Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
New Delhi India has said it is open to negotiate on mitigation issues at the Durban climate talks but said developed countries have to show clear commitment to reduce their carbon footprints. The Indian response makes the chances of the global ministerial level talks on climate change yielding clear solutions …
The world's three biggest polluters joined in opposing a European Union (EU) proposal for talks aimed at drawing up a new climate treaty, dimming the chances of extending the Kyoto Protocol limiting greenhouse gases. J M Mauskar, the Indian government official leading his nation's delegation at United Nations climate talks, …
The BASIC appears to have finally shed its reticence. For the first time, the four advanced developing countries – India, China Brazil and South Africa — put out their positions at the formal opening session of the negotiations at Durban. For India, which put in an official proposal for the …
The 17th Conference of Parties (COP) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is being held in Durban, South Africa, from November 28 to December 9, 2011. Urgent action is required to arrest the inexorable rise in global CO2 emissions. What are the issues before this important international …
New Delhi With climate talks having begun in Durban, both the industry and climate experts are pessimistic and don’t expect any concrete decision emanating from it. However, the Indian government’s hardline is also being perceived as a negotiating tactic that might help bridge the gap between the developing and the …
Countries like Bangladesh and India must endeavour to make the global green fund operational at the ensuing Durban summit to combat climate change impacts, said eminent environmentalists at an international workshop in New Delhi yesterday. Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised the two-day South Asian Media Workshop on …
Ahead of the Durban climate change talks beginning Nov 28, experts are worried that Eurozone crisis may curtail the billions of dollars of funding from industrialised countries to their poorer counterparts to adapt to climate change. Money is expected to be a bone of contention between developing and developed countries …
The climate vulnerable countries like Bangladesh will speak up with one voice for global support for climate change adaptation at the oncoming Durban climate summit this December, two ministers said at a press conference yesterday. Foreign Minister Dipu Moni and State Minister for Environment and Forests Dr Hasan Mahmud addressed …
As the possibility of continuing with emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol for developed countries grows dim, India has stepped up its efforts to ensure a rigorous and robust system of international assessment and review for developed countries. This system, agreed to at the Cancun meet last December, would …
Maldives, an island nation on the frontline of the battle against rising seas, said Thursday it was unlikely a meaningful agreement on fighting climate change would be reached at the next UN summit. Last year's round of talks in Mexico and the 2009 summit in Copenhagen had largely failed, and …
Marks Radical Shift In Climate Talks New Delhi: India took a long step back into the developing world camp and towards its original international stance with environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan demanding much greater commitment from developed countries before India even begins to discuss a legally binding agreement on climate change. …
Rejecting demands that India’s voluntary actions on climate be brought under an international legal framework, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said the first necessary step towards negotiating a global climate agreement must be to extend the Kyoto Protocol for a period beyond 2012 when it is currently slated to expire. At …
Bangladesh needs US $10 billion for mitigation and adaptation to climate changes in the next five to 10 years, said Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, co-ordinator of the National Climate Change Negotiation Committee, yesterday. Government needs six more months to complete sector-wise assessment to know the amount required, he said. He was …
Kyoto Protocol’s future uncertain after the stalemate in Germany. The only global treaty that legally binds rich countries to cut greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions may not get a new lease of life, after all. That’s what the latest climate negotiations at Bonn point at. Delegates from 194 countries met in …
Since 20 years of talks have not resolved the differences, we may need a new paradigm New data, based on national communications, released by the United Nations, shows that emissions from the US rose over 15% during 1990-2008, and will rise another 7% till 2020. The strategic issue for us …
New Delhi: Mexico and Papua New Guinea have come up with a proposal that could either end the continuing impasse at the UN climate talks or break down negotiations completely. The two countries have proposed that instead of working by unanimity, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change should decide …
Will India give away too much at the Cancun climate summit?To many analysts and experts, the Conference of Parties (COP) 16 or the United Nations Climate Change Conference at Cancun in Mexico appears doomed even before it starts. The negotiating positions of the biggest countries have grown further apart since …
Last fortnight, the final nail was driven into the action on climate-change coffin. In the US, a crucial vote in the house sub-committee decided that the country
