Air quality is a major challenge globally and is the single greatest environmental risk to human health. More than 90 per cent of the world’s population lives in areas that exceed the World Health Organization guideline for healthy air. In North America, Canada and the United States of America have …
If you walk into a coffee-house and see more women smoking than was the case years ago – that picture may indeed be true, says a recently released global study on tobacco consumption. While Indian men increasingly show signs of snuffing out the habit, tobacco consumption among women remains virtually …
Efforts to manage Canadian cities through smart growth policies emphasize the importance of integrated public transit system and bicycle-transit integration. The goal of this paper is to review the impact of planning policies that promote utilitarian cycling on the provision of bicycle facilities (pathways, bikeways and parking) in Calgary. The …
At a time when glaciers are melting at an alarming pace, an SOS buried in a bottle 54 years ago in the Canadian Arctic, and unearthed now, sent a distress signal about the world's rapidly disappearing glaciers. An American geologist Paul Walker, concerned about the melting of ice, buried a …
The weekend storm was a study in extremes, bringing sleet and freezing rain along its northern edge and record high temperatures along the East Coast. A storm that left at least nine people dead and more than 400,000 without power this weekend was pushing its way into Canada on Sunday, …
Canada and Australia top the list of countries which spend on mineral exploration with 19% and 12% respectively of global share Despite being a mineral-rich country, India’s share in the global exploration budget has been less than 0.5 per cent, which might explain why the country’s proven reserves are only …
Canada is running out of time to offer U.S. President Barack Obama a climate change concession that might clinch the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, as the country's energy industry continues to resist costly curbs on greenhouse gas emissions. Two years of negotiations between the Canadian government and the energy …
Canada must be better prepared to respond to major oil spills if more crude starts to flow in pipelines to the country's Pacific Coast, a government panel said on Tuesday, as fears of a major marine disaster grow. The report, by the federal transport department, makes 45 recommendations, including ensuring …
Environmental Defence ranks the largest cosmetics companies in Canada from best to worst on their chemical policies and use of toxic ingredients in their products. A new report finds the largest cosmetics companies in Canada still need to give their products and policies a makeover when it comes to toxic …
The Sri Lankan Hub of the Commonwealth Environmental Investment Platform [CEIP] was launched recently in Colombo. CEIP an alliance between the Royal Commonwealth Society and the Forbury Investment Network associated with the UK law firm Clarkslegal and is managed in London by Forbury. It has affiliated hubs in other countries, …
EU, U.S., Australia & Canada most vocal against setting up separate mechanism The G77+China group of 134 countries walked out of negotiations on Loss and Damage in the wee hours of Wednesday after the rich countries refused to budge from their position that the subject should be discussed only after …
पिछले नौ साल में इस कॉन्फ्रेंस में वॉक आउट की घटना पहली बार हुई है। विकासशील देशों का कहना है कि ड्राफ्ट की बातें यूएनएफसीसीसी के प्रावधानों से मेल नहीं खातीं। इन देशों ने सीओपी 19 कॉन्फ्रेंस छोड़ देने तक की धमकी दी है। वहीं, अमेरिका, कनाडा, ऑस्ट्रेलिया और यूरोप …
Warsaw, Nov. 19: The sun may have brightened the skies over the Polish capital today after quite some time but a cloud of mistrust hung at the national stadium where nearly 200 nations are negotiating the survival of the world from the onslaught of climate change. The gloom has deepened …
The G77+China group of 133 countries walked out of negotiations on Loss and Damage at around 3:30 am on Wednesday morning after the rich countries refused to budge from the position that the subject should be discussed only after 2015. The U.S., Australia and Canada have been the most vocal …
To allay global nuclear suppliers’ fears about India’s nuclear liability laws that have deterred potential investors, the country is now telling the world’s nuclear industry that the domestic plant operator can limit the amount as well as duration of the liability that accrues to foreign suppliers. Planning Commission deputy chairman …
The G77+China group has threatened to walk out of climate talks if developed countries did not stop blocking the issue of Loss and Damage. The ultimatum was delivered by G77+China negotiator Juan Hoffmeister, who is leading the talks on the issue for the developing country block, at a closed door …
WARSAW: Though the ongoing climate talks has failed to bring cheer to developing countries as rich nations have, so far, not made any commitment to set aside a corpus to battle global warming, hope springs eternal for the negotiators. They are expecting that the high-level ministerial round may throw up …
Long drawn arguments through two days of almost continuous negotiations broke out over the key decisions that the Warsaw meeting would make. A draft of the decisions brought out on Monday became the new battleground as developed countries tried to remove any difference in the responsibility thrust upon the developing …
The share of global emissions subject to carbon pricing policies is on course to rise to around 33 percent in 2035 from about 8 percent last year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its 2013 World Energy Outlook on Tuesday. Pricing carbon is aimed at encouraging energy producers and …
World governments are likely to recoil from plans for an ambitious 2015 climate change deal at talks next week, concern over economic growth at least partially eclipsing scientists' warnings of rising temperatures and water levels. "We are in the eye of a storm," said Yvo de Boer, United Nations climate …
Canada is doing a bad job of protecting the environment, an official watchdog said on Tuesday, suggesting a poor image for the country on green issues could harm Canadian companies seeking to export crude oil and natural gas. The damning report by Neil Maxwell, interim commissioner of the environment and …
