week, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, the guru of sustainable development from Columbia University, delivered a sobering message about U.S. climate politics. There was very little chance, he said, that the U.S. would pass climate legislation this year and almost no chance the Senate would ever adopt …
ALI KHALIL Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden lectured the US and other industrial nations on climate change, and urged a dollar boycott in response to American "slavery," in a fresh verbal assault broadcast on Friday. In the message aired on AlJazeera television, possibly timed to coincide with the World …
Eminent economist Jagdish Bhagwati today said India had made a mistake in aligning with China at the recent climate conference in Copenhagen. Instead, the country should have taken a leadership role in climate talks by coming forth with fresh ideas. India, he said, should have responded to the stand taken …
Vandana Shiva THE COPENHAGEN climate change summit was probably the largest gathering where world's political leaders and negotiators came to work on innovative yet achievable solutions to climate change. Climate chaos is already costing millions of lives and billions of dollars. Science tells us that to keep temperature rise within …
RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI Dr R.K. Pachauri, chairman, The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri), on Wednesday issued a lengthy denial about having misused his position "to amass a huge fortune" as had been alleged in an article written by climate sceptic Christopher Booker and recently published in the Telegraph, UK. …
But we are eternally hopeful, would look forward to post-summit negotiations, says Nirupama Rao. Anticipating only a political statement at the end of the Conference of Parties (COP) meeting on climate change in Copenhagen, India on Wednesday said such an outcome would not measure up to its expectations.
Reports are leaking out of Washington sugeports are leaking out of Washington suggesting that the Obama administration will go around Congress to implement reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. If that happens, it will be an unprecedented action from the world's biggest polluter -- till date. The route it is expected …
Book cover of 'The Economics and Politics of Climate Change' edited by Dieter Helm and Cameron HepburnThe Economics and Politics of Climate Change Edited by Dieter Helm and Cameron Hepburn Oxford University Press
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Even as the world fails to arrive at any consensus on climate change ahead of the Copenhagen meet scheduled for December, India is all set to come up with a statement at the end of a high level conference on Climate Change: Technology Development and Transfer …
