Blamed for the deadlock in climate change talks along with China, India says it will be a

United Nations, London: Blamed for the deadlock in climate change talks along with China, India said it will be a 'deal-maker' and not a 'deal-breaker' and would like to be part of a solution to hammer a new global climate pact.

OVER the next few days, climate change and its imminent geographic, economic and social impact will be the topic of animated discussions at a series of world fora. Beginning with the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, the debate will shift to the G-20 meeting at Pittsburgh on September 24 and culminate in the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will unveil a plan to support developing countries in technology and funding to fight climate change at a U.N. meeting this week, Japan's environment minister said on Sunday.

The Indian corporate sector has realised the dangers posed by climate change, and is slowly, but surely, amalgamating green technology with it score growth strategy

food security Ethiopia defends land grab Ethiopia, where 20 per cent of the people are in urgent need of food aid, defended its plan to offer 2.7 million hectares (ha) cultivable land to foreign companies.

China is on track to meet ambitious targets for

moderating greenhouse gas emissions, according to an independent report.

Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, renewed his call for a European carbon tax on imports to the bloc on Thursday as he unveiled details of a new charge on fossil fuel products in France.

Nicolas Sarkozy tours a factory in eastern France: he told workers his proposal was