BANGALORE: The future of leads impact on our society is alarming. With a policy plan to generate 12.3 giga-Watts of electricity from solar energy in India, we are on the verge of becoming the world capital of lead poisoning. Students and researchers will be facing challenges with opportunity in the days to come, Dr Venkatesh Thuppil, Director, National Referral Centre For Lead Poisoning in India, said.He was delivering guest lecture...
08:58 AM, Apr 24, 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
CHENNAI: Around 2,000 students from various city schools, in association with the Police Makkal Nalluravu Sangam, took out a rally from Mint Street to NSC Bose Road to highlight the need for pollution-free celebrations during Pongal. Students from Manilal N Mithra Girls Higher Secondary School, Moongidai Goenka Girls Higher Secondary School, Ganesh Galada Jain Girls Higher Secondary School, Shri Jawanthrae Tejraj Surana Jain Vidyalaya, Sugundha Suasans Higher Secondary School and...
08:42 AM, Jan 14, 2012
Chandigarh: Punjab-based eco-warrior Balbir Singh Seechewal on Friday urged contesting candidates and parties in Punjab to put environment protection in their manifestos. Seechewal, who is known for his campaigns to clean polluted rivers and rivulets in Punjab, told reporters here that the need of the hour was for political parties and candidates to show their firm commitment towards saving the environment. Pointing out that it was the duty of the...
05:52 PM, Jan 06, 2012
New Delhi: India will not sign any legally binding global agreement for emissions reduction, as the country needs to eradicate poverty through economic growth, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said on Tuesday. "There is no question of signing a legally binding agreement at this point of our development. We need to make sure that our development does not suffer," Natarajan said in Rajya Sabha. She was responding to clarifications on her...
02:42 PM, Dec 27, 2011
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
Ottawa: Canada will pull out of the Kyoto protocol on climate change, Environment Minister Peter Kent said on Monday, dealing a symbolic blow to the troubled global treaty. Canada will become the first country to formally withdraw from Kyoto, which it says is badly flawed because it does not cover all major emitters of greenhouse gasses, notably the United States and China. The news came as little surprise, especially since...
05:30 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: In the wake of a week-long intense squabbling between India and the European Union (EU) at climate talks here, a top EU negotiator has clarified that developed nations do not want India to harm its economy but the country still needs to agree to a legally binding treaty. "We would never dream of asking India to harm its economy," EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said. "We fully recognise India's...
07:52 AM, Dec 11, 2011
Durban: A package of documents was submitted to a marathon UN climate conference on Saturday that would set a new course for the global fight against climate change for decades to come. South Africa's foreign minister and chairman of the 194-party conference, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, told delegates that failure to agree after 13 days of work would be an unsustainable setback for international efforts to control greenhouse gases. "This multilateral system...
02:38 AM, Dec 11, 2011
Durban: Developing states most at risk from global warming rebelled against a proposed deal at UN climate talks on Friday, forcing host South Africa to draw up new draft documents in a bid to prevent the talks collapsing. South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane suspended the talks in Durban after a coalition of island nations, developing states and the European Union complained the current draft lacked ambition, sources said. "There...
02:28 AM, Dec 10, 2011
Durban: Brazil and South Africa on Friday indicated joining a new climate pact proposed by the EU for a legally binding treaty for all parties to be signed by 2015, even as India, China and the US are still to come on board, Europe said on Friday. European Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said the two countries rallied to the proposal supported by the EU, vulnerable small-island states and least-developed countries....
11:59 PM, Dec 09, 2011
Durban: The United States denied on Thursday it was trying to delay a new global climate deal until 2020, saying it supported an EU proposal that aims to chart a path to a more ambitious pact to fight climate change. Delegates from almost 200 countries have until Friday to decide whether to commit to signing up to an internationally binding climate deal by 2015 at the latest. Some countries and...
08:26 PM, Dec 08, 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
South Africa: Negotiators are close to agreeing the shape of a Green Climate Fund, which is designed to help poor nations tackle global warming and nudge them towards a new global effort to fight climate change. Rich countries have pledged up to $100 billion a year by 2020 to aid poor states most directly affected by rising global temperatures to adapt their economies and protect themselves from adverse weather. But...
01:31 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
