Turmoil across the Middle East and North Africa has refocused attention on the impact that political tensions or interference can have on the price and availability of energy imports. Against consumer fears of gasprice hikes, energy security ranks high on many western governments
Noting that climate change and energy security are the two greatest challenges of the present time, US and China have vowed to work together to address the two issues affecting the mankind.
"The two sides view climate change and energy security as two of the greatest challenges of our time," both the nations said a joint statement issued after meetings between President Barack Obama and his Chi
The Kyoto Protocol, with its crucial distinction between developed and developing countries, was critically wounded in Copenhagen and has virtually been buried at Cancun. It may be predicted with some confidence that the Kyoto Protocol will be replaced at the next climate change conference in Durban by a single framework for all categories of nations.
The Climate Change Performance Index aims to enhance transparency on national and international efforts to avoid dangerous climate change. On the one hand, this tool shows who is doing what regarding climate change. On the other hand, it provides more information about the strengths and weaknesses of the different countries in the various sectors.
Poor and wealthy nations must take concrete steps to curb carbon emissions at world climate talks in Mexico next week, rather than fall out over specific CO2 targets, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday.
IEA executive director Nobuo Tanaka, in an interview, said he was
Global Climate Dashboard of United States Department of Commerce's interactive Web site on climate change (www.climate.gov) depicts the rise in globally averaged surface temperature by approximately 0.7 degrees Celsius from 1900 through 2009.
