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| Pachauri slated for using car for 1.6-km journey |
| London, (IANS): |
| The Deccan Herald , Sunday, January 31, 2010 |
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Climate change scientist Rajendra Pachauri has been slammed by a British newspaper for using a car to travel just one mile (1.6 km) to work.
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| UN climate panel based claims on student essay: Report |
| AFP |
| The Economic Times , Sunday, January 31, 2010 |
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LONDON: The UN climate change panel based claims about ice disappearing from the world's mountain peaks on a student essay and an article in a mountaineering magazine, a British newspaper reported Sun ...More
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| Beijing won't be 'bullied' on climate |
| NYT News Service |
| The Economic Times , Sunday, January 31, 2010 |
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BEIJING: As a Sunday target date approaches for countries to submit to the United Nations their plans for fighting climate change, China is banding together with other major developing nations to stre ...More
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| 'Block the sun, control global warming' |
| IANS |
| The Economic Times , Sunday, January 31, 2010 |
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TORONTO: Canadian and US scientists want to block the sun to cool the earth and limit global
warming.
Research and field-testing on what they call "geo-engineering" of the earth's atmosphere to ...More
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| India keeps Copenhagen pledge on emission cuts |
| Swati Mathur, TNN |
| The Economic Times , Sunday, January 31, 2010 |
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NEW DELHI: India is stepping up pressure on the West to act on climate change. On Saturday, the government formally conveyed to UNFCCC that India will endeavour to reduce the emission intensity of its ...More
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| Osama uses climate change in new tirade |
| Ali Khalil / DUBAI/—AFP |
| The Asian Age , Saturday, January 30, 2010 |
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Jan. 29: Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden lectured the US and other industrial nations on climate change, and urged a dollar boycott in response to American "slavery," in a fresh verbal assault broadcas ...More
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| US pledges 17 per cent emission reduction by 2020 |
| Agencies |
| The Indian Express , Saturday, January 30, 2010 |
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US on Friday pledged to cut its green house gas emission by 17 per cent by 2020 from the 2005 level, hoping that countries like India and China would follow suit as agreed upon during the Copenhagen S ...More
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| Climate deal unlikely unless economy lifts: India |
| Reuters |
| The Indian Express , Saturday, January 30, 2010 |
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UN climate talks will "probably not" agree an ambitious deal this year unless the economy improves and voters press for action, said India's top climate official Shyam Saran.
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| Davos leaders, CEOs debate climate change moves |
| Associated Press |
| The Indian Express , Saturday, January 30, 2010 |
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Fighting global warming and protecting the environment dominated the discussions Friday at the World Economic Forum, a month after UN climate change talks ended without a binding deal on curbing green ...More
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| ‘To save carbon, invest in carbon’ |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu , Saturday, January 30, 2010 |
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Bangalore: To save carbon, we need to invest in carbon; that is one of the greatest paradoxes, said Brice Lalonde, Special Ambassador of France for Climate Change.
He was speaking at the Indo-Fren ...More
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| Meet to evolve action plan for biodiversity management |
| PNS | Bhubaneswar |
| The Pioneer , Saturday, January 30, 2010 |
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A meeting on Sunday at the Odisha University of Agriculture Technology (OUAT) will focus on the formulation of an action plan and policies to mitigate the effects of climate change on agro-biodiversit ...More
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| Environment education to be compulsory in Uttar Pradesh |
| Lucknow, (IANS): |
| The Deccan Herald , Friday, January 29, 2010 |
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Environment education will be a part of the school curriculum in Uttar Pradesh from the next academic session. State environment principal secretary Alok Ranjan said the government has already taken t ...More
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| Start two-track talks on climate: India |
| Kalyan Ray, New Delhi, DH News Service: |
| The Deccan Herald , Friday, January 29, 2010 |
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Four emerging economies on Thursday have asked Denmark –– chair of the Copenhagen climate conference –– to immediately start the two-track negotiation process under the aegis of the United Nations so ...More
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| Pollution control: India ranks 123rd |
| IANS |
| Times of India , Friday, January 29, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON: India and China rank 123rd and 121st in pollution control respectively, reflecting the strain rapid economic growth imposes on the environment, according to the 2010 Environmental Performa ...More
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| Pollution control: India ranks 123rd |
| IANS |
| The Economic Times , Friday, January 29, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON: India and China rank 123rd and 121st in pollution control respectively, reflecting the strain rapid economic growth imposes on the environment, according to the 2010 Environmental Performa ...More
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| Climate NGOs want India to reject Copenhagen Accord |
| New Delhi, (IANS): |
| The Deccan Herald , Thursday, January 28, 2010 |
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An umbrella group of green NGOs has called upon India and other south Asian countries to reject the Copenhagen accord because it was weak to fight climate change and did not have the approval of all c ...More
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| 'Himalayan glaciers here to stay' |
| Anand Bodh, TNN |
| Times of India , Thursday, January 28, 2010 |
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CHANDIGARH: Glaciers are here to stay in the Himalayas. Studies conducted by glaciologists across the Himalayan region in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have shown that global war ...More
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| Copenhagen Accord not legally binding: UNFCC |
| Aarti Dhar |
| The Hindu , Thursday, January 28, 2010 |
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NEW DELHI: Seeking to put at rest doubts over the status of the Copenhagen Accord agreed upon at the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP) in the Danish capital last year, the United Nations ...More
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| Implement key elements of Copenhagen accord: Ban |
| United Nations, (PTI) |
| The Deccan Herald , Thursday, January 28, 2010 |
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Underlining the need to move beyond the procedural controversies of Copenhagen Accord, UN Chief Ban Ki-moon has asked the world to implement the key elements of the document.
Referring to a non-bin ...More
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