Climate Change

Joint Statement issued at the conclusion of the Eighth BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change , Inhotim, Minas Gerais, 26-27 August 2011

The eighth BASIC Ministerial Meeting on climate change took place in Inhotim, Minas Gerais, Brazil on 26-27 August 2011. The representatives of the four BASIC countries namely, Brazil, South Africa, India and China met to coordinate their perspectives on key negotiation and implementation issues.

Publication Date: 
27/08/2011
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
India, China, South Africa, Brazil, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Agreements, Measurable, Reportable and Verifiable (MRV), Copenhagen Green Climate Fund, Finance, Climate Mitigation, REDD
Climate Change

EU May Propose Plan To Extend Kyoto: Sources

The EU could yet table a proposal that would throw the beleaguered Kyoto Protocol a lifeline and secure the future of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) beyond 2012, government negotiators and o

Publication Date: 
23/08/2011
Ben Garside
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
European Union (EU), Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), India, China, United States Of America (US), Maldives, Global Warming, Carbon Market, Cap And Trade, Japan, Canada, Russia
Climate Change

Croatia Withdraws Kyoto CO2 Target Protest: Point Carbon

Croatia has dropped an appeal against its emission target under the Kyoto Protocol, removing a major hurdle for the country's plan to join the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) by 2013, U.N.

Publication Date: 
19/08/2011
Ben Garside
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Croatia, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Emissions Trading, Carbon Dioxide, UNFCCC, Green House Gases, European Union (EU)
Energy

Investor Rush for Indian Clean-tech Deals

Publication Date: 
12/08/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Renewable Energy, Biomass, Power Industry, World Bank, Brazil, Fuel Pricing, Air Pollution, Solar Energy, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change, Economy
Climate Change

Project registrations rise while carbon credit price falls

There has been a spurt in Indian companies rushing to get clean development mechanism (CDM) projects registered with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ahead of December 2012

Publication Date: 
09/08/2011
Vishwanath Kulkarni
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Certified Emission Reduction, Climate Change, Industry, UNFCCC, Emissions Trading, Kyoto Protocol, Renewable Energy
Climate Change

Island Nation's climate strategy advances at Montreal Protocol meeting goal is protecting most vulnerable countries

Proposed amendments to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the Montreal Protocol received support from a diverse group of developing and developed countries during the Thirty-first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on "Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer" (OEWG 31) held on 1-5 August 2011

Publication Date: 
09/08/2011
Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development
Tags:
Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Montreal Protocol, Climate Mitigation, Mexico, United States Of America (US), Micronesia, Developing Countries, CFCs, India, UNFCCC, Canada, Atmosphere And Ozone Layer
Climate Change

Issues of climate mitigation and adaptation

Analyses the differing perspectives of the developed and developing countries on climate mitigation and adaptation

Publication Date: 
02/08/2011
U. Sankar
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Global Warming, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Kyoto Protocol, Copenhagen, Climate Impacts
Climate Change

Addressing the challenge of global climate mitigation

Climate change has been widely recognized as a political priority by the international community. Views differ widely, however, about the right way to shape an international response. Closely related is the question of the right institutions to drive international climate cooperation.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Camilla Bausch, Michael Mehling
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Emission Targets, Carbon Dioxide, Kyoto Protocol, India, Global, UNFCCC, Montreal Protocol
Climate Change

Global Climate Talks Can Reach Agreement

A global deal on a pact to succeed the U.N.'s main climate agreement is still within reach but will not be struck this year, with the pace of talks still far too slow, New Zealand's top climate neg

Publication Date: 
27/07/2011
Adrian Bathgate
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Kyoto Protocol, Green House Gases, India, China, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries, Global Warming, Fossil Fuels, European Union (EU)
Climate Change

Defying Climate Deal Like Appeasing Hitler: UK Minister

World leaders who oppose a global agreement to tackle climate change are making a similar mistake to the one made by politicians who tried to appease Adolf Hitler before World War Two, a British government minister said on Thursday.

Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Huhne said governments must redouble efforts to find a successor to the United Nations Kyoto Protocol on emissions, althoug

Publication Date: 
22/07/2011
Peter Griffiths
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Agreements, Kyoto Protocol, Green House Gases, Developing Countries, Japan, Russia, Canada, Drought, Natural Disasters, Sea Level Rise

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