Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions are the main driving force of climate change, and all economic sectors need to internalize their costs. Food systems (including land use, production, refrigeration, food processing) account for a quarter of global GHG emissions. Agricultural exports in Asia-Pacific account for 18% of total exports, twice as …
An oil spill from a container ship stricken off New Zealand is growing as the weather deteriorates, sending clumps of thick fuel oil on to nearby beaches, officials said on Tuesday. The 47,230-tonne Liberian-flagged Rena has been stranded on a reef about 12 nautical miles off Tauranga on the east …
A cargo vessel carrying oil and other substances that is stranded off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island is continuing to spill oil and might break apart. A volunteer removes oil washed onto the beach from the Liberian-flagged container ship MV Rena that is stuck on a reef …
Oil spilling from a cargo vessel stranded off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island is the country's worst environmental maritime disaster, Environment Minister Nick Smith said Tuesday as high waves and strong winds create problems for salvagers trying to limit the environmental damage. Maritime New Zealand said the …
New Zealand has warned it faces its worst maritime environmental disaster after a stricken container ship off the nation’s coast sustained further damage and spewed up to 350 tonnes of oil into the Bay of Plenty. The Liberian-flagged Rena, which ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef last week, issued a …
Virgin Atlantic said Tuesday it partnered New Zealand-based energy company LanzaTech to develop a low-carbon jet fuel in India for use in its passenger planes. The partnership will use a technology "that will see waste gases from industrial steel production being captured, fermented and chemically converted using Swedish Biofuels technology …
New Zealand is looking to exclude the use of U.N. offsets from industrial gas projects in its emissions trading scheme from as soon as 2012, as these offsets threaten to distort the market, the government said on Friday. Climate change minister Nick Smith said he wanted to maintain the integrity …
The rise in agricultural commodities prices has led to the lowest support by rich countries to their farmers in nearly three decades, according to new figures released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The share of farmers income derived of subsidies fell in 2010 to 18 per cent …
Sri Lanka’s weather patterns are changing and this fact was made evident on January 13, this year when temperatures dropped dramatically country wide. Colombo’s temperature went down to 18.8 degrees Celsius, the lowest recorded in 61 years. The recent floods have been catastrophic and are the worst the country has …
The expansion of the world's only national carbon trading scheme outside Europe should be slowed to minimize the costs to business and households, according to a New Zealand government review which also recommended urgent scrutiny of disputed HFC carbon offsets. The energy, transport and industrial sectors would have until 2015, …
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard introduced her government's controversial carbon tax plans into parliament on Tuesday, a third attempt to legislate a price on pollution. Gillard has staked her minority government's future on passing the laws, which would force around 500 big polluting companies to pay for carbon emissions through …
Melbourne has edged out long-time front-runner Vancouver to be rated the world's most liveable city, a world-wide survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit said Tuesday. The Australian metropolis topped the Global Liveability Survey's ranking of 140 cities world-wide, ahead of Canada's Vancouver which dominated the rankings for almost a decade …
The Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a private member's resolution urging the Centre to hike the import duty on apples and bring it under “special category products” to protect the interests of farmers here who feel threatened by the recent flooding of imported apples in the Indian market. …
New Zealand’s Christchurch city, the centre of a damaging quake in February, was again rattled by a magnitude 4.2 aftershock today. The quake struck 11 km south-east of Lyttelton at a depth of 10 km early this morning. It was felt widely in Christchurch. According to a report in New …
New Zealand civil defense authorities canceled a tsunami warning on Thursday but warned of possible stronger than normal ocean currents around the east coast of the country after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean north east of the country. It said a tsunami was generated by the …
Omar for direct international flights to Valley SRINAGAR: The Union Tourism Ministry has decided to identify 20 new tourist destinations in the State and set a huge amount for development of three mega circuits. The Ministry intended to hold a laser show in the Dal lake in order to woo …
New Zealand on Tuesday said the latest Christchurch earthquake had killed one man and also confirmed fears that thousands of homes in the city would have to be abandoned. As Christchurch began the all-too familiar routine of cleaning up after its third major quake in nine months, Prime Minister John …
A LAB study shows global warming that increases sea-surface temperatures would make cold-blooded creatures of the sea vulnerable. A slight increase in temperature may be conducive to growth. Above a certain temperature threshold, the metabolic demands of tissues such as supply of oxygen progressively limit the energy available for growth …
New Zealand scientists are planning to drill a geothermal borehole 4 km or more deep by 2014 to test the feasibility of extracting super hot geothermal fluids to generate electricity, said a statement released by GNS Science recently. Researchers from the state-run geothermal and nuclear sciences institute, GNS Science, reckon …
However, membership not automatic; a long road of persuading all the members lies ahead. The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the world's premier non-proliferation body, has decided to include India's request for membership as a special agenda item when it holds its annual meeting in the third week of June. This …
