Climate Change

 Backroom deals

Is US roping in India on the sly to subvert Kyoto Protocol?

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
11
20020531
0
Tags:
Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Renewable Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Nuclear Research, Asia, Thailand, Italy, Belize, India, Delhi, European Union (EU)
India

 http://www.scidev.net

SciDev is a website supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperative Agency, International Development Research Centre and UK Department for International Development, and sponsored by

Publication Date: 
29/04/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Development, Science, Asia, India
Natural Disasters

 China

Imported liquefied petroleum gas (lpg)-powered buses will ply on Beijing roads soon. The move has been directed to bring down the rising vehicular pollution and to prepare the city for hosting the

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, LPG, Trade, Public Transport, Imports, Asia, China
Air Pollution

 Asian origins

Around 55 million years ago, Earth's climate underwent a short but intense bout of global warming, accompanied by dramatic shifts in plant and animal life. Of particular interest to paleontologists

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, Mammals, Research, Asia, United States Of America (US), Climate
Environment

 Reefs in peril

The most detailed analysis of coral reefs in Southeast Asia indicates that threats to the world's most important and extensive reef system are much higher than what was

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Corals, Endangered Species, Asia
India

 Exporting e xposure

The US ships out highly toxic electronic waste to Asian countries

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Industrial Dispersal, Health Effects, Exports, Electronics Industry, NGO, Asia, China, United States Of America (US), India, Toxic Wastes, Computers
India

 Grim reminder

A fleeting reappearance of plague exposes India's lack of preparedness

Publication Date: 
14/03/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Health Care, Health Education, Medical Research, Diagnostic Methods, Infectious Diseases, Plague, NGO, Africa, Asia, South America, India, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), West Bengal
India

 Lethal link

An expert on toxicology and a campaigner deeply concerned with the health impact of chemical pesticides, Romeo F Quijano was at the forefront of

Publication Date: 
14/03/2002
Down to Earth
10
20020315
0
Tags:
Agricultural Systems, Pesticides, Health Effects, Cancer, WTO, Medical Research, Legislation, War, Asia, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Diseases
Forests

 Planting a timebomb

Asia accounts for 62 per cent of the world's plantations. With 89 per cent of the new plantations coming up in the continent, they are increasingly becoming the source of debate and conflicts. Who

Publication Date: 
Wednesday, February 27, 2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Plantation Crops, Conflicts, Asia
Climate Change

Quantifying the risk of extreme seasonal precipitation events in a changing climate

Increasing concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide will almost certainly lead to changes in global mean climate. But because - by defnition-extreme events are rare, it is significantly more difficult to quantify the risk of extremes.

Publication Date: 
31/01/2002
T. N. Palmer, J. Risnen
Nature
415
0
512
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Monsoons, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Asia, United Kingdom (UK), Rainfall Pattern, River Basin, Rainfall

Pages