Climate Change

Support Grows For Durban Climate Deal

Support grew on Thursday for an EU plan to agree a global climate change pact with binding targets by 2015, after poor nations vulnerable to climate change forged alliances with developed countries

Publication Date: 
09/12/2011
Nina Chestney and Barbara Lewis
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Climate Change, COP 17 (Durban Summit), Climate Agreements, Developing Countries, Green House Gases, Kyoto Protocol, Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Carbon Dioxide, India, China, Brazil
Climate Change

Big Three" Polluters Oppose Binding Climate Deal

The world's three biggest polluters China, the United States and India refused to move toward a new legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions Tuesday, increasing the risk that climate talks w

Publication Date: 
07/12/2011
Nina Chestney and Barbara Lewis
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
India, China, United States Of America (US), Climate Change, European Union (EU), Kyoto Protocol, Climate Agreements, COP 17 (Durban Summit), Developing Countries, Green House Gases, Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Industrial Pollution, Economy, UNFCCC, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Water Supply

Water Rights Trade To Help Quench World Thirst

Markets in water rights are likely to evolve as a rising population leads to shortages and climate change causes drought and famine.

Publication Date: 
09/08/2011
Nina Chestney and Barbara Lewis
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Climate Change, Drought, Famine, Natural Disasters, Water Resources, Trade, Agriculture, Water Conservation, Water Pollution, Drinking Water Scarcity, China