This paper proposes an objective way of estimating and allocating “differentiated” responsibilities for carbon emissions across countries. These responsibilities translate into specific obligations and
A weak El Nino and human-made greenhouse gases could make 2005 the warmest year since records started being kept in the late 1800s, NASA scientists said this week. While climate events like El Nino
Nepal is well placed to reap benefits from the Kyoto Protocol and hence, should ratify it as soon as possible, experts said. Ratified by 136 countries, which account for over 61 percent of the
Environment will be made a compulsory subject from Class I to XII in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools this year. The CBSE decision follows a Supreme Court judgement directing
Financial and insurance firms elsewhere have awakened to the dangers posed by global warming, but US companies have shown little interest so far, a British insurance expert said. Former insurance
China is the world's second-largest source of greenhouse gases but when the Kyoto Protocol on climate change comes into force next week it will be under no obligation to cut emissions. It has
The UN's Kyoto protocol meant to rein in global warming enters into force on Feb. 16 after years of delays with the United States on the sidelines: It is a pact agreed by governments at a 1997 UN
California is studying power plant emissions in what could be one of the first attempts by a state to regulate heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide linked to global warming. If adopted by the
More than 150 kilometers from the nearest inhabited settlement, one of the nearest inhabited settlement one of the world's biggest energy companies thinks it has found an inexpensive way to get rid
The costs of climate change are huge. With temperatures rising and ice caps melting, entire villages in northern India could be wiped out. This is what Dr David Griggs, director, climate research,
When economists, scientists and governments want to study the state of the environment, and reach sensible decisions, they have a problem. Most of the data available concern local areas or regions,
