JAIDEEP MISHRA

Sometime ago we asked if Barack Obama was black or white. Now we are wondering how green he is, going by the way the US establishment has already given up on a legally binding global agreement on climate change at Copenhagen.

Ananth Krishnan

BEIJING: The United States and China have lent their support to achieving a legally-binding agreement at the Copenhagen climate talks next month, reviving hopes of a deal being reached.

Asia-Pacific leaders conceded a binding global-warming accord at next month

The United Nations and Denmark, the host of the Copenhagen UN climate change summit, today suggested new deadlines next year for the conclusion of a binding treaty on greenhouse gas emissions.

With less than a month to go for the Copenhagen climate conference, there is great expectation that India, the fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases, will come up with a clear plan to stem the growth of its carbon emissions. After a long phase of denial, there are some signs that national policy is beginning to acknowledge global concerns on this all-important issue.

India Must Ensure Kyoto, UNFCCC Not Jeopardised
Urmi A Goswami NEW DELHI

THE death knell for the Copenhagen climate change summit has been rung. With the US, the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, throwing its weight behind the proposal to postpone a legally-binding climate deal till 2010 or later, the best that can be expected at Copenhagen is a political or vision statement.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has instructed Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh and the PM's special envoy on climate change Shyam Saran to sit together and formulate a "joint statement" on India's approach to the Copenhagen Climate Summit scheduled for December 7 to 18.

US President Barack Obama and other world leaders have decided to put off the difficult task of reaching a climate change agreement at a global climate conference scheduled for next month, agreeing instead to make it the mission of the Copenhagen conference to reach a less specific

Q&A: Rajendra K Pachauri, Director-General, The Energy and Resources Institute
Leslie D'Monte & Kirtika Suneja / New Delhi November 16, 2009, 0:53 IST