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Call for steps to enhance dry-land farm productivity |
Special Correspondent |
The Hindu , Thursday, September 09, 2010 |
BHUBANESWAR: Due emphasis needs to be given for enhancing productivity of dry-land agriculture in the 2 {+n} {+d} Green Revolution that has been planned by the Central government, Chief Minister Navee ...More
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Authority on glaciers & climate change soon |
Paritosh Kimothi | Dehradun |
The Pioneer , Thursday, September 02, 2010 |
Uttarakhand will soon become the first State in India to establish a special authority on glaciers and climate change with Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank approving its formation. Though there ...More
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Warming could reduce rainfall |
PTI |
Times of India , Wednesday, September 01, 2010 |
LONDON: Scientists have warned that global warming could reduce rainfall, contrary to the belief that rising temperatures lead to increase in overall precipitation levels.
Previous studies have sh ...More
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Global warming meet from Sept 9 |
TNN |
The Times of India , Wednesday, September 01, 2010 |
Thiruvananthapuram:
Delegates from 20 countries would participate in the three-day international conference on global warming, climate change, sustainable development and secular spirituality organi ...More
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UN climate panel urged to reform, stick to science |
Reuters |
The Financial Express , Wednesday, September 01, 2010 |
The UN climate panel should make predictions only when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body.
The ...More
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Draft action plan on climate change ready |
Rajesh B. Nair |
The Hindu , Tuesday, August 31, 2010 |
PUDUCHERRY: In response to Centre's call to prepare State-wise action plan to deal with challenges posed by global warming, the territorial administration has prepared the draft policy, which gives th ...More
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Pachauri-led IPCC needs fundamental reforms: UN panel |
AFP |
The Times of India , Tuesday, August 31, 2010 |
United Nations: A UN-ordered review said on Monday that the global panel on climate change needed to “fundamentally reform” how it operates after embarrassing errors in a landmark report dented its cr ...More
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CONCRETE EFFORTS NEEDED TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE |
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The Times of India , Saturday, August 28, 2010 |
The recommendations of the muchhyped Copenhagen Climate Change conference may all but have been consigned to the bin,but it is time all the stakeholders in the realty sector reflect upon the way they ...More
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Not climate, we must change |
Sangita Jindal |
The Economic Times , Friday, August 27, 2010 |
Four years ago, I met Al Gore and saw his presentation on climate change. I don’t want to sound alarmist, but the scenario that emerged from our discussions was earth-shattering, to say the least. I r ...More
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Not climate, we must change |
Sangita Jindal |
The Times of India , Friday, August 27, 2010 |
Four years ago, I met Al Gore and saw his presentation on climate change. I don't want to sound alarmist, but the scenario that emerged from our discussions was earth-shattering, to say the least. I r ...More
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Not climate, we must change |
Sangita Jindal |
Times of India , Friday, August 27, 2010 |
Four years ago, I met Al Gore and saw his presentation on climate change. I don't want to sound alarmist, but the scenario that emerged from our discussions was earth-shattering, to say the least. I r ...More
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Sea level likely to rise up to 70 cm by 2100: Study |
PTI |
Times of India , Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
LONDON: Ocean levels could significantly rise up to 70 cm by 2100 due to climate change and even the most extreme geoengineering approaches would not be able to stop sea levels from rising, according ...More
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Asia under the weather |
Zia Haq |
The Hindustan Times , Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
Climatologists analysing Pakistan’s catastrophic flooding, which killed an estimated 1,500 people and sent 20 per cent of its land under water, say India escaped the fury by a whisker.
The ripples we ...More
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Sea level likely to rise up to 70 cm by 2100: Study |
PTI |
The Economic Times , Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
LONDON: Ocean levels could significantly rise up to 70 cm by 2100 due to climate change and even the most extreme geoengineering approaches would not be able to stop sea levels from rising, according ...More
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Global warming shrank carnivores 55 million years ago |
ANI |
Times of India , Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
WASHINGTON: Extinct carnivorous mammals shrank in size during a global warming event that occurred 55 million years ago, according to a new University of Florida study.
The study describes a new s ...More
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Under Asian skies |
R.K. Pachauri |
The Hindustan Times , Wednesday, August 25, 2010 |
The 16th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit held earlier this year in Bhutan focused on climate change. The subcontinent is facing unprecedented disasters with extreme pre ...More
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Jairam Ramesh: India's crusading green minister |
IANS |
The Economic Times , Wednesday, August 25, 2010 |
NEW DELHI: Jairam Ramesh, India's green minister, has found new power in saying no to big industrialists and multi-million dollar projects if he thinks ecological balance is at stake.
Saying no to ...More
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Climate denial is a right-wing trait |
George Monbiot |
The Hindu , Wednesday, August 25, 2010 |
It was Australia's second climate change election. Climate change deposed the former leaders of both main parties: Kevin Rudd (Labor) because his position was too weak, Malcolm Turnbull (Liberal) beca ...More
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Jairam Ramesh: India's crusading green minister |
IANS |
Times of India , Wednesday, August 25, 2010 |
NEW DELHI: Jairam Ramesh, India's green minister, has found new power in saying no to big industrialists and multi-million dollar projects if he thinks ecological balance is at stake.
Saying no to ...More
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