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Climate change worries ministry |
OUR CORRESPONDENT |
The Asian Age , Friday, July 20, 2007 |
New Delhi, July 19: The parliamentary consultative committee of the ministry of agriculture has raised concern over the impact of climate change on agriculture. Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar ...More
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China to invest USD 2.63 bn for eco-protection in Tibet |
Staff Reporter |
The Times of India , Tuesday, July 17, 2007 |
BEIJING: China plans to invest about USD 2.63 billion to protect the fragile eco-system on the Tibet plateau, an official said as the glaciers in the remote Himalayan region were shrinking at an alarm ...More
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CEE launches “Green Coast” project in Karaikal |
Special Correspondent |
The Hindu , Monday, July 16, 2007 |
To safeguard coastal community against natural disasters
KARAIKAL: The Centre for Environment Education (CEE) in Karaikal, supported by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, has laun ...More
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India plans strategy to tackle global warming |
Staff Reporter |
The Economic Times , Sunday, July 15, 2007 |
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked policymakers to come up with a detailed national plan by November to tackle the effects of global warming, his office said Saturday. Singh asked the ...More
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Green India to beat warming |
Staff Reporter |
The Statesman , Saturday, July 14, 2007 |
NEW DELHI, July 13: The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today directed the Planning Commission to incorporate clean development strategies into the sectoral plans and proposals for the Eleventh Pla ...More
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Climate change could be at the root of armed conflicts’ |
Staff Reporter |
The Sentinel , Wednesday, July 11, 2007 |
Hong Kong, July 10: Climate change, and the resulting shortage of ecological resources, could be blamed for armed conflicts in the future, a new study claims.
David Zhang from the University of Hong ...More
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Climate change will affect cities strongly |
YOJNA GUSAIN |
The Asian Age , Monday, July 02, 2007 |
New Delhi, July 1: If urban concentration and inadequate urban management were not enough, climate change has also been added as another prime factor affecting the sustainable future of cities around ...More
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2007 seen as second warmest year as climate shifts |
Staff Reporter |
The Sentinel , Sunday, July 01, 2007 |
OSOLO, June 30: This year is on track to be the second warmest since records began in the 1860s and floods in Pakistan or a heatwave in Greece may herald worse disruptions in store from global warming ...More
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Flood, erosion: Solution eludes Majuli |
Santanu Banerjee |
The Pioneer , Thursday, June 28, 2007 |
Can spread tropical and water-borne diseases, says UNFPA report
A rapid global climate change is set to hit New Delhi hard. This was revealed by the State of World Population 2007, released by the ...More
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Experts warn Ganga under grave threat from warming |
Special Correspondent |
Indian Express , Wednesday, June 20, 2007 |
UN REPORT: Latest findings show Himalayan source is drying up at a rate of 120 feet a year, nearly twice as fast as two decades ago
VARANASI, JUNE 19: India's holiest river is under greater threat t ...More
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State faces desertification |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Monday, June 18, 2007 |
The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought was observed on Sunday, and for Orissa the day assumed significance as vital ecological parameters allude to an evolving crisis of desertification o ...More
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Mumbai port’s environmental record dismal |
Staff Reporter |
The Times of India , Monday, June 18, 2007 |
NEW DELHI: At a time when the threat to coastal areas from climate change is dominating headlines, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has made a scathing report against the Mumbai Port Trust’s ...More
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A weather station near glacier to study global warming |
Staff Reporter |
The Sentinel , Sunday, June 17, 2007 |
NEW DELHI, June 16: For the first time, an Indian weather station is being set up near a Himalayan glacier to study the impact of climate change and provide weather details and warnings to mountaineer ...More
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Climate change drive gets Big B boost |
Vibha Sharma |
The Tribune , Monday, June 11, 2007 |
After HIV/AIDS, the latest cause to catch the fancy of Bollywood film stars is climate change. Those who have now jumped on the climate change bandwagon in order to spread awareness about global warmi ...More
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‘Global warming, the biggest environmental threat today’ |
our Correspondent |
The Sentinel , Monday, June 11, 2007 |
DIGBOI, June 10: World Environment Day was observed at the Assam Oil Division of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited with a day-long programme on June 5. The celebrations got off to a start with the pl ...More
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Climate pact encouraging: Pachauri |
Vibha Sharma |
The Tribune , Saturday, June 09, 2007 |
Developed countries’ call for halving the GHG emissions by 2050 has won favourable response from UN Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman Rajendra K. Pachauri.
Pachauri, an expe ...More
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‘Developing countries should be treated as partners’ |
Correspondent |
The Sentinel , Saturday, June 09, 2007 |
Berlin, June 8: Sending a strong message to the industrialized nations on the issue of climate change, the G-5, including India, on Thursday night made it clear that there can be no compromise on the ...More
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G8 leaders agree to pursue large cuts in greenhouse gas |
Pranab Dhal Samanta |
Indian Express , Friday, June 08, 2007 |
Summit: The most serious commitment to action on the issue by US, the world’s largest polluter
HEILIGENDAMM (Germany), June 7: World leaders on Thursday agreed to pursue “substantial” but unspecifie ...More
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