Climate Change

Jayanthi emphasises ‘equity’

In the run-up to the Rio+20 Earth Summit, India continues to emphasise the principle of equity as forming the foundation for climate change negotiations.

“I would like to reiterate that the bottom line remains equity,” said minister of environment Jayanthi Natarajan addressing a special session on Biodiversity at the 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit. Ms Natarajan’s statement came a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had endorsed her stand at the UNFCCC meet at Durban conference

Publication Date: 
04/02/2012
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, COP 17 (Durban Summit), Climate Equity, UNFCCC, Biodiversity, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Climate Change
Climate Change

Heat peaks shrink wheat yields

More intense heat waves due to global warming could diminish wheat crop yields around the world through premature ageing, according to a study published recently in Nature Climate Change.

Current projections based on computer models underestimate the extent to which hotter weather in the future will accelerate this process, the researchers warned.

Publication Date: 
02/02/2012
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Global Warming, Crops, Nutrition, Maize, Wheat, Drought, Russia, India, UNFCCC, Climate Impacts, Climate Change
Climate Change

Financing climate actions in Developing Countries: what role is there for NAMAS?

This report seeks to highlight the issues of financing climate policies in developing countries and the place of NAMA within the solutions that are currently under discussion. The first part of this report will examine the question of the definition and monitoring of quantitative international climate financing commitments.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2012
Romain Morel, Anaïs Delbosc
CDC Climat
Tags:
Climate Change, Finance, Developing Countries, Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), India, Green House Gases, UNFCCC, Private Sector
Climate Change

Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventory for the Asian Region held in Sri Lanka

The United Nations sponsored training workshop on climate change for the representatives of Asia region commenced today in Colombo and it will be held until February 03.

Publication Date: 
31/01/2012
Colombo Page (Sri Lanka)
Tags:
Asia, Sri Lanka, Green House Gases, Climate Change, UNFCCC
Climate Change

UN database to showcase climate-friendly strategies of MNCs

The UN has launched an online database that showcases the strategies adopted by global majors like Microsoft and Starbucks to adapt to climate change and at the same time ensure an increase in thei

Publication Date: 
27/01/2012
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, UNFCCC, Coca Cola, Drinking Water, Developing Countries, Natural Disasters, COP 17 (Durban Summit)
Climate Change

Looking beyond Durban: Where To from here?

The lesson for India after Durban is that it needs to formulate an approach that combines attention to industrialised countries’ historical responsibility for the problem with an embrace of its own responsibility to explore low carbon development trajectories. This is both ethically defensible and strategically wise. Ironically, India’s own domestic national approach of actively exploring “co-benefits” – policies that promote development while also yielding climate gains – suggests that it does take climate science seriously and has embraced responsibility as duty.

Publication Date: 
21/01/2012
Navroz K Dubash
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Climate Change, COP 17 (Durban Summit), UNFCCC, Climate Mitigation, Climate Agreements, Climate Science, REDD, Measurable, Reportable and Verifiable (MRV), India, Kyoto Protocol, Developing Countries, Sunita Narain, Anil Agarwal, CSE, Global
Climate Change

India threatens to put curbs on European airlines

India has threatened to review the benefits it provides to European airlines as it mounted its opposition to the European Union (EU) move to impose a carbon tax on carriers operating through Europe

Publication Date: 
16/01/2012
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, European Union (EU), Carbon Dioxide, United States Of America (US), China, Air Transport, Brazil, Russia, Japan, UNFCCC, Climate Change
Climate Change

Delhi Metro’s steps on climate change bring earnings

The Delhi Metro is the first rail network in the world to have two projects registered with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Publication Date: 
16/01/2012
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), UNFCCC, Carbon Dioxide, Atmosphere, Vehicles, Electricity, Climate Change, Delhi
Environment

Pakistan to challenge UN decision in world court

Pakistan has decided to challenge in the international court of arbitration a decision of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to grant carbon credits to India on a controversial

Publication Date: 
02/01/2012
Dawn (Pakistan)
Tags:
Pakistan, Court, UNFCCC, India, Hydroelectricity, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Rivers, Water Resources, Dams, Energy, Water Disputes, Environment
Climate Change

Did Durban deliver?: the 2011 climate conference and its implications for land transport

A summary of the proceedings from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, and their significance for the land transport sector.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
Allen H, Binsted A, Cruz R, & et al
Bridging the Gap initiative
Tags:
Climate Change, Transport, UNFCCC, COP 17 (Durban Summit), Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Measurable, Reportable and Verifiable (MRV), Technology Transfer, Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), Carbon Dioxide, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

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