Climate Change

 Battling climate change

Technologies exist to arrest global warming. But the political will to implement them is missing

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
Neelam Singh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Politics, Pollution Control, Climate Change, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Consumption Patterns, Governance, Global

 The US and us

Bush s position is immoral and contemptous, but so is our inability to tell him he is wrong

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
Anil Agarwal
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment Politics, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Emissions Trading, Carbon Sinks, Political Parties, China, 24 Parganas (S), Developing Countries, Anil Agarwal
Sanitation

 Whose right s ?

people for Ethical Treatment of Animals (peta), a us -based non-governmental organisation (ngo), has intensified its campaign against the Indian leather industry. It organised a press

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Politics, Animal Products, Hides And Skins, Trade, Exports, Public Participation, United States Of America (US)
Wildlife

 Coming out of coma

A decline in its funds and erosion in its mandate have made the United Nations Environment Programme virtually ineffective. Bharat H Desai looks at recent attempts to revitalise it

Publication Date: 
14/03/2001
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment Politics, Global Environmental Agreements, Montreal Protocol, CITES, Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Basel Convention, International Cooperation, UNEP, WTO, Aid, UN Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)
Climate Change

 The sinking debate

The climate change negotiations have come to a halt over the issue of sinks. Neelam Singh discusses the associated complications

Publication Date: 
27/02/2001
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment Politics, Forest Resources, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Developing Countries, European Union (EU)
Climate Change

 Handle with care and prudence

Three eminent scientists express their opinion on the relevance of lulucf activities to developing countries

Publication Date: 
27/02/2001
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment Politics, Forest Resources, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Developing Countries, European Union (EU)
Wildlife

 Conditions to aid and trade

World Resources Institute objects to criticism that Northern groups are arm twisting developing countries into reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment Politics, UNFCCC, Pollution Control, Green House Gases, Aid, Technology, United States Of America (US), NGO, Developing Countries
Climate Change

 Better the devil you know

Will George W Bush as US president be better than Al Gore for the global environment?

Publication Date: 
14/01/2001
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment Politics, Climate Change, Global Warming, Political Parties, United States Of America (US)
Climate Change

 Climate logjam

After wrecking the climate talks in the Hague, the US led coalition refuses to participate in further negotiations in Oslo

Publication Date: 
14/01/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Politics, Climate Change, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Netherlands, Norway, European Union (EU)
India

 Rely on people!

Opposition to AP government s move to involve industries in JFM gathers momentum

Publication Date: 
30/12/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Politics, Industrial Forests, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Public Participation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI)

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