Climate Change

Evaluation of the Copenhagen accord: chances and risks for the 2C climate goal

In December 2009, an important United Nations climate change conference (COP15) took place in Copenhagen, Denmark. This conference resulted in the Copenhagen Accord, which forms the basis for further negotiations in
Cancun, Mexico, later this year.

Publication Date: 
30/04/2010
& et al, M.G.J. den Elzen, M.A. Mendoza Beltran, A.F. Hof
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Tags:
Copenhagen Accord, Climate Change, Emission Targets, India, China, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Carbon Market, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases
Wildlife

S Africa ready to give cheetahs to India

On the sidelines of the just-concluded climate change meet in Cape Town, India and South Africa

Publication Date: 
27/04/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Wildlife, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), South Africa, India
Wildlife

African cheetahs can be relocated to India in three years, says Jairam

A DATE WITH THE CHEETAH: Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh visits the Cheetah Outreach Centre near Cape Town, South Africa.

NEW DELHI: African cheetahs could be brought to India within the next three years, says Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh.

Publication Date: 
27/04/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Wildlife, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), South Africa, India
Climate Change

BASIC to discuss Kyoto Protocol survival

Priscilla Jebaraj

NEW DELHI: At their meeting this weekend, the four BASIC countries

Publication Date: 
21/04/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, South Africa, China, Brazil, India
Mining

JSW acquires control of South African coal mining company

Indian investment company JSW has beaten two South African bidders to acquire a majority stake in South African Coal Mining Holdings (SACMH) at a price of 85.4 million rand (about Rs 51.16 crore).

Publication Date: 
20/04/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mining, Coal, South Africa, India
Mining

JSW Energy buys mining company in South Africa

Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Energy today said it had acquired a majority stake in South Africa-based Coal Mining Holding Ltd for an undisclosed amount.

In a filing to the stock exchanges, JSW Energy said it had acquired a 49.80 per cent stake in Royal Bafokeng Capital, a majority shareholder in the South African company.

Publication Date: 
17/04/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mining, Industry, South Africa
Environment

Phosphate oxygen isotopic evidence for a temperate and biologically active Archaean ocean

It had been thought that ocean temperatures during the early Archaean (around 3.5 billion years ago) were between 55 and 85

Publication Date: 
15/04/2010
Ruth E. Blake, Sae Jung Chang, Aivo Lepland
Nature
464
7291
1029
Tags:
Environment, Oceans and Seas, Sedimentation, Climate Change, South Africa, Marine Research
Wildlife

Three sites shortlisted in in Guj for cheetah: Ramesh

New Delhi/Ahmedabad: Indicating government

Publication Date: 
15/04/2010
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Endangered Species, Wildlife, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), South Africa, Gujarat
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

A climatological study of the relations among solar activity, galactic cosmic ray and precipitation on various regions over the

We apply Fourier and wavelet analyses to the precipitation and sunspot numbers in the time series (1901

Publication Date: 
01/04/2010
Sourabh Bal, M Bose
Journal of Earth System Science
119
2
201
Tags:
Canada, Atmosphere And Ozone Layer, Atmosphere, Solar Energy, Ethiopia, South Africa, Japan, Iceland, Russia, United Kingdom (UK), Greenland, United States Of America (US), Australia, India, Climate, Rainfall
Climate Change

India enters Hagen pact in name

Joins Accord With Riders To Facilitate Talks; China Expected To Follow Suit

New Delhi: After three months of confabulation within the government, India on Tuesday allowed a conditional association of its name with the Copenhagen Accord.

Publication Date: 
10/03/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), South Africa, China, Brazil, India, Copenhagen Accord

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