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| Post-Durban, India Has Its Task Cut Out (N) |
| T. Jayaraman |
| The Hindu (New Delhi) , Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
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Driven by its over-emphasis on evading a ‘legally binding’ commitment, India signed on at Durban to a key agreement that has not even a pro forma reference to equity and sets aside differentiation exp ...More
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| Chinese Academy of Forestry, ICFRE Sign MoU (CP) |
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| The Himachal Times (Dehradun) , Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
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Action headed by President, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, visited ICFRE, here today. A Memorandom of Understanding between Chinese Academy of Forestry and ICFRE, Dehradun to foster Cooperative ...More
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| The Climate Extremists (k) |
| Bjorn Lomborg |
| The Economic Times (New Delhi) , Monday, December 19, 2011 |
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Extreme weather is often said to be one of the main reasons for taking firm action on global warming. Nowadays, no hurricane or heat wave passes without an activist claiming it as evidence of the need ...More
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| Climate Change (CP) |
| Salman Haidar |
| The Statesman (New Delhi) , Sunday, December 18, 2011 |
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Only slowly are the main features of what came out of the Durban conference on climate change becoming apparent. This is not unusual with a vast, complex exercise like the one just conclude where a mu ...More
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| ‘The Durban Accord is One Big Greenwash’ (N) |
| Rashme Sehgal |
| The Asian Age (New Delhi) , Sunday, December 18, 2011 |
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How would you describe the climate agreement arrived at in Durban, given the complexity of the negotiating process involving the rich industrialised nations and the developing world?
I would descri ...More
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| Greenland Hardest Hit by Climate Change (k) |
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| The Tribune (Chandigarh) , Friday, December 16, 2011 |
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An unusually hot melting season in 2010 accelerated ice loss in southern Greenland by 100 billion tonnes, according to new findings by American researchers, indicating the impact of climate change. La ...More
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| Antarctica mapped ‘sans ice’ |
| PTI |
| The Hindu , Friday, December 16, 2011 |
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Scientists have for the first time mapped Antarctica sans ice.
An international team, led by British Antarctic Survey, has revealed the soaring mountain peaks and the deep valleys hidden beneath Anta ...More
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| Carbon Credit Market Sags Even After Durban Climate Talks |
| Rajesh Bhayani and Piyali Mandal |
| Business Standard (New Delhi) , Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
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To the surprise of the carbon trading market, prices of carbon emission reduction (CER) certificates traded on the Intercontinental Exchange have been sliding even after last week’s global deal on fut ...More
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| Deconstructing Durban (N) |
| Lavanya Rajamani |
| The Indian Express (New Delhi) , Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
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The Durban climate conference, marked by tension, sleepless nights and high drama (to which the Environment Minister, Jayanthi Natarajan, contributed in no small part) — arrived, 36 hours after the sc ...More
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| Canada Withdraws from Kyoto Protocol (CP) |
| Michel Comte |
| Hindustan Times (New Delhi) , Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
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Canda on Monday became the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, saying the pact on cutting carbon emissions was preventing the world from effectively tackling climate change.
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| Durban Deal — Now Comes The Far, Far Harder Part (N) |
| Fiona Harvey and Damian Carrington |
| The Hindu (New Delhi) , Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
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The Durban climate conference may have agreed a deal — or at least a deal to agree a deal — but the scale of the work that still needs to be done became plain on Monday.
Although talks are supposed ...More
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| Snow season shrinking at alarming pace |
| Rakesh Lohumi / Tribune News Service |
| The Tribune , Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
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Shimla, December 13
The winter is shrinking and the overall precipitation during the season, particularly snow, is decreasing at an alarming rate in the “Queen of Hills”, making a White Christmas a ...More
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| Canada pulls out of Kyoto pact to avoid penalty |
| Nitin Sethi, TNN |
| Times of India , Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
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Canada's environment minister Peter Kent who announced that Canada will formally withdraw from the Kyoto protocol on climate change. Canada will become the first country to formally withdraw from Kyot ...More
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| Snow Season Shrinking at Alarming Pace (N) |
| Rakesh Lohumi |
| The Tribune (Chandigarh) , Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
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The winter is shrinking and the overall precipitation during the season, particularly snow, is decreasing at an alarming rate in the “Queen of Hills”, making a White Christmas and a White New Year for ...More
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| Durban Deal (N) |
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| The Tribune (Chandigarh) , Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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The goal of cutting down greenhouse-gas emissions achieved a substantial boost as negotiators at the UN talks in Durban, South Africa, after a marathon session, decided to extend the 1997 Kyoto Protoc ...More
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| ‘Bio-Diversity Linked to Poverty Eradication’ (k) |
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| The Pioneer (Dehradun) , Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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The condition of bio-diversity is intrinsically linked to poverty eradication considering which integrated efforts should be undertaken to achieve the desired level of development.
The Uttarakhand Pr ...More
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| Canada formally withdraws from Kyoto Protocol |
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| Times of India , Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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OTTAWA: Canada has became the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, saying the pact on cutting carbon emissions was preventing the world from effectively tackling climate change. ...More
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| Waiting on climate is 'escapism': Pachauri |
| Agencies |
| The Indian Express , Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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Leaders who wait for further evidence about the perils of greenhouse gases are flirting with escapism, the head of the UN's Nobel-winning climate scientists says.
"You cannot possibly keep waiting fo ...More
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