
Bonn: More than 180 countries agreed on an agenda for work on a new climate treaty by 2015 at United Nations climate talks on Friday, breaking a deadlock over procedure, but mistrust remains that could threaten progress for the rest of the year. "(The workplan) was not an easy issue to agree (on)," UN climate chief Christiana Figueres told reporters after the negotiations held at Bonn in Germany. "All parties...

10:17 PM, May 25, 2012

Washington: Global warming is leading to such severe storms, droughts and heat waves that nations should prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disasters, an international panel of climate scientists said in a new report issued on Wednesday. The greatest threat from extreme weather is to highly populated, poor regions of the world, the report warns, but no corner of the globe - from Mumbai to Miami...

12:34 AM, Mar 29, 2012

Davos: Pointing out that Pakistan has "excellent" relationship with India, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said cooperation between the two countries to tackle climate change was "doable". He said Islamabad wants to work with New Delhi on this front. "Yes, certainly there can be cooperation. We have excellent relationship with India and we want to work together," Gilani said when asked if India and Pakistan can work...

08:33 PM, Jan 26, 2012

Toronto: Canada pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change on Monday, 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 that Canada is invoking its legal right to withdraw and said Kyoto doesn't represent the way forward for Canada or the world. Canada, joined...

07:51 AM, Dec 13, 2011

Durban: After two weeks of chaos, infighting and mistrust, it's finally happened. All 196 countries cleared the text for a landmark deal at the Climate Summit in Durban. The breakthrough capped 13 days of hectic negotiations that saw high tension and drama between the developed and the developing nations. The existing regime Kyoto Protocol puts the onus only on the developed nations to curb emissions. Management of a climate fund...

09:52 PM, Dec 11, 2011

Durban: A major setback for developing countries like India at the UN Climate meet in Durban. India gave in on its tough position at the climate change conference in Durban, agreed with China to a treaty on emission cuts at a future date. The deal, which was sealed after a 36-hour delay puts all countries under a legal agreement to control greenhouse gases- something India and China had been opposing....

07:48 PM, Dec 11, 2011

Durban: A UN climate conference reached a hard-fought agreement on Sunday on a complex and far-reaching programme meant to set a new course for the global fight against climate change for the coming decades. The 194-party conference agreed to start negotiations on a new accord that would put all countries under the same legal regime enforcing commitments to control greenhouse gases. It would take effect by 2020 at the latest....

10:34 AM, Dec 11, 2011

Durban: India's argument that it has the right to develop as much as other developed nations has been included in the new draft at the Climate Change summit in Durban. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said that she was happy that India has managed to convince the other nations. "I am very happy that we have managed to convince our colleagues. Equity is something that's central to climate...

08:57 AM, Dec 08, 2011

Political analyst and activist Praful Bidwai talks about how the rich nations like US haven't met their pledges. ...

12:08 AM, Dec 08, 2011

Durban: Amid pressure on India to agree to a legally binding commitment to cut green house gas emission, New Delhi on Wednesday defended its policy, saying it had "a very small carbon footprint" and was implementing ambitious energy efficiency programmes. Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, who is leading the Indian delegation at the 12-day talks under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, on Wednesday attempted to convince gathered...

11:22 PM, Dec 07, 2011
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It's that time of the year again. Yes, the end of the year, but the start of a another summit on climate change. This is ...

04:30 PM, Dec 07, 2011

Even as European Union has singled out India for being a deal-breaker, Kirit Parikh, a former negotiator and the current Chairman of the expert group of India's Low carbon strategy says that India is being painted as the devil due to lack of a good media outreach. ...

06:25 PM, Dec 06, 2011

Durban: Hundreds of protestors gathered, pushing for a strong treaty outside the Convention Hall, urging world leaders to push for a strong treaty at the UN Convention on climate change in Durban. Their appeal aimed at diplomats huddled in negotiations at the UN Framework Convention for Climate Change, who were looking at a new treaty to curb greenhouse gas emissions before the lapse of the Kyoto protocol. The crowd, estimated...

09:30 PM, Dec 04, 2011

United Nations: India has said discussion on climate change in the Security Council is a welcome step, but maintained that the 15-member body does not have tools to deal with the issue. Following a day-long debate in the Security Council, India's envoy to the United Nations (UN) Hardeep Singh Puri noted that peacekeeping missions, use of force and sanctions, which the UNSC can authorise, do not fit the problems of...

08:51 AM, Jul 21, 2011

There is little in common between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sindhu, a village belle who lives 14,000 kilometres away in South India. Sindhu is a primary school dropout, who hardly ventures out of her hamlet. She spends most of her time in daily chores such as cooking, washing and keeping the family hog pen with a lone animal. She knows nothing of international power politics or cross-border...

02:32 PM, Apr 07, 2011