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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Rich bias
IS THE world's environment really in crisisor is thecrisis simply in the imagination of environmental groupsresearchers andthe media? In The Skeptical EnvironmentalistBj
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Catch that rain to meet the demand
How much deeper can the earth be dug for that precious wealth we call water? The answer is little. Only rainwater harvesting has the potential to settle the urban water crisis. Building bylaws have
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KBJN readies Rs 350-crore infrastructure bond issue
The Karnataka government promoted Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam, which is implementing the Upper Krishna project to irrigate 6.22 lakh hectares, plans to approach the market with a bond issue of Rs 350
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Bush to declare Kyoto alternative
President George W. Bush will announce a new global warming proposal on Thursday, the White House said, in an attempt to answer critics of his decision to shelve the UN-backed Kyoto treaty. "The
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New minister holds out hope of U.S. return to Kyoto Protocol
It is important for Japan to push ahead with ratification of the Kyoto climate pact during the current Diet session and hope that any alternative proposal from the United States will be compatible
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Bush offers plan for voluntary measures to limit gas emissions
President Bush announced his long- awaited plans for slowing the buildup of gases linked to climate change and for cutting power plant pollution. His speech, made this afternoon at a government
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Amid other woes, global warming to make day longer
Global warming will not only flood the most beautiful tropical beaches, help spread disease and in general mess up the weather - it is going to make the days longer, too, Belgian researchers
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Bush to set out global climate proposals today
Almost a year after provoking widespread international criticism by rejecting the Kyoto protocol on climate change, president George W Bush will set out his own proposals for addressing global
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Raining good results
The situation in Chennai has reached such a stage that it had to support itself year round with water tankers. To make matters worse, the last three years have also seen poor rainfall. To help people
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Climate change poachers turn gamekeepers
A White House announcement later this week on measures to counter global climate change will be closely watched by two of the oldest and most influential senators on Capitol Hill. An unlikely Senate