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" …
India's surprise decision to agree to phase-down the use of a potent greenhouse gas after years of opposition is a "significant step" toward global action to address climate change, the U.S. State Department's climate change envoy said Friday. India on Thursday proposed an amendment to the United Nations' Montreal Protocol, …
HFCs have been widely used chemicals as substitute to Ozone Depleting Substances (ODSs). HFCs being non-ODSs are not controlled so far under the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and its Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. However, emissions of HFCs are controlled along …
Australia's greenhouse emissions from the electricity sector jumped in the September quarter, reversing the industry's declines during the two carbon tax years preceding it, the latest government data shows. According to the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory, released without fanfare last week by the Abbott government, emissions from power plants in …
With countries getting ready to present their respective climate action plan in advance ahead of the crucial Paris talks, India on Wednesday appealed the rich nations to vacate the carbon space for developing and emerging economies. It would be possible only if developed countries, whose per capita respective carbon emission …
Large-scale deforestation could cause monsoon rains to shift south, cutting rainfall in India by nearly a fifth warns this new study by Indian Institute of Science published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Biogeophysical effects such as albedo and evapotranspiration changes due to deforestation were shown by …
A new report examines the options for assessment and review of Parties’ contributions to ensure they are aligned with mutually agreed goals and principles, ensure transparency, and raise ambition over time. In 2013, Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) were invited to prepare and communicate …
THE Federal Government in collaboration with the World Bank has earmarked $30 million to support Nigeria’s quest in the fight against climate change in the country, during an interactive meeting with development partners and donors in Abuja, Tuesday Country Director of World Bank, Dr. Marie Francoise Marie Nelly, said the …
A major UN climate summit in Paris later this year should call on countries to make tough carbon cuts to avoid dangerous global warming, EU document says The world’s states should commit to a legally binding emissions cut of 60% by 2050, with five-yearly reviews, in a Paris Protocol to …
This is the biggest challenge of our times, says action hero From action-packed high-octane action in Hollywood films, Arnold Schwarzenegger is now on a crusade for a sustainable future and is determined “to terminate climate change once and for all.” Delivering a special address at the opening of the three-day …
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said India's commitment and the corresponding efforts in pursuing clean and renewable energy path demonstrated the country's leadership in combating climate change. Speaking at the conference "Negotiating the Climate Cliff: India's Climate Policy and Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)", he said: "In India's case, …
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has officially merged the National Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Agency (BP REDD+) with the Environment and Forestry Ministry, raising questions about the future of the country’s fight against global warming. Jokowi signed Presidential Decree No. 16/2015 on the structure of the Environment and …
Demand for renewable energy is predicted to increase by 13% in 2015 as 'dirty coal goes out of fashion' and global governments impose tighter environmental rules. That's according to a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit, Industries in 2015, which suggests that the growth in renewables will outpace that of …
COMMUNITIES from two villages of Mbulu District in Manyara Region have started leaping the benefits of their responsible forest conservation behaviour with a 38m/- pay check during the first six months of 2014. Carbon Tanzania said in a recent report posted on its website that the two villages, Domanga and …
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading UN body for the assessment of climate change, will continue its work, no matter whether countries arrive at a global climate deal next year in Paris or not. Its successive science-based reports had always been key inputs for negotiators in the …
Lima witnessed the end game of a 20 year old negotiation around doing away with differentiation between countries at different levels of development and the beginning of negotiations on a global pact for sharing the carbon budget. It is all about geopolitics, not about the global environment. The Lima Call …
The climate talks in Lima are proving to be so difficult because the issue before the negotiators is whether the Climate Treaty of 1992 needs to be tweaked to take into account the changed context, or whether a new treaty is needed.
TO GET to the tent city in the grounds of Peru’s defence ministry, where UN climate talks are being held between December 1st and 12th, delegates and hangers-on must pass an assault course. Its obstacles of steep walls, ropes across ditches and parallel bars, normally used by soldiers, are a …
The negotiating platforms at Peru: Different bodies are mandated to negotiate for different elements under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
In 1987, the Montreal Protocol phased out the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), an ozone-depleting substance (ODS) used as coolants in refrigeration and air conditioning. Unfortunately, the chemicals increasingly being deployed in their place, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are themselves exceptionally potent greenhouse gases. They are often called super greenhouse gases because their …
