India faces crop loss through global warming
India will be the biggest loser from global warming, losing tens of millions of tonnes of its potential cereal harvest each year because of climate change, a study released in Amsterdam Tuesday said.
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Japan in quandary how to lure US to Kyoto pact
Japan is committed to persuading the United States to come back to the Kyoto pact on global warming but is in a quandary over how to achieve the goal, Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said
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US says sending delegation to Bonn climate talks
The United States said yesterday it would send a delegation to a major climate change conference on the so-called Kyoto accord in Germany this month, but made clear President George W. Bush's
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Greenhouse emissions back on the rise
Japan's total greenhouse gas emissions came to 1.3 billion tons in fiscal 1999, up 2.1 percent if calculated simply as carbon dioxide from the previous year and the first increase in three years,
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Climate change experts say Kyoto pact must proceed without US
Leading European climate change experts on Monday urged the world to forge ahead with the Kyoto agreement even without the participation of the United States, the world's biggest polluter. The head
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Australia says leave Kyoto door open for US
Australia said yesterday no deal should be reached at the Bonn climate change talks next week in order to "leave the door open" for the United States to join any global agreement on cutting
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SUVs blamed for rise in greenhouse gases
Gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles are driving up Canada's greenhouse gas emissions, new figures indicate, and Environment Minister David Anderson says he's alarmed at the trend. Anderson said he is
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Japanese to push Kyoto Treaty
Japanese officials pledged to help the European Union to try to persuade the Bush Administration to embrace the Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming, but stopped short of saying Japan would ratify
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Don't debate, do something
While policy makers aground the world grapple with the economic and political issues raised by climate change, there is now growing observational evidence that the earth is becoming warmer than at
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New CNG norms to be notified this week
Faced with mounting criticism and a Supreme Court deadline, the Union ministry of road transport and highway has prepared a new set of CNG norms. The new norms, likely to be notified this week, have
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'Use funds for water harvesting'
Despite an investment of Rs. 32,000 crore din the Ninth Plan, more than 20,000 rural habitations are yet to be covered with at least one source of potable water and 1,66,832 habitations, marking
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Biotech meet from today
An international conference on "New Biotechnology Food and Crops: Science, Safety and Society" is being organised here from July 10 to as by the United Kingdom and the OECD in cooperation with the
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Peru's shrinking glaciers could bring disaster
Hundreds of snow tipped glaciers are retreating in Peru, and scientists say it is the direct result of a warming climate. The glaciers survive only where the air is cold enough to preserve ice, and
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Japan tells EU it wants US in Kyoto pact
Japan said yesterday it would do its best to bring the United States back to the Kyoto climate change pact but gave no sign that it was ready to yield to European pressure to ratify the accord
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Japan asked to ratify protocol
Japanese and European Union officials agreed on Monday to continue their efforts to persuade the United States to sign on to the Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming, officials said. Urged by a
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Ratify Kyoto pact, EU tells Japan
Japanese and European Union officials agreed on Monday to continue their efforts to persuade the US to sign on to the Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming, officials said. Urged by EU officials
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Scientists reject carbon sinks
Forests and farmlands cannot be relied on to sake up environmentally damaging green-house gases, and cuts in emissions are the only long-term way to reduce global warming, scientists said on Monday.
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EU says Kyoto deal might not be possible at Bonn
Governments meeting next week to salvage the Kyoto climate change protocol might not be able to finalise a complete deal due to U.S. opposition, a European Commission spokeswoman said yesterday.
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Actor Redford slams Bush on the environment
Robert Redford has called President Bush "ignorant" on the environment and urged other nations to keep pressure on the United States at a global climate conference next week. Redford, who has become
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EU delegation urges Japan to ratify Kyoto pact quickly
A high-level mission from the European Union pushed Japan on Monday to quickly ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change to put the treaty into effect, while calling for continued dialogue with the