Climate Change

Australia delays plan to tax and cut carbon emissions

Australia's government has postponed its proposal to tax polluting industries until 2011, a delay of one year because of the economic slowdown and concerns the measure would hurt business, the prime minister said Monday.

Publication Date: 
05/05/2009
Asian Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong)
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Emissions Trading, Denmark, Australia
Climate Change

Overshoot, adapt and recover

If policy-makers are to reach international agreement on greenhouse-gas emissions at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Copenhagen in December, they need to be optimistic that their decisions could have swift and overwhelmingly positive effects on climate change. The reality is less certain, but no less urgent.

Publication Date: 
30/04/2009
Martin Parry, Jason Lowe, Clair Hanson
Nature
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Global Environmental Agreements, UNFCCC, Climate Change, Global Warming, Emission Targets, Climate Adaptation, Denmark
Transport

 The freedom to ride

Also means a healthy social lifestyle We think of the car as a magic carpet taking us where and when we want. But when we drive, society becomes an obstacle

Publication Date: 
29/04/2009
Down to Earth
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Vehicular Pollution, Climate Change, Transport, Public Transport, Mobility Planning, Cars, Metro, Cycles, Walking, Pedestrians, Denmark, United Kingdom (UK), India, Delhi
Wildlife

G8 And Poor Nations Vow To Tackle Species Loss

Environment ministers from major rich and developing nations signed a deal on Friday to try to slow species loss, but failed to make progress in crucial climate change talks despite US pledges of commitment.

Almost every country in the world in 2002 agreed to a "significant reduction" in the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, but scientists say extinctions are gathering pace.

Publication Date: 
27/04/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Deforestation, Alternative Fuels, Biodiesel, Climate Change, Wildlife, Illegal Trade, Poaching, Denmark, United States Of America (US), Brazil, India, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Extinct Species
Water Supply

Denmark keen to help for water-treatment plants

The government of Denmark is willing to provide financial assistance in installing water-treatment plants in the capital and the adjacent areas to purify drinking water, the Danish ambassador here said Wednesday as the government is trying all avenues for solving paucity of safe water.

Publication Date: 
23/04/2009
New Nation (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Water Treatment Technology, Drinking Water, Bangladesh, Denmark
Water Pollution

Denmark keen to help install water treatment plants

The government of Denmark is willing to provide financial assistance in installing water treatment plants in the capital and the adjacent areas to purify drinking water, the Danish ambassador here said yesterday as the government is trying to solve paucity of safe water.

Publication Date: 
23/04/2009
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Water Pollution, Water Pollution Control, Water Treatment Technology, Drinking Water, Bangladesh, Denmark
Water Supply

Denmark keen to help install water treatment plants

The government of Denmark is willing to provide financial assistance in installing water treatment plants in the capital and the adjacent areas to purify drinking water, the Danish ambassador here said yesterday as the government is trying to solve paucity of safe water.

Publication Date: 
23/04/2009
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Water Treatment Technology, Drinking Water, Bangladesh, Denmark
Climate Change

 Noahs ark redux

New science predicts climate is changing faster than estimated SCIENTISTS from around the world who met in Copenhagen, Denmark, from March 10 to 12, suggested sea level increase due to global warming could be more than the earlier projections. There is worse news. Forests may not be effective carbon sinks that can save the planet from the negative impacts of temperature rise as they would not

Publication Date: 
14/04/2009
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Climate Science, IPCC, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise, Carbon Sinks, Denmark
Climate Change

 News 360<sup></sup>-Briefs

climate change EU wants more action With a world agreement on climate policy scheduled for December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, negotiations and blame games are reaching a frenzy. During recent EU-US bilateral talks, American policymakers criticized EU

Publication Date: 
14/04/2009
Down to Earth
Tags:
UNFCCC, Wetlands, Water Resources, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Trade, Climate Agreements, Emission Targets, Imports, China, Denmark, United States Of America (US), European Union (EU)
Climate Change

Copenhagen Agreement: Four deciding steps

With just eight months to go for the decisive United Nations Climate Change Conference, participating countries the world over are trying to weigh their options and ensure that their political requirements are met. Yvo de Boer highlights the four key political points that the participating countries ought to be
clear about.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
Yvo de Boer
Planet Earth
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UNFCCC, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Climate Agreements, Emission Targets, Climate Mitigation, Denmark, Developing Countries

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