For billions of people, mountain meltwater is essential for drinking water and sanitation, food and energy security, and the integrity of the environment. But today, as the world warms, glaciers are melting faster than ever, making the water cycle more unpredictable and extreme. And because of glacial retreat, floods, droughts, …
biofuels have often been billed as the silver bullets of climate change. In recent times, however, their benefits have come under scrutiny. One analysis suggests that clearing forests and savannah to grow biofuels releases vast amount of carbon into the atmosphere, far more than the carbon spared from the atmosphere …
Mumbai's suburban railway network may earn some brownie points in its efforts to overhaul the system to make it energy-efficient and travel-friendly. New braking and duct systems have been introduced in some coaches. But grey areas remain. "Every year we buy power worth Rs 300 crore to run the suburban …
When HSBC India joined hands with the ministry of science & technology and the ministry of earth sciences last week to set up the Earth Sciences Forum to address climate change challenges, it was not a one-off initiative by the bank. HSBC's other climate change initiatives include HSBC Climate Partnership, …
Rich nations, including the US and UK, are planning to push rapidly industrialising nations like China and India into accepting "back door" limits on their greenhouse gas emissions. They want climate negotiators to agree global technical standards on "dirty" manufacturing industries like aluminium, iron and steel, cement and chemicals - …
Environmentalists, policy makers, industry and schoolchildren came together to lend support to the green cause during the Earth Care Awards function held on World Earth Day The debate over climate change is now urgent, demanding the attention of citizens and authorities everywhere. Taking an important step to increase awareness about …
Atmospheric measurements show that the carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the atmosphere is currently '385 parts per million (ppm) and rising fast. But this value is a global average that tells us nothing about the regional distribution of greenhouse gas emissions. As the world embraces myriad mitigation strategies, it must …
US President George W. Bush has said that any international agreement on climate change can not be effective without full participation of major economic powers like India and China. "How can you possibly have an international agreement that's effective unless countries like China and India are not (sic) full participants," …
CLIMATE change is "the greatest market failure the world has ever seen". That is the view of no less an authority than Nicholas Stern, former chief economist at the World Bank, and he has a point. As long as the market exacts no penalties from companies or industries that emit …
There's little doubt that free-market capitalism helped to get us into the mess we're in. As Nicholas Stern, former chief economist at the World Bank, puts it: climate change is "the greatest market failure the world has ever seen". The question now is whether capitalism is able to make amends. …
A few U.S. energy companies have drawn up plans for synfuels plants that would produce millions of barrels of the alternative fuel annually. The technology is gaining support from a a group of climate scientists who believe that, barrel for barrel, synfuels can emit less carbon dioxide (CO2) than oil …
Climate change talks pose a difficult challenge. The recent high-level climate change meeting in Bangkok was the first significant step since last year's historic Bali Summit in which 187 countries agreed on a two-year process to thrash out a new international arrangement to tackle threatening consequences of climate change. The …
US Governors To Plot Climate Fight At Yale Meeting US: April 16, 2008 NEW YORK - Governors from across the United States who bypassed the Bush administration by introducing laws to cut greenhouse emissions are slated to meet this week to broaden their fight against climate change. At least five …
Paris Talks On Global Warming April 16 -18 FRANCE: April 16, 2008 April 15 - Paris will host a meeting of 17 top national emitters of greenhouse gases from April 16-18 in a US-backed scheme to fight global warming and guarantee energy security while promoting economic growth. Two days of …
The government has started selecting environmentally friendly model cities as part of Japan's efforts to lead the world in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Applications will be accepted until mid-May, officials said, and 10 model cities will be selected from across the nation by the end of June. The move is …
BEIJING'S unveiling of drastic measures, including a two-month freeze on all construction, is an admission that despite spending about $A18.3 billion in the past decade to reduce smog, the Chinese capital's air quality remains a formidable challenge. The tacit admission comes as a University of California report to be published …
White House Weighing New US CO2 Proposal - Sources US: April 15, 2008 WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is debating whether to embrace a mandatory system to control US greenhouse gas emissions and could make an announcement as early as this week, industry sources said on Monday. It was unclear …
California Group Seeks Standards For Carbon Market US: April 15, 2008 LOS ANGELES - The Climate Action Reserve, officially launched on Monday, seeks to provide more certainty, clarity and transparency to a sometimes opaque voluntary carbon reduction market in the United States. The Climate Action Reserve offers a seal of …
Asian nations should make joint efforts to deal with the pressing problems of climate change and resource shortage when energy demands keep rising as the continent becomes an important driver of the world economy, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. Addressing the opening ceremony of the BOAO Forum for Asia (BFA) annual …
