Rich Countries Demand One Binding Commitment For All

Leave aside a binding agreement on climate change, the 190-country Copenhagen conference on December 7 is unlikely to throw up even a political statement of high-sounding sentiments on the need to save the planet

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Bangladesh is far behind in taking Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects under the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission.

Statistics show that out of 1,800 CDM projects approved by the CDM Executive Board of the United Nations, only two projects of Bangladesh have got the approval.

Aarti Dhar

KYOTO: It is business as usual in this beautiful city, where the people prefer to talk more about the leaves changing colour in the ongoing autumn season than the historic Kyoto Protocol that was signed by the world leaders here in 1997 and which will end in 2012.

Let's align the blame game with the facts

Sometime ago we asked if Barack Obama was black or white. Now we are wondering how green he is, going by the way the US establishment has already given up on a legally binding global agreement on climate change at Copenhagen.

Asia-Pacific leaders conceded a binding global-warming accord at next month

The international community has been struggling to come to grips with negotiations that will deliver an emissions-reduction regime to replace the Kyoto Protocol, just as it has been struggling to come to terms with anthropogenic climate change itself.

With less than a month to go for the Copenhagen climate conference, there is great expectation that India, the fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases, will come up with a clear plan to stem the growth of its carbon emissions. After a long phase of denial, there are some signs that national policy is beginning to acknowledge global concerns on this all-important issue.

India Must Ensure Kyoto, UNFCCC Not Jeopardised
Urmi A Goswami NEW DELHI

THE death knell for the Copenhagen climate change summit has been rung. With the US, the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, throwing its weight behind the proposal to postpone a legally-binding climate deal till 2010 or later, the best that can be expected at Copenhagen is a political or vision statement.