Climate Change

 The logjam continues

George W Bush gets a hostile reaction from the European Union for his stubborn stand on the Kyoto Protocol

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Global Warming, Economy, Kyoto Protocol, Developing Countries, European Union (EU)
Climate Change

Linkages between the Montreal and Kyoto Protocols – Enhancing synergies between protecting the ozone layer and the global climate

The international treaties for the protection of the ozone layer and the global climate are closely related. Not only has the Montreal Protocol for the protection of the ozone layer served as a useful example in developing the international climate regime, but policies pursued in both issue areas influence each other. This paper gives an overview of the many ways in which both treaty systems are linked functionally and politically.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2001
Sebastian Oberthür
International Environmental Agreements
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Tags:
Montreal Protocol, Kyoto Protocol, Ozone Layer, Climate Change, Green House Gases
Environment

 Carbon on sale

US organisations begin trade in carbon dioxide emissions

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Kyoto Protocol, Emissions Trading, Denmark, France, Norway, United Kingdom (UK), United States Of America (US)
Climate Change

 Who s in and out?

italy has wavered from its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol, jeopardising Europe's commitment to fight global warming. Italian officials have urged the European Union ( eu ) to acknowledge

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Europe, Denmark, United States Of America (US), European Union (EU)
Climate Change

 Detergents threaten India s waterbodies

Narinder K Kaushik, professor emeritus at the University of Guleph, Ontario, Canada, speaks to Nitin Sethi on the dangers of phosphate content in detergents

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Europe, Denmark, United States Of America (US), European Union (EU)
Forests

 Fixing cheap carbon

Genetically improved plants in Vietnam to help Australia meet its Kyoto target as cheaply as possible

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Vietnam, Australia, Developing Countries
Environment

 Bush discards green

US President George Bush calls for a steep hike in the production of oil, gas, coal and nuclear energy and drilling for oil and gas in Alaska

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
Chitra Gopapakrishnan
Down to Earth
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20010615
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Tags:
Environment, Climate Change, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Energy Policy, Nuclear Power, Oil, Natural Gas, Electricity, Nuclear Wastes, NGO, United States Of America (US), California, Carbon Dioxide
Environment

 Clean air can wait!

australia will not endorse the Kyoto Protocol. "The Australian government has always said that it will not ratify the treaty ahead of the us ,' said Robert Hill, the country's environment

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Global Environmental Agreements, Green House Gases, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, United States Of America (US), Australia
Climate Change

 Compromising on climate

Jan Pronk, chairperson of climate change talks held in New York, offers a compromise plan that gives away too much on sinks

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Atmosphere, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Norway, Developing Countries, European Union (EU)
India

 Ostrich Singh

India s response to Bush is very disappointing

Publication Date: 
29/04/2001
A Asha
Down to Earth
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20010430
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Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, China, India, Developing Countries, European Union (EU)

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