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United Nations, London: Blamed for the deadlock in climate change talks along with China, India said it will be a 'deal-maker' and not a 'deal-breaker' and would like to be part of a solution to hammer a new global climate pact. Ahead of the UN climate summit of world leaders …
Some 100 heads of state gathered at the United Nations on Tuesday for an unprecedented daylong conference on combating climate change, with key leaders like presidents Hu Jintao of China and Barack Obama acknowledging that agreement is an important goal, but also stressing their own needs. Negotiators have been struggling …
Kochi, Sept. 22 Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) will join hands with the US-based Oak Ridge National Laboratory to launch the second phase of the study on the possible vulnerabilities of Kochi to climate change impacts. The move is part of the initiatives taken by Cusat to track …
Global carbon emissions are expected to post their biggest drop in more than 40 years this year as the global recession froze economic activity and slashed energy use around the world. The decline comes as political leaders are struggling to come up with a common approach to dealing with climate …
The United States will urge world leaders this week to launch a new push in November to rebalance the world economy, but there are doubts national governments will bow to external advice. A document outlining the U.S. position ahead of the September 24-25 Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh said …
Recession has set the stage for the sharpest fall in world greenhouse gas emissions in 40 years, an estimate Monday showed, as world leaders gathered in New York to seek a way forward on a new climate change treaty. The International Energy Agency said global output of carbon dioxide, the …
Environmental and pro-drilling advocates pitched dueling messages about expanded offshore oil and natural gas production to the U.S. Interior Department on Monday, as the comment period on a Bush-era energy plan came to a close. The draft five-year offshore drilling proposal offered in the last days of the Bush administration …
U.S. action is needed in coming months to help propel world trade talks and climate change negotiations to a successful conclusion, a European Union official said on Monday. "I think now is the time to move forward" in the Doha round of world trade talks, John Bruton, the EU's ambassador …
Lucknow Girl A Special Invitee Of Ban Ki-Moon Lucknow: At around 10:30am on September 22, after Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangari Muta Mathaai finishes her speech at the Summit on Climate Change at the United Nations, she will yield the lectern to a 13-yearold Lucknow girl. Yugratna Srivastava, a class IX …
London: Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts said. More than 200 million women worldwide want contraceptives, but don
As world leaders gather in New York for the highest-level conference yet on climate change, European leaders are expressing growing unease about the United States
Nepal's sherpa community is sending a piece of rock from Mount Everest to U.S. President Barack Obama to underscore the impact of global warming on the Himalayas. Environmental group WWF said Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal had promised to carry the "memento" and give it to Obama when world leaders …
The United States and Europe face a new health threat from a mosquito-borne disease far more unpleasant than the West Nile virus that swept into North America a decade ago, a U.S. expert said on Friday. Chikungunya virus has spread beyond Africa since 2005, causing outbreaks and scores of fatalities …
The Arctic's sea ice pack thawed to its third-lowest summer level on record, up slightly from the seasonal melt of the past two years but continuing an overall decline symptomatic of climate change, U.S. scientists said on Thursday. The range of ocean remaining frozen over the northern polar region reached …
Canada's wind power companies are getting a lift from rising oil prices, a healthier economy and energy-friendly government policies, even as tight capital markets continue to curb the recovery of the fledgling sector. A C$654 million ($611 million) takeover bid by TransAlta Corp for Canadian Hydro Developers, the country's biggest …
WHAT might a truly fair and effective solution to climate change look like? One answer to that question has just been released and it makes for disturbing reading. For one thing, the scale and speed of emissions cuts required by developed nations is far greater than the commitments governments are …
Idyllic scenes of palm trees swaying over sandy beaches have long decorated brochures meant to lure tourists to Indonesia and Malaysia. But few visitors see the giant palm plantations away from the shore. Each year, the plantations produce millions of tons of palm oil, which has soared in popularity since …
