Rich nations should cut their greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels as part of a new global climate change pact, China said on Thursday, spelling out its stance ahead of negotiations.
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The world's poorest nations are not prepared for the strain climate change will put on their public health systems, according to studies by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and partners.

Swedish government assured Bangladesh of providing US$ 20 million financial assistance from its Multi-donor fund to help the country combat climate change said a press release.

Swedish government assured Bangladesh of providing US$ 20 million financial assistance from its Multi-donor fund to help the country combat climate change said a press release.

Sirsa afforestation project gets CDM certification eight remote villages of Haryana have entered the global carbon market. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (unfccc) registered an afforestation project on the degraded land of these villages as the world

NEW DELHI: The first signs of a break up in the G77 plus China grouping in the climate negotiations emerged at the Obama sponsored 20-country Major Economies Forum in Washington with South Korea breaking away from the developing and poor country block.

New Delhi: India has recommended the architecture for transfer and diffusion of climate friendly technologies under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from the rich to the poor world in order to stop climate change.