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 …
Animal rights activists on Tuesday urged Japanese baseball stadiums to give up their usual fare of hot dogs and fried octopus balls and go vegetarian to fight global warming. Japan's baseball commissioners announced as the season opened last week that the national pastime would take action to reduce greenhouse gas …
The Green Ventures Carbon Fund has tied up with a few major European financial partners and are actively looking for Indian strategic partners and project developers either for carbon credits or to jointly set up environment friendly projects. Though names of the partners was not revealed, Green Ventures India MD …
The new government of South Korea, among the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases, plans to cap emissions at 2005 levels for the next five years despite Seoul's exemption from cuts under the Kyoto protocol. The environment ministry presented the proposal to freeze emissions until 2012 on Friday in a …
The use of coal will continue the world over because of its abundant and cheap supply, but Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) can be a crucial technology to check its global-warming carbon dioxide emissions, says a new study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The CCS deployment will not only help …
Sir, A profoundly ill-conceived decision by the European Union leaders on March 14 could pave the way for a global trade war over climate policy. The decision opens up the possibility for the EU to impose trade barriers on countries with a less ambitious climate agenda than the EU. The …
Demand agreement on a divorce settlement before you marry, and the world may believe many things of you: that you are prudent, or cynical, or just a bit mean. What it will not believe is that you are a swooning romantic, moved only by the high ideals of love. You …
Last year, as United Nations scientists were warning of the perils of man-made climate change, this small country of fjords and factories reacted with an extraordinary pledge: by 2050 Norway would be "carbon neutral,' generating no net greenhouse gases into the air. Times Topics: Global WarmingNorway's bold promise raised the …
The new government of South Korea, among the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases, plans to cap emissions at 2005 levels for the next five years in spite of Seoul's exemption from cuts under the Kyoto protocol. The environment ministry presented the proposal to freeze emissions until 2012 in a …
Maximum energy conservation efforts at companies and households may allow Japan to cut greenhouse gas emissions in fiscal 2020 by 11 percent from fiscal 2005, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Wednesday. In a long-term energy demand and supply outlook submitted to the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources …
An environmental perspective is no longer the preserve of scruffy Greenpeace types, with their nature songs and banner protests. It's been appropriated by the men in suits with their calculators and PDAs who have just discovered the immense money-making possibilities involved in greening the economy. Nowhere is this more evident …
In a bid to check the city's contribution to global warming, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has listed eleven sectors where it will undertake a study of greenhouse emissions. In fact, the BMC will be the first municipal corporation in the country to take up this massive exercise. The agency …
Mitigating the impact of climate change and generating energy for development do not have to be mutually exclusive goals. Scientists, academics and public and private industry representatives from across the country are collaborating with their counterparts in the U.K. to accelerate the development of low-carbon technologies such as hydrogen, fuel …
Expanding the number of carbon credit projects under the United Nations clean development mechanism and streamlining its regulation are key priorities for the coming year, said Rajesh Kumar Sethi, the new chairman of the CDM Executive Board of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Executive Board is the de …
Disagreements between rich and developing countries came into the open today as the world's top 20 greenhouse gas emitters worked to lay the groundwork for a new deal on climate change. The developed and developing countries were wrapping up two days of talks hoped to jumpstart negotiations on a successor …
On the tortuous road to saving the planet from climate change, one traffic rule stands out. Drivers who speed risk paying a price. For the European Union to venture out of the slow lane with a pledge to adopt by 2009 binding targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions is therefore …
U.S. airlines must pay for their carbon dioxide emissions or face a curb on flights to the European Union, the E.U. Transport Commissioner warned on Friday. The green ultimatum was issued by Jacques Barrot as the transatlantic airline market undergoes its biggest shakeup in 30 years when limits on flights …
Climate change is already happening. Glaciers are melting, sea levels have risen, and cyclones, tornados, floods and droughts are becoming more frequent as well as intense. With rising carbon emission levels, climate change is likely to get worse before it gets better. The anticipated climate change impacts in Bangladesh would …
Like to mix beer and wine when you're drinking? Fancy some wine on ice cubes when the weather's hot? Perhaps a ''green'' beer made with sensitivity to the environment will quench your thirst? New and odd beverages that satisfy these requirements are out there. A ''fusion'' drink of beer and …
The issue is often portrayed as a battle between the developed and the developing world. Wrong. It is something which affects us all and which we need to address together. This week is Commonwealth week and its theme is Climate Change. There is no other issue which will affect all …
