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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Global warming cannot be natural , say scientists
New research by US scientists has driven another stake into the argument that global warming could be caused by natural fluctuations in the earth's climate. People rather than natural events are
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Leading toy manufacturer Artsana abandons the use of PVC for infants products
Greenpeace welcomed the decision by the companies Artsana, Prenatal and Grazioli to stop using vinyl plastic (PVC) in their products for infants and children under three worldwide. Artsana is the
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The PR plot to overheat the Earth, paying to continue polluting
Fuel companies, automobile makers and other large-scale producers of greenhouse gases are willing to spend huge sums of money on PR firms and front groups to downplay the threat of climate change, in
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Blowing hot over cold
Europe dumps its banned fridges on Zambia : As the clock ticks away on refrigerators using ozone-depleting choloroflurocarbon (CFC) gases, Zambia has found itself fighting a war on two fronts. The
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Smoggy haze clouds climate debate
Scientists have made a startling discovery: the greenhouse effect may be offset by the kind of disturbing white haze of pollution often noticeable over Melbourne and Sydney on smoggy days. The haze
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Industry braces for trend toward less global-warming gas
In the aftermath of the global climate change convention, the South Korean government and business circles are busy mapping out measures to save energy and cut down pollution, officials said
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Environment protection not at the cost of growth
Prabhu :The fourth session on the Convention on Climate Change held in Buenos AIres in Argentina, which witnessed India's participation on a major scale, has again thrown up the conflict between
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China shows enthusiasm to join acid rain network
China has a strong interest in participating in the East Asia acid rain monitoring network, a top Chinese official told The Yomiuri Shimbun on Sunday. The network is a surveillance organization that
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India happy with Buenos Aires plan on global warming
India is satisfied with the Buenos Aires action plan that emerged after two weeks of negotiations on how to fight global warming . The climate talks focussing on reduction of greenhouse gas
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Trader to join carbon fund
Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. has decided to participate in the World Bank's proposed Carbon Investment Fund, in which contributors receive gas-emission credits for funding projects to prevent global