Nepal has made significant efforts towards low-emission development, using government tools to encourage finance flows towards climate action. However, achieving its ambitions will be difficult given current
Calling global warming "a real phenomenon" the Environmental Protection Agency chief, Christe Whitman has said the Bush Administration is considering limits on carbon dioxide emissions as part of a
Japan was widely criticized for failing to provide strong leadership in the run-up to a United Nations summit on climate change that it hosted in Kyoto in 1997. Three years on, the lack of leadership
Pesticides are killing frogs and other amphibian species in the US
At Brazil's main airports leaflets will be distributed warning passengers of the danger of contracting potentially fatal blood clots on long-haul flights. The threat of suffering deep-vein thrombosis
The climate change negotiations have come to a halt over the issue of sinks. Neelam Singh discusses the associated complications
Three eminent scientists express their opinion on the relevance of lulucf activities to developing countries
Early flowering of mango trees, rain constellations going haywire, disappearing nor'westers, shifting seasons all these unusual phenomena can no longer be brushed aside as one time occurrences. These are manifestations of gradual but sure changes in cli
Down To Earth conducted a survey among people throughout the country to assess their perceptions of climate change in their respective regions. Some of the responses received
Scientists meeting in San Francisco a week ago heard a startling prediction: The seemingly indestructible snows of Kilimanjaro may well disappear in the next 15 years. To most mainstream scientists,
Less than a week after a United Nations report warned of the devastating effects of global warming, the Australian Government has called on the community to take shorter showers and wash clothes in
