India could cut down its carbon emissions by 30-50 per cent in the next two decades to 2.8-3.6 carbon dioxide equivalent (C02e) a year, if it utilises appropriate energy efficiency practices, a study by McKin-sey & Company has indicated.

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A four-day South Asian Youth Summit on Climate Change concluded in Dhulikhel on Sunday, making a five-point commitment and dishing out a 10-point demand.

How does the West know that people in the developing countries will mind the suffering caused by global warming more than they would the suffering caused by slower growth?

Thomas Sterner speech at the University of Gothenburg on climate change.

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 4 Based on current reduction targets, the world

It will cost between $500 billion and $600 billion every year for the next 10 years to allow developing nations to grow using renewable energy resources, instead of relying on dirty fuels that worsen global warming, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday.

District heating, a technology as old as the Romans, is gaining ground in Britain as the government searches for ways to cut the emissions of global warming gases.

This study is founded on the essential fact of climate science, that restricting carbon dioxide emissions to tolerable levels is essential to avoid the drastic and irreversible consequences of a global increase in temperatures beyond 2

Despite the many calls to reform the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), its conceptual underpinnings are strong and it will most likely survive in the post-2012 climate regime. Some modifications may be considered in the short term to strengthen the effectiveness and transparency of the mechanism without modifying the Marrakech Accords.

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