Kyoto Protocol

Ever since the Nobel Peace Prize was conferred on Al Gore and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007, there has been widespread acceptance of the fact that we are in the midst of rapidly changing weather patterns. The connection between rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and global warming is

Publication Date:

25/11/2009

Author(s): P. Balaram

Source: Current Science

Vol:

97

Issue:

10

pp:

1397

Tags:

Climate Change, Climate Science, Green House Gases, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Mitigation, Fossil Fuels

Climate Change

Talking past each other: climate change consensus is elusive

Sindhu Manjesh

Publication Date:

25/11/2009

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Kyoto Protocol, Conference Of Parties, United States Of America (US)

Climate Change

Warming sped up, worsened since Kyoto

SETH BORENSTEIN

Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated -- beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.

Publication Date:

24/11/2009

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Climate Change, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol

Climate Change

Copenhagen talks are still crucial

When a meeting is billed as determining the future of humanity, few will be surprised if it fails to live up to expectations. And so it is proving with next month's climate change conference in Copenhagen: the Danish government has announced that time has run out on the possibility of delegates securing a watertight successor to the 1997 Kyoto protocol. (Editorial)

Publication Date:

21/11/2009

Source: New Scientist

Vol:

0

Issue:

2735

pp:

5

Tags:

Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Kyoto Protocol, Emission Targets, Denmark, United Kingdom (UK), European Union (EU)

Climate Change

Copenhagen summit: Pakistan to focus on comprehensive global climate framework

Pakistan will focus on a comprehensive global framework at Copenhagen summit encompassing provision if financial resources and technology for triggering action to plough back the damage done to environment as only in our country case emissions are causing loss of Rs 365 billion annually.

Publication Date:

21/11/2009

Source: Business Recorder (Pakistan)

Tags:

Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Emission Targets, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Finance, Pakistan, Denmark

Climate Change

Gathering clouds

Developed countries may not accept the targets for the post-2012 phase under the Kyoto Protocol and may even abandon it altogether.

Publication Date:

20/11/2009

Author(s): R. Ramachandran

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

UNFCCC, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, IPCC, Green House Gases, Kyoto Protocol, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), China, Denmark, United States Of America (US), India, Developing Countries

Climate Change

Climate & credibility

India

Publication Date:

20/11/2009

Author(s): Praful Bidwai

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Climate Change, Climate Science, IPCC, Green House Gases, WTO, Kyoto Protocol, Energy Efficiency, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Germany, Sweden, United States Of America (US), India, European Union (EU)

Climate Change

Govt admits it doesnt expect much from Copenhagen meet

New Delhi: The government on Thursday admitted what most have already accepted

Publication Date:

20/11/2009

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Kyoto Protocol, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India

Climate Change

Privatising atmosphere

THE UNITED Nations climate change conference at Copenhagen next month is meant to further the goals of a global environmental treaty -- the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Publication Date:

20/11/2009

Author(s): Vandana Shiva

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

UNFCCC, Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Kyoto Protocol, Emissions Trading, Certified Emission Reduction, United States Of America (US), European Union (EU)