Copenhagen: India and other emerging economies can expect little from the US at Copenhagen in terms of finance and would be pushed to do more than take action voluntarily at home. This was made clear by US special envoy on climate change Todd Stern in a press conference.
The UN clean development mechanism (CDM) needs a better regulatory framework and a more streamlined decision-making if the system is to be scaled up, according to the World Bank.
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, 2009 received a shot in the arm on its opening morning as an authoritative analysis showed that if countries deliver on their present commitments for the year 2020, they could almost keep the global rise in temperatures to within 2 degrees Celsius of pre-industrial levels, a goal that is now considered a necessity.
This report from the Green New Deal Group argues that the UK is currently missing a historic opportunity in the pre-budget report to tackle public debt, create thousands of new green jobs and kick-start the transformation to a low-carbon economy.
Unlike America's leaders, China's bosses are not much troubled by recalcitrant legislatures. The government has therefore had no difficulty in executing a smart volte face on climate change. Around three years ago its fierce resistance to the notion of any limit on its greenhouse-gas emissions started to soften. It now seems to be making serious efforts to control them.
Book cover of 'The Economics and Politics of Climate Change' edited by Dieter Helm and Cameron HepburnThe Economics and Politics of Climate Change
Edited by Dieter Helm and Cameron Hepburn
Oxford University Press
NEW DELHI: The Planning Commission has promised a substantial hike in funds allocation to study climate change impact and the funds will be made available after the Kasturirangan Committee submits a report.
This was stated by Member (Energy), Planning Commission, B.K. Chaturvedi, while inaugurating
