<p>Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate
IN AN attempt to rid itself of the obstructionist tag, India has indicated its willingness to voluntarily take on unilateral mitigation measures with broadly indicative targets as part of its response to climate change. The government is considering a law on the lines of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, which would have broad indicative targets, but not mandatory targets.
UNICEF and UNFPA to support the move British Council to provide films on eco-education
The first complete map of the lakes beneath Antarctica suggests the icy continent's secret water network is more active than we thought.
We could be about to enter a decade or two of cooler temperatures, says one of the world's top climate modellers. "People will say this is global warming disappearing," Mojib Latif told more than 1500 climate scientists gathered at the UN's World Climate Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, last week. "I am not one of the sceptics.
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, renewed his call for a European carbon tax on imports to the bloc on Thursday as he unveiled details of a new charge on fossil fuel products in France. Nicolas Sarkozy tours a factory in eastern France: he told workers his proposal was
The European Union's environment chief challenged developing countries yesterday to agree at the Copenhagen climate summit in December to rein in their emissions growth in return for greater financial aid.
Economists have long seen a carbon tax as a good idea because of its simplicity: Polluters pay at a level that is set by decree.
Wind offers an important alternative to coal as a source of energy for generation of electricity in China with the potential for substantial savings in carbon dioxide emissions. Wind fields derived from assimilated meteorological data are used to assess the potential for wind-generated electricity in China subject to the existing government-approved bidding process for new wind farms.
BHUBANESWAR: With more and more investors queuing up for generation of power from non-conventional and renewable energy sources, Orissa, for the first time, is looking to supplement green energy by hooking to the grid.
