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| Climate change to hit top holiday spots: UN |
| Staff Reporter |
| Times of India , Tuesday, April 08, 2008 |
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LONDON: Some of the best and most desired destinations by travellers will feel the consequences of climate change within the next few decades, a United Nations report has warned. The destinations to b ...More
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| Slowing deforestation may be worth billions |
| Staff Reporter |
| Times of India , Monday, April 07, 2008 |
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OSLO: A slowdown of deforestation from the Amazon to the Congo basin could generate billions of dollars every year for developing nations as part of a UN scheme to fight climate change, a study showed ...More
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| Nobel scientist issues warning on global warming |
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| Times of India , Monday, April 07, 2008 |
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MIAMI: The Nobel Prize-winning scientist who rang the first alarm bells over the ozone hole issued a warming about climate change on Saturday, saying there could be "almost irreversible consequences" ...More
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| EU power companies paid for polluting: WWF |
| Staff Reporter |
| Times of India , Monday, April 07, 2008 |
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BRUSSELS: Power companies in just five EU nations could reap windfall profits of up to 71 billion euros over five years thanks to Europe's emissions trading scheme, the green group WWF claimed on Mond ...More
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| Mosquitoes spread to new areas in warmer India |
| Staff Reporter |
| Times of India , Monday, April 07, 2008 |
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NEW DELHI: The incidence of mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, and chikungunya is rising in India due to climate change. These diseases are no longer restricted to old areas. They are sp ...More
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| Fires main threat to Amazon in drier climate |
| Vijay Pinjarkar |
| Times of India , Monday, April 07, 2008 |
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OSLO: Fires set by people will be the biggest threat to the Amazon rainforest in coming decades linked to a drier climate caused by global warming, researchers said on Monday. They said swathes of the ...More
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| Earth in crisis, warns NASA's top climate scientist |
| Staff Reporter |
| Times of India , Monday, April 07, 2008 |
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WILMINGTON: Global warming has plunged the planet into a crisis and the fossil fuel industries are trying to hide the extent of the problem from the public, NASA's top climate scientist says. "We've a ...More
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| Climate change increases cataract blindness risk |
| Staff Reporter |
| Times of India , Monday, April 07, 2008 |
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SYDNEY: Climate change will increase the risk of people losing their sight through cataracts because of higher levels of ultraviolet rays, an expert said on Monday. "The three main risk factors that l ...More
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| Global warming continues, says U.N. |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu , Sunday, April 06, 2008 |
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New York: The long-term trend of global warming is continuing, despite the current La Nina weather phenomenon that is bringing relatively cooler temperatures to parts of the Equatorial Pacific region, ...More
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| Global warming threat to mangroves |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu , Sunday, April 06, 2008 |
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Extensive research mooted
Mangroves may be the first eco-system to be hit
BHUBANESWAR: At a time when human population is already putting pressure on depleting mangrove forest along the Orissa c ...More
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| ‘Dengue, malaria caused by climate change’ |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu , Sunday, April 06, 2008 |
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VISAKHAPATNAM: Confirmation of dengue cases in the city and other places in the neighbourhood and resurgence of malaria in Araku and Seethammapeta agency tracts could be due to climate change, accordi ...More
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| Global temperatures to decrease in 2008 |
| Staff Reporter |
| Times of India , Saturday, April 05, 2008 |
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LONDON: UN meteorologists have determined that global temperatures this year will be lower than in 2007 due to the cooling effect of the La Nina current in the Pacific. According to a report by BBC Ne ...More
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| IIM-Lucknow to set up climate change centre |
| Staff Reporter |
| Times of India , Saturday, April 05, 2008 |
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LUCKNOW: A centre for climate change dedicated to providing information to industries will come up at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM). IIM-Lucknow director Devi Singh said on Thursday the dec ...More
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| World Bank accused of climate change 'hijack' |
| Staff Reporter |
| Times of India , Saturday, April 05, 2008 |
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BANGKOK: Developing countries and environmental groups accused the World Bank on Friday of trying to seize control of the billions of dollars of aid that will be used to tackle climate change in the n ...More
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| World Health Day to focus on climate change |
| Special Correspondent |
| The Hindu , Saturday, April 05, 2008 |
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Elderly and the young will be the most affected
Air and water quality will suffer
Malnutrition cases will increase
NEW DELHI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is placing health at the cen ...More
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| Climate talks focus on compromise |
| Associated Press |
| The Statesman , Saturday, April 05, 2008 |
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BANGKOK, April 4: Climate negotiators considered a compromise work schedule for talks leading to a sweeping global warming pact, apparently overcoming a heated dispute over a Japanese proposal on redu ...More
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| Nations agree on agenda for 2009 global warming pact |
| Staff Reorter |
| The Economic Times , Saturday, April 05, 2008 |
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BANGKOK: Climate negotiators agreed on Saturday on an ambitious agenda for talks they hope will lead to a global warming pact, overcoming a heated dispute between Japan and developing countries on how ...More
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| Challenge to climate fight plan |
| Associated Press |
| The Telegraph , Saturday, April 05, 2008 |
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New Delhi, April 4: The Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has seriously underestimated the technological challenge of steering the earth away from the dangers posed by clim ...More
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| Soiling the sky with carbon footprints |
| Staff Reporter |
| Times of India , Friday, April 04, 2008 |
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BANGKOK: Air travel is booming as the world's population grows and fares fall, but its impact on Earth's sensitive climate must be taken into account in any new global warming pact, green groups say. ...More
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