Low carbon or new development model?
<p>The last two years have seen a flurry of reports that have projected the long-term greenhouse gas emissions trajectory of India, and how the country can go low-carbon and help solve the climate change crisis.
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Indias Green India Mission extending bureaucratic control in the name of decentralization?
<p>One of the eight Missions under India's National Action Plan on Climate Change, the <a href="http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/GIM-Report-PMCCC.pdf"><strong>revised National Mission for a Green India (GIM for short)</strong></a> professes responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures, which would help:</p>
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Durban turning futile as EU buries head in sand
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">With the carbon market in doldrums, emerging economies like India will have to announce bolder schemes for a low carbon
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Climate change is urgent, Poznan only chance to avert catastrophe
<p class="MsoNormal">Climate change is real and urgent . The atmosphere at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Poznan</st1:city></st1:place> climate change conference<span> </span>is combative and with a difference as the time for postponement is over. Now the warming of<span> </span>climate system is unequivocal and there is need to take deep & drastic emission reduction targets.</p>
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2009 is full of promise
I spent a week at the climate change conference in Poznan, and realized the world is in deep trouble and deeper denial. Worse, the denial is now entirely on the side of action. It is well accepted that climate change is a reality. Scientists say we need to cap temperature increases at 2
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The parallels between EU financial crisis and carbon market collapse
<p><em>Extreme caution needs to be taken while mulling of linking different carbon markets</em></p> <p>Ever since the green shoots of carbon markets sprung up in countries outside the European Union (EU),
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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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Durban draws to a close
As the Durban COP enters the homestretch it is worth stepping back a few years – to COP-13 at Bali in 2007. For it is the Bali COP that led to the creation of the Ad-hoc working groups for Long-term Cooperative
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Quick comments: US submission – post -2015 Agreement
<p><img alt="" src="http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/msanwal_blog.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 117px; float: left;" />The US submission on elements of the post-2015 agreement
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Decoding climate change risks
<p><strong><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/msanwal_blog.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 117px;" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Small changes in urban human behavior
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Latest IPCC report reeks of northern agenda
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The pope supports the principle of common but differentiated responsibility, stresses social and justice concerns
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/mukul_blog.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 117px; margin: 10px; float: left;" />The Pope has said he hopes the document,
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THE NEGOTIATING TEXTFOR PARIS: AN APPEAL
<p align="center"><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/msanwal_blog.jpg" style="width: 605px; height: 118px; float: left;" /></p> <p>There are two opposing visions
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WITH INSERTIONS (In bold) AND DELETIONS (Underlined) TO ACHIEVE THE PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT, IN ARTICLE 2.
<p align="center"><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/msanwal_blog.jpg" style="width: 605px; height: 118px; float: left;" /></p> <p>A. DRAFT AGREEMENT</p> <p>[
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Payback
What goes around, comes back around..Its payback time for human kind..Get ready for the nature's vengeance.<br><br> <iframe width="610" height="415" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-taUIxSFQbw" frameborder="0"
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The paris climate: A new global vision, challenges of the urban transition remain and negotiations continue
<p><img alt="" src="http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/msanwal_blog.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 117px; float: left; margin: 14px;" /></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>Mukul
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Sunita Narain highlights hits and misses of Paris climate deal
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A Brief History of CO2 Emissions
<p>An animated short film on greenhouse gas emissions.</p> <p>Together with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the Urban Complexity Lab of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam