Research has concluded that carbon dioxide spewed by human activities has made ocean water so acidic that it has almost eaten away at the shells and skeletons of starfish, coral, clams and other sea creatures -Aarti Focus of NAP:- 1. Solar Energy 2. Enhanced Energy Efficiency 3. Sustainable Habitat 4. Conserving Water 5. Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem 6. A Green India 7. Sustainable agriculture 8. Strategic Knowledge Platform for Climate Change.

No global climate change pact could be fruitful without including India and China, US president George Bush said on Sunday as leaders from G8 nations prepared to thrash out a long-term deal to face global warming.
"I'll be constructive,' Bush said after talks with Japanese premier Yasuo Fukuda, but "we're not going to solve the problem' unless those two fast-growing economies take part in any long-term deal,' Japanese media reported.

The Manmohan-Bush summit in the sidelines of the G8 summit in Hokkaido is expected to work out a tentative plan of action for the next two stages, of the nuclear deal

Measuring the costs and benefits of projects intended to offset the emission of greenhouse gases is one of many thorny issues that the state of California must tackle as it begins drafting a cap-and-trade system of carbon credits.

GLOBAL environmental NGO Greenpeace has called the recently released National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) as an important first step but whose efficacy will be determined by the details of the mission documents to be finalised by the end of this year.

The world's most pressing problems will be the focus of G8 talks next week, when leaders from rich nations and major emerging economies meet in Toyako on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. More than 30 years on, oil prices are again high on the agenda for the G8 gathering, which has climate change as its main focus. It is also expected to cover global food shortages, nuclear non-proliferation, African development and peace building.

Aryavart Grameen Bank operates in six districts of Uttar Pradesh. AGP decided to install PV systems at five of its branches to provide back up power during mains power cuts. The PV modules generate DC electricity in sunlight, which is stored in rechargeable lead-acid batteries.

South Asia, consisting of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Afghanistan, is among the most vulnerable and highly sensitive regions to the impact and consequences of climate change. It is known to be the most disaster prone region in the world supporting a huge population of more than 1.3 billion.

The rapid increase in food prices in many countries has led to substantial media attention on agriculture. This publication does not attempt to cover everything there is to know about agricultural ecosystems. Rather, it tries to present well documented facts and figures to better understand the challenges
facing the sustainable management of agricultural ecosystems.

There are no more soft options on climate change. The two candidates running to be the future president of America realize this better than does George Bush, who even questioned the scientific basis of climate change. In a departure from the present us administration

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