State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Climate Change
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Government tackles vehicle emissions
Excessively smoky vehicles are to be targeted as part of a package of New Zealand Government's initiatives to tackle vehicle exhaust emissions. The initiatives are detailed in a new report by the
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Malaysia fears haze may return
Worried over the late monsoon and rising forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia, Malaysian authorities have tightened checks for "hot spots" and are looking at new techniques to seed clouds for rain,
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Canada tests CO emissions trading scheme
Two pilot projects in greenhouse gas emissions trading have provided Canada with real experience in a trading system that the government hopes will assist it in meeting targets to reduce CO
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Green groups blame big oil for carbon pollution
Three environmental groups on Thursday blasted the world's major energy companies for contributing more to global warming than many developing nations, issuing a critical report on their carbon
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Global warming freshens oceans
Vast areas of the Earth's oceans are losing their salinity as global warming increases rainfall over the Southern Ocean and South Pacific. Australian oceanographers have conducted the
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World carbon emissions fall while economy expands
For the first time since 1993, global emissions of carbon from the combustion of fossil fuels declined last year, falling 0.5 percent to 6.32 billion tons, according to new estimates by the
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Southern Ocean warming increases rainfall
Ocean warming has caused an eight per cent increase in rainfall over the Southern Ocean and South Pacific over the past 20 years, say Australian scientists in a new report published in Nature this
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British farmers slam proposed energy tax
An energy tax would hit farmers and growers but fail to help the environment, Britain's National Farmers Union (NFU) said in a report yesterday. The British government propose to start a so called
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Study says UK climate tax could cost 156,000 jobs
A report sponsored by some of Britain's biggest energy users said late last week a climate change levy proposed by the British government beginning 2001 would cost
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Delhi metro will save Rs 5 crores every day
The first phase of the Delhi metro project will reduce the daily consumption of petrol by about Rs 5.23 lakh litres and diesel by Rs. 2.58 lakh litres, resulting in a saving of more than Rs 5 crores