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 …
A tornado tore through New Zealand's largest city Auckland Tuesday, killing one person and injuring 14 as cars and trees were sent flying through the air and roofs ripped off buildings. The tornado struck the northern suburb of Albany in the mid-afternoon, with damage centered on a shopping mall, before …
The commerce ministry is planning to assess trade benefits accrued from the several bilateral agreements India has entered into, sources told The Indian Express. The move comes after the economic survey in February pointed out that some of the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) could result in
Most readers might find it difficult to credit what follows. This is a story of how bilateral and multilateral investment treaties are being used to satisfy corporate greed, how large corporations, even those in the unsavoury business of selling cigarettes, can sue countries for passing public health laws intended to …
Indian intransigence at WTO negotiations irked New Zealand to the extent that it became a trenchant critic of the Indo-US nuclear deal, suggests a WikiLeaks cable. The international whistleblower has documents from the US embassy in New Zealand suggesting that quite apart from the country’s non-proliferation concerns, disarmament minister Phil …
WELLINGTON: Masonry and glass rained down near post-Christmas shoppers as a magnitude 4.9 earthquake rocked Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island on Sunday. No one was injured, but at least 20 buildings in the city's centre were damaged by the temblor, which scientists said was the latest of hundreds of …
A pall of gloom hung over this small New Zealand town on Thursday as the government promised an independent inquiry to try to answer what caused the country's worst mining disaster in nearly 70 years. Flags flew at half mast under grey skies in Greymouth on the rugged west coast …
POLICE say all 29 workers missing in a New Zealand coal mine are dead after a second explosion Wednesday that no one could have survived. Explosive and poisonous gases had prevented rescuers from entering the mine to search for the missing men since an initial explosion on Friday at the …
Miners and other top Australian firms face greater scrutiny from investors on greenhouse gas emissions, with companies that do not fully disclose their carbon risks to be increasingly targeted at shareholder meetings, an investor group said on Wednesday. The Investor Group on Climate Change said it wanted all of Australia's …
New Delhi: With the capital recording a total of 1,512 cases of dengue so far, New Zealand has sounded the government out on its concerns over the health of its Games contingent. New Zealand high commissioner Rupert Holborow met Union urban development minister S Jaipal Reddy recently, following a letter …
Meticulous reconstruction of the former extent of a glacier high in the mountains of New Zealand will help in interpreting global-scale climatic adjustments that occurred at the end of the last glaciation.
Beijing:The milk powder scandal in China has taken a new turn with the Chinese dairy concerned saying it was distributing products imported from New Zealand. The New Zealand supplier has claimed its products were
Indigenous peoples throughout the world have strong connections to the flowing freshwater of rivers. For instance, Maori - the Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand - view many rivers as tupuna (ancestors) and invoke the name of a river to assert their identity. There is a deep belief that humans …
