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.

Without exception, global warming affects the water resources in Korea. Several climate change projects have been initiated for future water resources assessment but have produced very different projections with a significant range of heterogeneities. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a standard procedure and scheme that can reduce this heterogeneity.

In 1986, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) implemented a moratorium on commercial whaling. Many people believed that this would save the whales and end forever the industrial slaughter that had decimated entire species. Not so. A proposal before the IWC could lead to the resumption of commercial whaling as early as next year.

China and South Korea have invested heavily in environmental stimulus projects. Other G20 countries need to deliver on their sustainability promises to save both the planet and the economy, says Edward Barbier.

The first Government sector solar power plant costing US$ 13.5 million will be established at Baruthakanda, Hambantota, said renewable Sustainable Energy Authority Director Athula Jayathunga.

Japan and Korea are providing aid for this. The plant will contribute 900kw to the national grid. Solar power technology is important because it produces green energy, he said. This is a model project.

Pakistan and a Korean consortium of Hyundai have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which the companies would invest on 50 MW Green Energy Yuna Wind Power Project in Jhimpir, Sindh.

According to a statement issued by the Board of Investment (BoI) here on Saturday, the Korean consortium of Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hyundai Engineering, Hyundai Corporation and Korea Southern Power

BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has assured South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak that work relating to the Rs 54,000-crore Posco steel plant project, which has been delayed by more than a year, will be expedited.

If you want to see the future of the information technology industry, South Korea is one of the best places to begin. As the world wrestles with using IT for solving industrial problems, South Korea is experimenting with IT projects that could help with some of the world

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A consortium led by Alcatel-Lucent yesterday outlined a research programme to produce technology within five years that can cut the carbon emissions from telecoms networks by a factor of 1,000.

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