New Delhi: In a game of shifting goal posts, the developed countries have pushed to flesh out rules for international scrutiny of Indian and other emerging economies even as they refuse to commit either funds or targets for emission reduction under the Kyoto Protocol.

The attempt to up the speed at which the rules for international scrutiny of emerging economies and stall progress on target

By the late 1990s, the idea of global warming had become real. For the developed world, however, emission reduction at the cost of industry-driven growth was a tough pill.

Himachal Pradesh became the first State in the country on Sunday to sign an agreement with the World Bank for securing carbon credits for its

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State is all set to win carbon credits for reducing carbon emission through its Bachat Lamp Yojana under which the Kerala Sate Electricity Board (KSEB) distributed two Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) of 14 W in lieu of two 60 W incandescent lamps to domestic electricity consumers.

KOCHI: Kerala's initiative, to become the first to fully implement the Bacchat Lamp Yojana (BLY) in the country, has been recognized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

New Delhi: To lock climate changing carbon dioxide in the growing forests, the government has asked the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to provide a substantial part of the Rs 90 billion needed every year for 10 years.

The government has made this recommendation to the climate convention, knowing that a mechanism would be set up in future to provide investments from markets as wel

The 18th Amendment Implementation Commission seems hesitant to oblige environmentalists` proposal to transform the Ministry of Environment into Sustainable Development and Renewable Resource Management Division, Dawn has learnt.