Kyoto Protocol gets a boost as Japan and eu ratify pact

The present phase of climate change talks ends with consensus on ways to implement the Kyoto Protocol

Nations manage to resuscitate the Kyoto Protocol by a watered down agreement

Technologies exist to arrest global warming. But the political will to implement them is missing

For European companies with excess emissions

In economic terms, they are worth US $70 billion per year

The period between 1999 and 2003 has seen a sudden spurt in the diversion of forestland for non-forestry purposes. A recent collation of data of the Union ministry of environment and forests spotlights this retrogressive pattern. The Atal Bihari Vajpayee-