Counter affidavit on behalf of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in OA No 580 of 2022 Mukesh Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others. The report dated May 13, 2025 related to the Khadia Opencast Coal Mine Expansion Project located in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, and …
India faces the onerous task of balancing equity and environmental efficacy in the climate talks. It must not repeat the blunder that led to the Copenhagen disaster. THE climate conference in Durban, South Africa, could not have met at a worse or more worrying time. Rigorous scientific work has just …
Mexico City's sleek new public bus system is attracting significant international funding in carbon credit sales, part of the capital's ongoing effort to reduce pollution and green up its smoggy image. The government of this sprawling metropolis of 9 million recently announced that the first phase of its rapid transit …
In two decades of covering climate-change negotiations, Frank McDonald, has seen youthful hope fight dark forces, and a distant threat become a reality.
Emission reduction certificate prices at record lows, reflect question marks on the climate change policy. To the surprise of the carbon trading market, prices of carbon emission reduction (CER) certificates traded on the Intercontinental Exchange have been sliding even after last week’s global deal on future emission reduction. CER prices …
Toronto Canada pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, saying the accord won’t help solve the climate crisis. It dealt a blow to the anti-global warming treaty, which has not been formally renounced by any other country. Environment minister Peter Kent said Monday that Canada is invoking its …
The wait might get longer for Indian companies anticipating a rebound in carbon credit prices. A weak European economy coupled with an oversupply of carbon credits will keep carbon prices under check in the near term. This is despite the outcome at Durban climate talks, where the 17th Conference of …
SAIL, ONGC, Adani Power, Delhi Metro among gainers. The Indian industry has reasons to cheer the outcome of the just-concluded Durban climate change talks, which announced the extension of the UN carbon market beyond 2012. Private sector firms as well as public sector units such as SAIL, ONGC and even …
AT DURBAN, WILY WEST MANAGES TO LOCK IN LOW REDUCTION TARGETS As workers dismantled the temporary structures here, removing all traces of the two weeks of hectic negotiations at the UN climate change talks, it became clear that there had been no real efforts to ensure greater reduction in emissions. …
Mumbai: Carbon credit prices, which have crashed to euro 5 per unit currently, way below the psychological euro 10 per unit level, are expected to revive at least on one count: The continuation of Kyoto Protocol for another five years, thus securing the long-term fundamentals of the Indian greenhouse gas …
Canada said on Monday that it would withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Under that accord, major industrialized nations agreed to meet targets for reducing emissions, but mandates were not imposed on developing countries like Brazil, China, India and South Africa. The United …
“We have made history”, exulted the South African Chairperson of the 17th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change at the conclusion of the conference in Durban in the early hours of December 10. She had reason to, for she could forge a deal roping …
Hailing the outcome of crucial Durban talks, India Inc on Tuesday said the decision to continue with UN carbon market beyond 2012 would help companies to focus on “enhanced action” to fight climate change. Seen as a major victory for India and other developing countries, the European Union agreed to …
The world is forecast to grow hotter, sea levels to rise, intense weather to wreak even more destruction and the new deal struck by governments in Durban to cut greenhouse gas emissions will do little to lessen that damage. Climate data from U.N. agencies indicates that the accumulation of heat-trapping …
EU, Small Island Nations Acknowledge Demand For Parity New Delhi: Even before Jayanthi Natarajan joined the UN climate talks last week, India had been singled out by the developed countries and western NGOs as the deal-breaker. The environment and forests minister’s first foray into the climate negotiations couldn’t have been …
The global climate talks here were salvaged from the brink of collapse with an overall agreement on Sunday on a roadmap towards an accord that for the first time will bring all major greenhouse-gas emitters under a single legal roof. Work on a new legal protocol will start on January …
Principle Of Equity Must In Future Talks New Delhi: The Durban climate talks finally ended more than 36 hours after the scheduled close on Sunday with the world agreeing to a new global climate change regime that will come into effect from 2020. India took centrestage as a force to …
However, Durban meet also reveals resistance of rich countries to sharing ecological and economic space with developing nations The Durban climate change conference — the 17th conference of parties — has ended, after grueling and acrimonious negotiations on how the world would cut carbon dioxide emissions that are linked to …
The Durban Conference on Climate Change finally ended on the wee hours of Saturday after running for over 24 hours beyond schedule. By Friday, the two-week meeting being held at the International Convention Centre in Durban, had broken down into the ministerial-level huddles - small groups of top leaders meeting …
