2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95
United States Of America (US)
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The Bonn Negotiations: New Global Climate Policy
<p><strong>As all countries take actions to reduce emissions the unresolved question is to what extent fairness will be the basis for international cooperation</strong></p> <div> <p>International cooperation
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The outcome at RIO+20 reinforces the consensus at Copenhagen to enable equitable access to sustainable development for all countries
<p class="rtejustify">The theme of the Rio + 20 Conference was "Green economy in the context of sustainable development and eradication of poverty" and it has not been possible to the find common
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Carbon emissions from aviation: issues and options
<p><strong>The underlying issue is not trade rules but the global climate regime</strong></p> <p class="rtejustify">The concerted opposition to the EU push towards forcing foreign airlines landing in
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Doha: inaction in the face of urgency
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Clouds over solar
<p>India’s solar power policy is now entering round two. And there is much that needs to be reviewed and reworked as the business of solar energy has seen massive turbulence in India as well as globally.
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Is it time for Asia to abandon the dream of an effective multilateral climate treaty and adopt new approach?
<p><em>For growing economies the stress has to be on patterns of natural resource use and not on the status of natural resources; that is, dealing with the causes rather than the symptoms of the problem
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US, equity and the elephants in the room
<p>Indian top negotiator, R R Rashmi said yesterday at a <a href="http://cseindia.org/content/doha" target="_blank">side event</a> we had organized on equity in climate negotiations that they could not
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Obama’s grand climate plan doesn’t add up
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Global sustainable development goals: Sustainability is about the use, Distribution and scarcity of natural resources - Eradicating poverty and saving the climate
<p>With relations between countries now being shaped by geo-economics rather than geo-politics, an emerging issue is to what extent the United States, China and India, all populous countries and top tier
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I (don’t) care
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