Climate Change

Shifting the goal-posts

There are three things to learn from Copenhagen

Publication Date: 
21/12/2009
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Emission Targets, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India
Climate Change

Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference ends with a political agreement to cap temperature rise, reduce emissions

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen ended in an agreement by countries to cap the global temperature rise by committing to significant emission reductions, and to raise finance to kickstart action in the developing world to deal with climate change.

Publication Date: 
19/12/2009
UNFCC Secretariat
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Kyoto Protocol, Emission Targets, Technology Transfer, Climate Mitigation
Climate Change

Copenhagen Accord

The "Copenhagen Accord" announced at COP 15 in Copenhagen. It agrees to weak and non-legally commitments from developed world and says that mitigation actions of developing nations will be open for "international consultation and analysis".

Publication Date: 
19/12/2009
UNFCC
Tags:
Forests, Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Kyoto Protocol, Emission Targets, Technology Transfer, Climate Mitigation, Climate Equity, Developing Countries
Climate Change

Greenpeace Copenhagen Outcome Assessment

Detailed assessment of the Copenhagen Accord in relation to the science-based demands put forward by Greenpeace in order to avoid catastrophic cimate change.

Publication Date: 
19/12/2009
Greenpeace International
Tags:
Deforestation, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Agreements, Kyoto Protocol, Emission Targets, Carbon Offset, Denmark
Climate Change

Climate of change

Devangshu Datta / New Delhi December 19, 2009, 0:31 IST

One sidelight of the Climate Change Conference was the byplay between Copenhagen city authorities and the local sex-workers

Publication Date: 
19/12/2009
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Economics, Emission Targets, Emissions Trading
Climate Change

Rajya Sabha to debate climate meet on Monday

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government today managed to pass five Bills in a hurry and adjourn the Lok Sabha sine die. But the main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forced the government to keep the Rajya Sabha open for a debate on Copenhagen meeting on Monday.

Publication Date: 
19/12/2009
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Emission Targets, Parliament, India
Climate Change

UN summit weighs 2C goal, $100 bn climate fund

Many major economies have already adopted a goal of limiting warming to 2

Publication Date: 
19/12/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Economics, Emission Targets, UN
Climate Change

For green bonus

India must ensure that rigorous monitoring and reporting procedures are incorporated in any Copenhagen deal on REDD-Plus issues.

Publication Date: 
18/12/2009
N. H. Ravindranath
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
UNFCCC, Forests, Deforestation, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, IPCC, Emission Targets, Climate Mitigation, China, India, Developing Countries, REDD
Climate Change

Carbon alert

India must insist that developed countries cut their emissions and compensate developing countries for the carbon space taken away from them.

Publication Date: 
18/12/2009
T. Jayaraman
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, IPCC, Green House Gases, Global Warming, Emission Targets, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Developing Countries, COP15
Climate Change

Crisis & opportunity

The focus must be on consumption and not production patterns, and reducing per capita emissions of developed countries must be the first step.

Publication Date: 
18/12/2009
Mukul Sanwal
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, WTO, Kyoto Protocol, Emission Targets, Energy, Denmark, Developing Countries, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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