India

 Joint venture

Southeast Asian nations ink pact that transcends borders to tackle haze pollution caused by land and forest fires

Publication Date: 
14/07/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Global Environmental Agreements, Pollution Control, Forest Fires, El Nino, Legislation, Asia
Agriculture

 Blowing in the wind

Civil society cannot distance itself from the phenomenon of right wing parties finding their way to the top in Europe

Publication Date: 
14/06/2002
Bjorn Forde
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Global Environmental Agreements, Trade, Economic Development, Politics, Denmark, United States Of America (US), Sustainable Development, Globalisation, European Union (EU)
Health

 United Nations

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recently anno

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Global Environmental Agreements, CITES, Caspian Sea, Compensation, UNEP
Climate Change

 Alliance on emissions

Australia inks pact with the US outside the Kyoto Protocol

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Global Environmental Agreements, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Emissions Trading, Energy Technology, Governance, United States Of America (US), Australia, Developing Countries
Environment

 A logjam in the making

Lack of enthusiasm marks the preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
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Environment, Development, Governance, NGO, Africa, Asia, Global Environmental Agreements, Sustainable Development, Developing Countries, India
Water Pollution

 ARGENTINA

Australian nuc

Publication Date: 
29/09/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Global Environmental Agreements, Trade, Nuclear Wastes, France, Australia, Argentina
Climate Change

 ARGENTINA

A long awaited breakthrough has been made with a decision to establish the first secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty System in Argentina, 40 years after the treaty came into force. A blocking veto

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Politics, Global Environmental Agreements, Argentina, Antarctica
Water Resources

 Compromise on climate

Nations manage to resuscitate the Kyoto Protocol by a watered down agreement

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Neelam Singh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Global Environmental Agreements, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Climate
Climate Change

 Pact politics

High political drama marks climate negotiations as the European Union strives to ratify the Kyoto protocol without the US, world"s biggest polluter

Publication Date: 
30/07/2001
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Global Environmental Agreements, UNFCCC, Croplands, Soil Erosion, Forest Management, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Emissions Trading, China, United States Of America (US), India, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol
Environment

 The POPs treaty

A historical chance to get rid of some of the most toxic substances known to humans

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
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Tags:
Environment, POPs, Pesticides, Health Effects, DDT, Hazardous Products, Global Environmental Agreements, UN, NGO, India, Global, Developing Countries, PCBs

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