State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Climate Change
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Canada and New Zealand ratify Kyoto Protocol
Despite criticism from industry and a variety of other sources both the Canadian and New Zealand governments ratified the Kyoto Protocol on 10 December. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark signed
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EU drive to fight global warming
The European commission unveiled tough proposals to cut emissions of particularly potent greenhouse gases by a quarter before 2010, in the fight against global warming. To meet commitments under the
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Brussels unveils new proposals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Air bubbles in the solesof jogging shoes may become a relic if an ambitious regulation unveiled yesterday by the European Commission to reduce greenhouse gases is pushed through.Plans by indsutry to
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Russia and Kyoto
the world is waiting for Russia to make up its mind about the Kyoto protocol. Ratification by Moscow is all that is needed now to bring the agreement to combat global warming into effect. Vladimir
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New global warming study sets off a scientific dispute
A testy scientific dispute has broken out over a new study indicating significant signs of global warming in the Earth's lower atmosphere. The degree of warming in the troposphere
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Bio-diversity Bill approved
Paving the way for implementation of the United Nations Convention on Bio-diversity (CBD), Parliament on Wednesday approved the Biological Diversity Bill, signalling a shift from the earlier practice
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Delhi's air better because of quality of petrol: Naik
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Ram Naik attributes the substantial improvement in air quality in the Capital to the quality of liquid auto fuels petrol and diesel. "As per a study conducted
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Trials use transgenic trees to clean up toxic waste site
A team of researchers from the University of Georgia (UGA) has begun an experiment to test the possibilities of using genetically modified trees to clean up a site contaminated with toxic mercury.
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European Parliament creates water fund for developing countries
The European Parliament has adopted an initiative from the European Commission to create a European Water Fund of
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US, France and Japan have most misinformed citizens on global warming, says study
The US, France, and Japan, some of the most industrialised nations in the world, have the most misinformed citizens on the issue of global warming, finds a new study by American academics. The study