Cancun (Mexico), 5 Dec: As the slow-moving talks on combating climate change enter their final stretch here, top UN scientist Mr RK Pachauri has warned governments against delaying mitigation action, though he remained optimistic about
THE facilitating text put forward by the chair of the ad hoc working group on long-term cooperative action, or the Bali track of the negotiations, did not find favour with any of the countries as a possible negotiating text, though the only country that spoke out against the text was Bolivia.
IN HIS speech to Parliament during his historic visit to India, President Barack Obama detailed his vision for a US-India global partnership to meet global challenges
Germanwatch, a German-based non-profit, research organisation published its Global Climate Risk Index-2011 in Cancun Saturday identifying Bangladesh as one of the top nations mostly vulnerable to c
Closed-Door Meetings Begin On Scrutiny Of Mitigation Actions
New Delhi: The Cancun climate change conference has begun to put the horse before the cart, getting into closed-door meetings on international scrutiny of mitigation actions when the rich countries are yet to disclose their emission targets.
In a move reminiscent of Copenhagen, the host country, Mexico, organized the first closed
EU, G-77 Back Proposal To Set Up Mechanism For Tech Transfer To Check Climate
INDIA has scored a major success at the Cancun climate change talks when its negotiators managed the backing of EU and G-77 for its proposal to set up a mechanism for technology transfer to deal with climate change.
The transfer of technology is crucial as developing countries, particularly the more vulnerable
In the opening plenary at United Nations climate conference in Cancun, Japan tried to justify why it wanted to withdraw from the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol-currently the only international agreement that binds member countries to limiting their emissions.
As is it, Indian environmentalists are not expecting any
The Cancun climate negotiations have turned steamy and a bit murky very early into the two week talk-fest. The ghost of Copenhagen seemed to loom over the discussions.
A new report from the UN Environment Programme says even if all countries strictly adhered to their current pledges to cut down greenhouse gas emissions, it would still not be enough to keep the global average rise in temperatures to below 2 degree Celsius compared to pre-industrial times, as is required to avoid catastrophic impacts.
The report, released at the climate change conference here,
