Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Ujjwal Sharma Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/01/2025. An application was registered on the basis of a news item titled "1 Kodo poisoning behind elephant deaths in MPs Bandhavgarh All you need to know" …
Climate change increasingly threatens the health of our planet and the stability of our economies at the local, regional and global levels. Many countries are already suffering from climate impacts—severe water shortages, intense droughts and wildfires, and record-breaking floods, along with disappearances of indigenous species and outbreaks of invasive ones. …
New Zealand scaled back its target for reducing carbon emissions on Friday, saying the move was an interim step ahead of a new United Nations pact from 2020. The government said it would commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. It had previously …
The United States and China, the world's top emitters of greenhouse gases, agreed to five initiatives on Wednesday to cut carbon output from the largest sources, including heavy duty vehicles, manufacturing and coal-fired plants, the State Department said. The U.S.-China climate change working group, which officials from both countries formed …
India and the United States have agreed to set up a new working group on climate change. US Secretary of State John Kerry said at a briefing in New Delhi that the working group would "intensify efforts to find ways that we can bilaterally join together to address the urgency …
UN climate talks have hit a stumbling block that some delegates say poses a serious challenge to their already slow-moving attempt to craft a global response to climate change. As the latest negotiation session ended on Friday in the German city of Bonn, one track of the talks was paralysed …
China and the United States took a major step in the fight against climate change over the weekend, but what was termed a "breakthrough" might not do much in the longer term to lock in legally binding carbon emission cuts from the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. Still, …
This Climate Action Tracker update shows that current emissions and policies - and future emission trends - are likely to lead to higher 21st century emission levels than previously projected. This, in turn, implies a higher level of warming by 2100. Assuming current emissions trends, implemented and presently planned policies …
Tata PowerBSE -0.11 % today said its 50.4 MW wind energy project in Karnataka has been registered under the United Nation's clean development mechanism programme. "The Gadag plant helps in reducing an annual average of 99,100 tons of carbon-dioxide equivalent, by producing 107,064 MWh per year (average) equivalent amount of …
The Mapping Carbon Pricing Initiatives report maps existing and emerging carbon pricing initiatives around the world. It does not provide a quantitative, transaction-based analysis of the international carbon market since current market conditions invalidate any attempt to undertake such an analysis. The development of national and subnational carbon pricing initiatives …
New, more flexible ways to fight climate change were sketched out on Friday at the end of a week of talks between 160 nations, but there was no breakthrough in bridging a deep divide between China and the United States. The meeting of senior officials in Bonn, Germany, aired formulas …
A US submission to UN-backed negotiations shows how a scaled-down global climate deal which falls short of a full treaty can be agreed in 2015. Much will depend on the United States, as the world's second biggest carbon emitter whose present administration under Barack Obama will be in place beyond …
This publication is intended to enable national policy makers and other stakeholders, such as the private sector and technical experts, to acquaint themselves with the concept of NAMA. It aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) concept and enhance the understanding of NAMAs by …
Ireland is at significant risk of not meeting its EU 2020 targets even under the best-case scenario, according to figures released by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today. Under EU legislation, Ireland is required to reduce its emissions by 20% by 2020 but the latest projections indicate the best-case …
Drought is becoming a recurring problem in some parts of the world Canada is leaving a drought treaty, becoming the only UN member to do so, Canadian media report. The cabinet issued the order last week, but did not announce the move, ahead of a convention in Germany next month. …
This working paper explores the potential new trade opportunities and challenges that climate change mitigation policies adopted primarily in developed countries may create for exporters in Low Income Countries (LICs). It forms part of a larger program of work being undertaken at ODI to assess the effect of climate change …
The 14th BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) Ministerial Meeting on climate change was held in Chennai, India on February 15-16, 2013. At the conclusion of the Meeting a Joint Statement was issued.
Talk about good governance, ensuring energy, water and food security Years from now, Quebec’s Minister of International Relations Jean-Francois Lisee would like to tell his children: “We did everything we could. We tried to lead by example and if anyone should be blamed it should be someone else.” Speaking at …
At a time when environment clearance procedures are blamed for delaying infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said protection of the environment and promoting development need not be a zero-sum game. He pitched for transparent regulatory regimes so that both could be pursued in tandem. Inaugurating the Delhi …
A summary of the proceedings from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar, and their significance for the land transport sector. This report, prepared by the Bridging the Gap initiative, provides some background and gives a short overview of the key issues and a summary of the outcomes …
Says pressure on natural resources real challenge in pursuit of economic growth Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today pitched for transparent regulatory regimes to ensure that environmental and economic objectives are pursued in tandem. Stressing that protection of the environment and promoting development need not amount to a zero sum game, …
