Cancun: Climate change talks at Cancun are in their final phase and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has hinted at a possible victory with a new draft agreement. At the end of the two-week long hectic negotiations, there seems to be a broad consensus among 190 countries over a draft deal prepared by Mexico to tackle climate change. "Commitments have been made, compromises have been made. So I think it's a...
07:31 PM, Dec 11, 2010
Cancun: Negotiators from nearly 200 countries are struggling to finalise the outcome of the two-week Climate Change conference that has been enlivened by India's call for emission cuts by countries under an "appropriate legal form". Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh had said on Thursday that all countries must take binding commitments under appropriate legal form to check emissions, which is seen as a departure from India's long-held position that it will...
06:48 PM, Dec 10, 2010
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As Environment Ministers from different countries fly into Cancun, the final round of talks has now started. And its like the world is sitting on ...
11:28 AM, Dec 10, 2010
Cancun (Mexico): India came under fire to get its commitment to tackle climate change under a legally binding global treaty, but it declared this unacceptable as the UN climate summit became deadlocked in Cancun on Wednesday despite round-the-clock negotiations behind closed doors. The deadlock at the November 29 - December 10 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change conference stemmed from the refusal by Japan, Russia and some other developed countries...
10:59 PM, Dec 08, 2010
Cancun: Activists took to the streets of Cancun vandalizing fast food restaurants and throwing muck in the streets. Activists from around the world have been gathering in Cancun to urge governments to take action against global warming. Some activists even went under water to register their protest alongside 400 life-sized statues to highlight the danger posed by rising sea levels. The climate talks will continue till December 10, seek a...
07:33 PM, Dec 07, 2010
Cancun (Mexico): As the slow-moving talks on combating climate change enter their final stretch here, top UN scientist R K Pachauri has warned governments against delaying mitigation action, though he remained optimistic about "significant progress" at the ongoing meet. "The outlook (of this climate meet) looks positive and I have reason to believe we will make significant progress at the end of this particular session," said Pachauri, head of the...
05:22 PM, Dec 05, 2010
New Delhi: India will send an expedition to the South Pole to study changes in climate patterns that have taken place in Antarctica in the last thousands of years, an official said here on Friday. Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan will flag off the expedition Nov 1, which would start the international celebration of the centenary of man's reaching South Pole in 1911. The team will leave for Maitri,...
08:15 PM, Oct 29, 2010
New Delhi: As hopes for any deal on global warming dims at the Cancun meet later this year, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres on Wednesday made it clear that the Kyoto Protocol will continue post 2012 as a second protocol since it does not have a "sunset" clause. "Yes, it (Kyoto Protocol) will continue to exist as a second protocol because it does not have a sunset clause. It does...
07:10 PM, Sep 08, 2010
New Delhi: R.K. Pachauri might be facing heat against the backdrop of the critical review by an independent UN-appointed panel of the IPCC headed by him, but the top climate expert has full backing of the Indian government. "Pachauri has full support from the government," said Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh a day after the InterAcademy Council (IAC) submitted its report on the working of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
11:35 PM, Aug 31, 2010
New Delhi: After a string of scandals on "incorrect" reports - some respite for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman Rajendra Pachauri. He will stay on as the chairman of the UN Climate panel. An UN probe into the working of the IPCC called for a total review of the report. Pachauri on Monday said he would not quit despite an independent review finding flaws in its...
07:31 AM, Aug 31, 2010
United Nations: A UN-ordered probe into the working of the R K Pachauri-led IPCC has suggested that the body initiate a comprehensive reform of its structure to prevent errors in its analysis like the ones in its 2007 reports on the melting of Himalayan glaciers. The report by the Inter Academy Council (IAC) found that the erroneous conclusions drawn by the UN climate panel were a result of the failure...
10:20 PM, Aug 30, 2010
London/New Delhi: Leading British newspaper Daily Telegraph on Saturday apologised for publishing an article about UN climate body chairman Dr RK Pachauri accusing him of making a fortune from his links with "carbon trading" firms. The international publication had been running a campaign since last year against the chief of Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) who has strongly rubbished the allegations and even issued several legal notices...
07:49 PM, Aug 21, 2010
Climategate scandal involved the leaked e-mails from scientists at the University of East Anglia's CRU. ...
10:36 AM, Jul 08, 2010
In a climbdown, the Sunday Times carried a rather large "correction" on Monday. ...
03:12 PM, Jun 22, 2010
In a climbdown, the Sunday Times carried a rather large "correction" on Monday. ...
03:12 PM, Jun 22, 2010
Heat conditions are severe also in Lucknow and Allahabad - both at 42 degree Celsius. ...
09:23 AM, Jun 21, 2010
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The report - an overview of the complexity and policy relevance of global environmental challenges climate change and employment. ...
02:37 PM, Jun 18, 2010
A new fissure has opened up between emerging economies and other developing countries prepare for the next climate summit in Mexico. ...
06:12 PM, Jun 10, 2010
Experts believe that the greatest cause of greenhouse gas emissions is food production and the use of fossil fuels. ...
11:45 AM, Jun 03, 2010
The playful romance between Al and Tipper Gore enlivened Washington and the campaign trail for a quarter century. ...
11:47 PM, Jun 01, 2010
