Pakistan is amongst the lowest carbon emitters but is the worst victim of climate change as the magnitude of global vulnerability is unavoidable when it comes to atmospheric change.

Investors in "green" assets hope that upcoming U.N. climate talks in Mexico will salvage a deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions in 2011, and in the meantime widen and simplify existing carbon markets.

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With nations in gridlock over emissions, UN negotiators are concentrating on side deals to revive an ailing process.

Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has taken another bold step on the climate front by proposing the method by which India and other developing country actions will be scrutinized for their domestic and voluntary climate actions.
In a note presented to the Major Economies Forum, Ramesh has laid down the formula on how the countries should be measured for their actions.
He has proposed th

INDIA has made it clear that developing countries will consent to a system of

U.N. climate talks will struggle to agree new greenhouse gas targets next month unless they can solve a complex loophole where developed countries currently ignore emissions from logging plantation forests.

Environment ministers from almost 200 countries will gather in Cancun, Mexico, from November 29 to December 10 to try to toughen the world's response to climate change.

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Over the course of 2010 we've seen international climate negotiations stalling. But at the same time we!ve seen many encouraging developments on climate action on a national level. More and more countries are recognising climate change as a real threat. A recent poll, for example, revealed that two thirds of Chinese people see climate change as one of the biggest global challenges.

The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a study on the contribution of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to technology transfer to developing countries, which concludes that the CDM has been a key driver of technology transfer in developing countries.

This paper reviews 10 in

With less than two months to go for the year-ending annual climate change conference

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