In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
A high-profile group of thinkers has come up with a straightforward way to integrate long-term forest management into an international agreement on halting deforestation. It is not clear whether the proposal
The famous tribute to 18th century philosopher Voltaire - "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" - is as apt today as ever before. Freedom of expression is one of the principles that underpin the health of liberal democracies …
British state schools are to be included under the government's new domestic carbon emissions trading scheme from April 2010, the environment minister said on Wednesday. Energy use in schools will be measured and count toward the emissions permit quotas of local authorities, which in turn will be encouraged to advise …
THE unseemly haste associated with the implementation of Australia's emission trading scheme seems to be driven more by political aspirations and the pseudo-science of special interest groups than sound environmental concern. On a recent visit to Australia, Jeffrey Sachs, distinguished professor of sustainability from Columbia University, pointed out the futility …
Indian cos big carbon credit hedgers The risk-taking ability of an Indian entrepreneur, coupled with his penchant for maximising returns has resulted in India having the largest number of unsold carbon credits among all carbon markets in the world. According to Green Ventures, India currently has over 46 million unsold …
THE Government's green paper on carbon trading uses adjectives like "smoother", "gradual", and "measured" to describe the scheme's implementation, because cutting Australia's emissions by 60% in four decades is going to produce profound structural change, and, inevitably, political repercussions. Like a dentist poised above you, drill in hand, the Government …
BRITISH state schools are to be included under the government's new domestic carbon emissions trading scheme from April 2010, the environment minister said on Wednesday. Energy use in schools will be measured and count toward the emissions permit quotas of local authorities, which in turn will be encouraged to advise …
THE Federal Government's draft legislation for a world-first regulated carbon capture and storage (CCS) system has failed to pass muster with the very groups it is meant to help, including backers of the $5 billion Monash Energy coal-to-liquids project in the Latrobe Valley. Complaints with the draft legislation raise doubts …
The vehicle emission testing programme, aimed at regulating the amount of fuel fumes released to the air by vehicles will be implemented from today. The programme, designed by the Environmental and Natural Resources Ministry in collaboration with the Transport Ministry, will be launched today with the opening of the first …
TOYAKO, Japan (AFP) - Leaders of the world's eight top industrial powers wrapped up a summit Wednesday with pledges to act on soaring oil and food prices, but failed to bridge deep differences with poor nations on how to fight climate change. US President George W. Bush hailed his last …
Vladimir Radyuhin Russian scientists deny that the Kyoto Protocol reflects a consensus view of the world scientific community. As western nations step up pressure on India and China to curb the emission of greenhouse gases, Russian scientists reject the very idea that carbon dioxide may be responsible for global warming. …
K. Venugopal Sapporo: Leaders of 16 of the world's major economies meeting at the venue of the G8 summit at Toyako in northern Japan found enough common language to take forward their negotiations on how to mitigate the challenge of climate change. Yet it was not quite the language that …
By Richard Black, BBC News There is acknowledgement that the poorest countries are going to need help to adapt to climate impacts. At first sight, the G8 agreement on climate change promises much. Leaders are "committed to avoiding the most serious consequences of climate change,' and determined to stabilise greenhouse …
Bloomberg / Toyako (Japan) July 09, 2008, 0:08 IST ...ask each country to pursue its own path in tackling global warming. Group of Eight leaders pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions at least 50 per cent by 2050, while leaving each country to pursue its own path in tackling pollution …
K.Venugopal Sapporo: The leaders of the developed and the developing world still do not quite see eye to eye on which countries should be asked to shoulder the challenge of addressing climate change and on the scale of their individual efforts. At their summit meeting on the picturesque lakeside resort …
Sudha Mahalingam With global carbon galloping, you can neither negotiate nor argue with Gaia. Not when she is on her sick bed. We need a paradigm shift in the way we perceive development. The just released Prime Minister's National Action Plan on Climate Change acknowledges the potentially adverse impact of …
Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: Greenpeace on Tuesday launched a campaign demanding mandatory fuel efficiency for the car industry in India and organised a demonstration at Connaught Place here to send out a reminder that increasing carbon dioxide emissions were contributing to climate change. As part of the campaign, Greenpeace …
By Prem Shankar Jha This is one occasion for the world to act to avert the threat posed to humanity by global warming. All of India is watching the G-8 summit, which started in Hokkaido on Sunday. The reason is simply its expectation that this is where , barring a …
