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 …
Australia and New Zealand said on Monday they could link their carbon trading schemes as soon as 2015, immediately after Australia's government moved from a fixed carbon tax to the world's second-largest market scheme to cut pollution. After talks in Durban, South Africa, on the sidelines of global talks on …
Two degrees Celsius. That increase in global temperatures has become synonymous with "dangerous climate change". Lobbyists haggle over it, scientists build models around it and Greens wring their hands over it. So it is dispiriting to learn, with the next round of United Nations negotiations under way in Durban, South …
Arctic sea ice at its lowest in 2011, says World Meteorological Organization report. The year 2011 has been the 10th warmest year on record in spite of a strong La Nina, which has a relatively cooling influence. In the event of a La Nina, the sea surface temperature is lower …
As the latest round of United Nations climate negotiations began in Durban, South Africa, expectations could scarcely have been lower. A globally binding deal is further away than ever. That makes considerable warming from climate change inevitable.
Set a road map in terms of time and content for a legal pact that would include all countries With the future of the Kyoto Protocol hanging in balance, and no let up in the demand for a legally-binding agreement for all countries, the least developed countries have stepped in …
December 2: Talks at the climate change conference have predictably bogged down over funding and over the insistence of the first world countries that emerging economies like India and China also commit to legally binding and higher reduction of carbon emission. Countries like Japan, Canada, Russia and New Zealand have …
The top U.N. climate official said on Saturday she is confident industrial countries will renew their pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions after their current commitments expire next year. Further commitments under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, an unshakable demand by poor countries, would avert a feared derailment of U.N. negotiations, …
Bangladeshis in millions would be displaced due to global warming causing sea level rise by thermal expansion of the ocean waters and the melting of land- based ice. "Approximately 31 million people are likely to be migrated permanently from the southern part of Bangladesh within 21st century due to climate …
Libya’s new transitional government was only sworn in four days before the start of the UN climate summit in Durban on Monday. But that has not stopped it sending a six-person delegation, whose members are telling anyone who will listen about Libya’s plan to rescue the world from the perils …
This provisional statement on the status of the global climate, released by WMO provides the technical information on world’s 10th warmest year, warmest year with La Niña on record, second-lowest Arctic sea ice extent for the year 2011. For full text: http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/press_releases/gcs_2011_en.html
In a setback to the climate talks underway in Durban, discussions on finance, a key element of a successful outcome, appear to have hit the slow road. The discussions on the two integral elements — the Green Climate Fund and sources for long-term funding — have been put on hold. …
The 17th conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, popularly known as COP-17, is taking place in Durban, South Africa, at a critical moment, as the historic 1997 Kyoto Protocol is set to expire next year. But, like the climate-change conferences in Copenhagen in 2009 and in Cancún …
Nod To Natarajan’s Stand On Equity, Intellectual Property & Trade Barriers At Durban New Delhi: The Centre endorsed the mandate sought by Union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan for negotiating at the ongoing Durban climate talks on Thursday, key being the power to take decisions based on her strong stance on …
China and Brazil have warned that one of the world’s biggest carbon markets will be under threat if wealthy countries reject their demands for a new phase of the Kyoto protocol. It is “inconceivable” that the $20bn UN-backed carbon offset market can continue unless countries agree to a second round …
A flagship green climate fund aimed at channelling billions of dollars to help poor countries tackle global warming has been put on ice at the Durban climate summit as a growing number of countries bicker over how it should work. Wealthy countries have promised to mobilise up to $100bn a …
New tensions and alignments are emerging at the UN talks here, reflecting subtle but far-reaching changes in the geopolitics of climate change. Delegates and veteran observers say the shifts challenge the very heart of the nearly two-decade-old climate process, which until now has neatly divided the world into two blocs …
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday large emitters of greenhouse gases among rapidly-growing economies such as China, India and Brazil must agree to cut their emissions. Merkel said in parliament: "Worldwide CO2 emissions this year were higher than ever. We are in an extremely difficult situation where the Kyoto …
Britain is on track to beat its 2020 emissions-cutting target and could see energy use per person halved by 2050 if it optimizes its energy mix and use of technology, according to a "Carbon Plan" which the government announced on Thursday. Chris Huhne, the UK's minister for energy and climate …
The planet keeps getting hotter and hotter. In many regions, people are experiencing climate change at first hand. However, when it comes to the issue of a binding climate agreement, politicians struggle to make progress.
New Delhi India Inc is urging the key negotiating nations at the ongoing climate talks at Durban to focus on three key issues — market-based mechanisms, technology transfer and trade. Industry chamber Ficci has pushed for strengthening market mechanisms, accelerating technology transfer and removing barriers to trade as this is …
