Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
The British government on Wednesday said it will make carbon emissions credits exempt from value-added tax (VAT) from Thursday in response to fraudulent trading on a French emissions exchange. "The new law, which takes effect from midnight tonight, follows evidence that commodity trading in emissions allowances is being used by …
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday admitted that India had for the first time agreed to join the effort to cap the rise in global temperatures to 2 degrees from the pre-industrial level. But he strongly denied that it was a climbdown from its position not to accept …
The world can learn from a British plan for "carbon budgets" to fight climate change even though London often promises more than it delivers, a senior government adviser said. Jonathon Porritt, who steps down as chairman of the Sustainable Development Commission on Monday, gave the Labour government a mixed report …
Brazil's securities regulator has recommended that carbon credits be treated as investments separate from derivatives since they are used mainly as instruments to trim greenhouse gas emissions. In a decision published late on Tuesday, the Rio de Janeiro-based securities regulator, known as CVM, said it would consider some carbon credit …
A forestry project is being launched in Galyat to help control carbon emissions. An announcement here on Tuesday said the project was being undertaken by the Engro Polymers and Chemical Limited (EPCL) after successful completion of Chaanga Maanga Project. EPCL in the wake of its annual carbon emissions has initiated …
India should pare emissions not just to help in the war against global warming but because being carbon-lean also makes eminent economic sense. Kicking and screaming, India, the fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases in terms of absolute volumes, is being dragged into the global campaign to limit carbon emissions. …
RAMESH RAMACHANDRAN HILLARY MEETS PM TODAY: STILL SOFT ON PAK TERROR Today in Delhi 10 AM: Visit to Delhi University 12.15 PM: Call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at 7 Race Course Road 2.50 PM: Meeting with L.K. Advani at his residence: 30 Prithiviraj Road 5.30 PM: Meeting with Sonia …
By Maurice Strong Most challenging will be the need to bridge the differences and divergent positions of the main parties. A recent study by the Global Humanitarian Forum, headed by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, postulates that the economic and human costs of climate change could now amount to …
There is need for an integrated response to the current economic and environmental crises, says a recently released report. It calls for greening of national economies, creating green jobs, and hiking public spending on R&D; for energy-efficiency and clean energy. Greening of national economies entails allotting a bigger share of …
Brazil wants historic emissions to be the basis for greenhouse gas pollution targets, slated for discussion during December climate talks in Copenhagen, Brazil's top climate negotiator said in an interview. Jose Miguez, who heads Brazil's Interministerial Commission on Global Climate Change, said Brazil is not yet proposing targets for emissions …
The author brings out that the scientific evidence is now overwhelming: climate change presents very serious global risks, and it demands an urgent global response. The range of climatic changes anticipated - will have real impacts on the natural environment as well as man-made infrastructure and their ability to contribute …
New Delhi: Even if India grows by 8% every year with the current set of technologies and policies in place, its per capita emissions will not exceed 2.77 tonnes in 2031
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday hailed as an example to Australia the U.S. House of Representatives passage of a bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Rudd's Labor government is struggling to get its own emissions trading scheme approved by parliament, and the deadlock is …
States that have set the U.S. agenda on addressing greenhouse gas emissions are lining up behind a federal climate bill, fearing signs of dissent would weaken a plan that still faces hurdles. Nearly half the U.S. states have moved toward curbing greenhouse gas emissions and want the federal government to …
Indian negotiators have played down a proposal for major economies to consider setting a goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, saying there were contentious ideas in the draft on the cuts needed. The proposal is part of a draft document put forward by the United States and Mexico …
Cambodia has signed agreements for a project that aims to protect 60,000 hectares of forest and reward local communities from the sale of carbon credits over several decades, the developers said in a statement. The project in northwestern Oddar Meanchey province is expected to yield 8.5 million carbon offsets over …
Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of UK, delivered a speech on the Roadmap to Copenhagen manifesto on the challenge of climate change and development in London on Friday 26th June 2009.
