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.
Sea levels are rising twice as fast as had been thought SCIENCE and politics are inextricably linked. At a scientific conference on climate change held this week in Copenhagen, four environmental experts announced that sea levels appear to be rising almost twice as rapidly as had been forecast by the …
The US Congress must pass a "strong" climate change bill before the global warming summit in Copenhagen this December if it is to have a chance of persuading China and India to sign up to a new treaty, says Bill Clinton. "First of all if we don't adopt a workable …
The world faces disputes over the seabed from the South China Sea to the North Pole at a May 13 UN deadline for claims meant as a milestone towards the final fixing of maritime boundaries. Most coastal states have to define their continental shelves, areas of shallower water offshore, by …
E.ON UK, Dong Energy and Masdar have agreed to push ahead with the London Array wind farm, giving a boost to the UK plan to build up massive offshore wind farms to meet its carbon reduction target. Frank Mastiaux, Chief Executive of E.ON Climate and Renewables, told reporters via a …
A $500 million North Atlantic shrimp fishery may be vulnerable to climate change that could disrupt the crustaceans' life cycle and mislead them into hatching when food is scarce, scientists said. Any damage to stocks of the northern shrimp -- a small, sweet-tasting variety popular in salads -- could have …
Australia's government has postponed its proposal to tax polluting industries until 2011, a delay of one year because of the economic slowdown and concerns the measure would hurt business, the prime minister said Monday. In a bid for support from the opposition Greens party, however, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said …
If policy-makers are to reach international agreement on greenhouse-gas emissions at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Copenhagen in December, they need to be optimistic that their decisions could have swift and overwhelmingly positive effects on climate change. The reality is less certain, but no less …
Also means a healthy social lifestyle We think of the car as a magic carpet taking us where and when we want. But when we drive, society becomes an obstacle
Environment ministers from major rich and developing nations signed a deal on Friday to try to slow species loss, but failed to make progress in crucial climate change talks despite US pledges of commitment. Almost every country in the world in 2002 agreed to a "significant reduction" in the rate …
The government of Denmark is willing to provide financial assistance in installing water-treatment plants in the capital and the adjacent areas to purify drinking water, the Danish ambassador here said Wednesday as the government is trying all avenues for solving paucity of safe water. Einar H. Jensen called on LGRD …
The government of Denmark is willing to provide financial assistance in installing water treatment plants in the capital and the adjacent areas to purify drinking water, the Danish ambassador here said yesterday as the government is trying to solve paucity of safe water. Einar H Jensen called on LGRD Minister …
The government of Denmark is willing to provide financial assistance in installing water treatment plants in the capital and the adjacent areas to purify drinking water, the Danish ambassador here said yesterday as the government is trying to solve paucity of safe water. Einar H Jensen called on LGRD Minister …
New science predicts climate is changing faster than estimated SCIENTISTS from around the world who met in Copenhagen, Denmark, from March 10 to 12, suggested sea level increase due to global warming could be more than the earlier projections. There is worse news. Forests may not be effective carbon sinks …
climate change EU wants more action With a world agreement on climate policy scheduled for December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, negotiations and blame games are reaching a frenzy. During recent EU-US bilateral talks, American policymakers criticized EU
With just eight months to go for the decisive United Nations Climate Change Conference, participating countries the world over are trying to weigh their options and ensure that their political requirements are met. Yvo de Boer highlights the four key political points that the participating countries ought to be clear …
The Indian Renewable Energy Programme has received increased recognition internationally in recent years. Many countries evinced interest in cooperation with India for promotion of new and renewable energy. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has been interacting with developed and developing countries for cooperation in New and Renewable Energy. …
Traffic is one of the major sources of harmful airborne particles worldwide. To relate exposure to adverse health effects it is important to determine the deposition probability of the inhaled particles in the human respiratory tract. The size-dependent deposition of 12?580 nm particles was measured with a novel setup in …
One point repeatedly made at last week's climate change congress in Copenhagen was that formulating an action plan to curb climate change is not the job of scientists. (Editorial)
Five countries that created a treaty nearly four decades ago to protect polar bears through controlled hunting issued a statement that called climate change "the most important long-term threat" to the bears. The statement came in Tromso, Norway, on Thursday at the end of a three-day meeting of scientists and …
