This report discusses how Denmark - a country whose major agricultural organizations have committed to become carbon neutral by 2050 - can achieve carbon neutral agriculture. The report’s lessons can inform not only Denmark’s agricultural future, but also that of other advanced agricultural economies.
JAMES KANTER No political entity has pushed harder for the Copenhagen conference on climate change to succeed than the European Union. But just days before the opening of the United Nations-sponsored meeting, the Europeans have been largely pushed to the sidelines, watching as the world's two largest emitters of greenhouse …
No area of business will be affected more quickly or more significantly by the United Nations climate negotiations in Copenhagen than the energy industry. The world needs to be on a path to
When Barack Obama took office as US president in January, he thought he had a double-whammy solution for two of his most pressing challenges: tackling the economic crisis and reducing his country
The Copenhagen summit on climate change is going to fall short. Does this matter? Yes and no: yes, because the case for action is so strong; no, because the likely agreement would be inadequate. Tackling climate change will be hard. It is crucial that we achieve the goal effectively and …
The world's carbon trading systems are at a crossroads, facing either decline and failure or a huge explosion of investment. Which way they go will depend on what is decided at the climate change conference starting in Copenhagen next week. Rescuing the much criticised United Nations' scheme and rendering it …
The deal at Copenhagen will not necessarily ensure that the world will be able to avoid global warming of more than 2 degrees relative to pre-industrial levels, according to UK's top environmental economist Lord Nicholas Stern on Tuesday. At the most, the world could have a 50-50 chance if a …
A large number of cities across the world, including the eastern Indian metropolis of Kolkata, are at risk from the threat of rising sea level due to global warming, a major international study has claimed. According to the study by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, sea levels would rise …
Parliament would be discussing the issue of climate change weeks ahead of a crucial meeting in the Copenhagen to decide ways and means to tackle the phenomenon of global warming. A special discussion has been scheduled in the Lok Sabha for Thursday where the government is expected to state its …
CSE analysis of the leaked so-called "Danish proposal" to replace the Kyoto Protocol. Says that this would commit countries to very little other than continued negotiations, and would drop most of the key principles of the Kyoto Protocol. For full analysis: http://www.cseindia.org/equitywatch/pdf/danish_proposal.pdf See Also: Document: The leaked Danish proposal. http://www.cseindia.org/equitywatch/pdf/danish_proposal1.pdf …
KRITTIVAS MUKHERJEE The world should cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent by 2050 from 1990 levels with the bulk of the reduction coming from rich countries, according to a draft proposal by Denmark, host of December 7-18 UN climate talks. The draft said rich countries should account for …
A delegation of Indian parliamentarians would accompany environment minister Jairam Ramesh to the UNFCCC climate change summit at the Copenhagen beginning from December 7. Mr Ramesh on Monday informed five MPs from various political would be attending the summit. "Parliamentarians including BJP's Murali Manohar Joshi, CPI(M)Sitaram Yechury, BJP MP Bhartruhari …
Copenhagen summit headed for a dead end: Jairam Ramesh : India has made it clear it that would not compromise on its stand on carbon emission cuts and would preserve its economic interest at all costs. India, along with China, Brazil and South Africa, has formulated a proposal to counter …
This article explores first, why a legally binding instrument is unlikely to emerge from the UN conference on climate change at Copenhagen, and next, whether it matters and if so, why. In the process, it examines the terms
N K Singh One of the major issues engaging our policy makers is the forthcoming Copenhagen meeting on global warming and climate change. The last agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, expires in 2012. Even though that agreement did not have American and Australian ratification, many European countries did try to bring …
T. Jayaraman India should insist that developed nations take the lead with substantial emission reductions, in line with the IPCC recommendations. Any non-binding agreement committing all nations without distinction should be rejected. It is a measure of the current state of global climate negotiations that the only point on which …
