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'Clock ticking' on global warming: UN climate chief
Time is running out in the fight against global warming, the UN's top climate change official warned as a new round of UN talks got started here on Thursday.
"There is little time left to get a solid negotiating text on the table. Clearly the clock is ticking," said Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
"People in a burning house cannot afford to lose time in an argument," he said, citing an Ashanti proverb.
- Date:
- 23/08/2008
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- Daily Star (Bangladesh)
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Forget warming, greenhouse gases may trigger ice age
Filling the atmosphere with greenhouse gases associated with global warming
could push the planet into a new ice age, scientists have
warned.
Researchers at the University of Birmingham found that 630 million years ago the earth had a warm atmosphere full of carbon dioxide but was completely covered with ice, the Daily Telegraph reported.
- Date:
- 05/01/2009
- Source:
- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Moving on to communicate and create renewable energy
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CHENNAI: The Indian Youth Climate Network set out on its 4,000 km ‘Climate Solutions’ road tour from the University of Madras on Saturday.
The IYCN members are going on a tour of 20 cities across the country to promote renewable energy as a viable solution to reduce carbon emissions that lead to global warming.
- Date:
- 05/01/2009
- Source:
- Hindu (Chennai)
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Himachal has dealt well with climate change
Shimla: Sunita Narain, noted environmentalist and Director of Centre for Science and Environment, today accused the developed nations of putting undue pressure on India to deal with the adverse affects of climate change, instead of tackling the crisis at home.
- Date:
- 03/01/2009
- Source:
- Indian Express (Chandigarh)
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Environment master plan soon: Dhumal
The Himachal Government will soon formulate an environment master plan to effectively address sensitive ecological issues and pave the way for sustainable economic development in the fragile hill environment.
- Date:
- 03/01/2009
- Source:
- Tribune (New Delhi)
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‘Green’ cement may help cut CO{-2}
Engineers believe cement, a vast source of planet-warming carbon dioxide, could be transformed into a means of stripping the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.
- Date:
- 03/01/2009
- Source:
- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Climate mission report sparks turf war
New Delhi: The strategic knowledge mission on climate change is ready and has sent the temperatures soaring by setting off a turf war within the government. The mission report recommending the creation of an inter-ministerial advisory serviced by the science and technology ministry has got a cold reaction from several quarters in the government.
- Date:
- 26/12/2008
- Source:
- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Tropics cooled by volcanic eruptions, says study
Volcanic eruptions have periodically cooled the tropics over at least the last 450 years by spewing out particles that girdle the world at high altitude and reflect sunlight, according to a study released Sunday.
- Date:
- 25/12/2008
- Source:
- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Companies rejig plans as carbon credit prices dip
Namrata Singh |TNN
Mumbai: The decline in carbon credit prices by around 30% since October this year has forced some pure carbon commodity funds to change their business strategies in a manner that will insulate them from the vagaries of the carbon market.
- Date:
- 25/12/2008
- Source:
- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Seawater science, climate forecasts
A team of scientists has come up with a new definition of seawater which is set to boost the accuracy of projections for oceans and climate.
Oceans help regulate the planet's weather by shifting heat from the equator to the poles. Changes in salinity and temperature are major forces driving global currents as well as circulation patterns from the surface to the seabed.
- Date:
- 25/12/2008
- Source:
- Hindu (New Delhi)
