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| World's first underwater cabinet meet held in Maldives |
| Agencies |
| The Indian Express , Saturday, October 17, 2009 |
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Maldives ministers in scuba gear hold an underwater Cabinet meeting to highlight the threat of global warming.
Maldivian cabinet met at the bottom of the sea, marking the first ever such meeting to ...More
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| Climate change affecting agriculture: UN envoy |
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| The Assam Tribune , Saturday, October 17, 2009 |
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SHILLONG, Oct 16 – Chairperson of United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Victoria Tauli Corpuz yesterday expressed serious concern over climate change which was affecting agricultural pro ...More
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| Arctic ice cap to disappear in 20-30 years: Study |
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| Times of India , Friday, October 16, 2009 |
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LONDON: The Arctic ice cap will disappear completely in summer months within 20 to 30 years, a polar research team said as they presented findings from an expedition led by adventurer Pen Hadow.
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| Arctic ice cap to disappear in 20-30 years: Study |
| AFP |
| The Economic Times , Friday, October 16, 2009 |
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LONDON: The Arctic ice cap will disappear completely in summer months within 20 to 30 years, a polar research team said as they presented findings from an expedition led by adventurer Pen Hadow.
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| UN envoy critical of proposed big dams in North-East |
| Agencies |
| The Indian Express , Friday, October 16, 2009 |
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Critical of the proposed big dams in the North-East, an UN envoy has said such developmental projects should not infringe upon the rights of the local indigenous people.
"I have learnt that the go ...More
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| Climate change meet in Delhi from October 23 |
| Special Correspondent |
| The Hindu , Friday, October 16, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: Terming the Delhi High Level Conference on Climate Change scheduled for next week a step forward in the process of the international policy dialogue on technologies needed to address climat ...More
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| Panel of scientists to study effects |
| AGE CORRESPONDENT / NEW DELHI |
| The Asian Age , Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
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Oct. 14: In an effort to strengthen indigenous expertise and study on the climate change issue, India on Wednesday launched a network of scientists from the country’s premier institutes who would stud ...More
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| Voluntary CO2 market not netting emissions cuts |
| REUTERS |
| The Economic Times , Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
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LONDON: The market for companies choosing to offset their carbon footprints is not achieving meaningful emissions cuts yet, market players said at a carbon industry conference in London on Tuesday.
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| US senator: Global warming bill possible soon |
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| The Economic Times , Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
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UNITED NATIONS: The chairman of the US Senate's environment committee said Monday that it's possible Congress will pass a bill aimed at slowing global warming before international talks on a deal to l ...More
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| Cut soot, slow climate change: Scientists |
| IANS |
| The Economic Times , Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: Global warming is caused by excess of greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide, but cutting down other pollutants such as soot can help slow climate change in a big way, say the world's lead ...More
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| Climate change lessons from a Nobel prize winner |
| Siddharth Varadarajan |
| The Hindu , Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
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One of the winners of the Nobel prize for economics this year, Elinor Olstrom, is a pioneer in the study of the economics of the ‘commons’ — common property resources which, by virtue of being availab ...More
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| Copenhagen last chance to curb global emissions: EU |
| Special Correspondent |
| The Hindu , Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: The European Union (EU) on Tuesday said it wanted the Copenhagen agreement to prevent global warming to be a single, legally binding instrument that builds on and takes forward the Kyoto Pr ...More
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| Manmohan for integrated approach to climate change |
| Aarti Dhar |
| The Hindu , Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday cautioned against compartmentalised thinking among various ministries concerned with climate change and suggested an integrated approach to capacity ...More
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| Cut soot, slow climate change: Scientists |
| IANS |
| Times of India , Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: Global warming is caused by excess of greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide, but cutting down other pollutants such as soot can help slow climate change in a big way, say the world's lead ...More
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| India to coordinate climate research |
| New Delhi, (IANS) |
| The Deccan Herald , Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
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The National Council on Climate Change met here Tuesday to discuss the setting up of a network of institutions for mutual exchange of knowledge on climate change.
The Prime Minister chaired the me ...More
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| Norway plans record 2010 carbon capture spending |
| REUTERS |
| Times of India , Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
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OSLO: Norway plans to raise investments in capturing and storing greenhouse gases in 2010 to a record of almost 3.5 billion crowns ($621 million) to help fight climate change, finance minister Kristin ...More
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| PM chairs meet on climate issue |
| AGE CORRESPONDENT / New Delhi |
| The Asian Age , Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
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Oct. 13: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday chaired the meeting of National Council on Climate Change. The meeting was held to discuss one of the eight missions underlined under the National ...More
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| Voluntary CO2 market not netting emissions cuts |
| REUTERS |
| Times of India , Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
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LONDON: The market for companies choosing to offset their carbon footprints is not achieving meaningful emissions cuts yet, market players said at a carbon industry conference in London on Tuesday.
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