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March 10th, 2010 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
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Washington, March 9 (DPA) US greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.9 percent in 2008 amid a recession and record high petrol prices, according to a preliminary estimate Tuesday from the US Environmental Protection ...
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March 9th, 2010 - 1:30 am ICT by IANS
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Berlin, March 9 (DPA) Germany called for tough action to combat climate change Monday following a new warning from Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed about the threat posed to his nation by global ...
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February 24th, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Bali, Feb 24 (IANS) Countries will have to be far more ambitious in cutting greenhouse gas emissions if the world is to effectively limit a rise in global temperature to 2 degrees ...
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February 21st, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
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By Joydeep Gupta
Two big-ticket resignations last week will have far-reaching effects on climate geopolitics. The decision by India's top climate negotiator Shyam Saran to quit will make it easier for the ...
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February 5th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday backed the beleaguered UN climate change panel, saying India had "full confidence" in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and ...
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February 5th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday backed the beleaguered UN climate change panel, saying despite criticism of some of its work India had "full confidence" in the ...
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February 4th, 2010 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
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Paris, Feb 4 (DPA) French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday that neither he nor German Chancellor Angela Merkel was happy with the outcome of December's Copenhagen climate summit.
"In Copenhagen, we were together ...
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February 4th, 2010 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Climate change and diplomacy was on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's plate Thursday, when he held separate meetings with the visiting leaders of four European countries who ...
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February 4th, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Feb 4 (ANI): Reports indicate that Rajendra Pachauri, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is under pressure to resign over the error that the IPCC made on ...
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February 4th, 2010 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Leaders from various regions of the world will gather here for the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) beginning Friday, the first major global meeting after the ...
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February 2nd, 2010 - 2:54 am ICT by IANS
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Washington, Feb 2 (DPA) President Barack Obama expects lawmakers to approve reductions in US greenhouse-gas emissions and is pushing for more investments in clean energy and nuclear power, according to the ...
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February 1st, 2010 - 10:45 am ICT by IANS
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By Mayank Chhaya
Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) In announcing a $6 billion arms package for Taiwan, the Obama administration has drawn the line beyond which it would not let China push them.
The ...
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January 29th, 2010 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Jan 29 (DPA) US President Barack Obama Friday pledged to cut US greenhouse-gas emissions 28 percent within the federal government by 2020 to help combat global warming.
As the single largest ...
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January 24th, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) India, China, Brazil and South Africa Sunday announced their support to the Copenhagen Accord to combat climate change but emphasised it was a political rather than ...
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January 23rd, 2010 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The Indian and Chinese governments have had a rethink on signing the Copenhagen Accord, officials said Saturday, and the UN has also indefinitely postponed its Jan ...
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January 23rd, 2010 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Saturday said that environment ministers of BASIC countries should come up with a clear plan to ...
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January 23rd, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The Indian government has had a rethink on signing the Copenhagen Accord, senior officials said Saturday, forcing the UN to indefinitely postpone its Jan 31 deadline ...
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January 23rd, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Jan 23 (IANS) A host of Indian companies are investing in the Maldives, as this South Asian paradise for tourists is wooing investments in a wide variety of sectors from infrastructure ...
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January 23rd, 2010 - 10:45 am ICT by IANS
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By Joydeep Gupta
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) India and China are almost certain to sign the Copenhagen Accord, especially since Brazil and South Africa have already done so, say senior officials. Environment ...
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January 21st, 2010 - 1:06 am ICT by BNO News
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UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – Fifteen of the world’s least developed countries (LDCs) on Wednesday, who were meeting at a high-level United Nations forum, called for a greater voice in international financial ...
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January 20th, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
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London, January 20 (ANI): Reports indicate that the vice-chairman of the UN's climate science panel has admitted it made a mistake in asserting that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035.
The Intergovernmental Panel ...
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January 16th, 2010 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
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Berlin, Jan 16 (DPA) China Saturday rejected accusations that it had blocked a deal last month at the Copenhagen Climate summit to halt global warming.
At a Berlin conference on the future of ...
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January 12th, 2010 - 11:04 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Jan.12 (ANI): India and Bangladesh have welcomed the initiatives taken at the Climate Change Summit at Copenhagen in December 2009.
On Monday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the visiting ...
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January 11th, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
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London, January 11 (ANI): The United Nations has warned that the on-going loss of species should be considered as a wake-up call, as it affects human well-being around the world.
Eight years ago, ...
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January 8th, 2010 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) India must not sign the Copenhagen Accord on fighting climate change because it is "iniquitous" and "inefficient", says a leading green NGO, but the environment minister says ...
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January 5th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
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London, January 5 (ANI): Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has warned that allowing skepticism to delay international action on global warming would endanger the ...
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January 3rd, 2010 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday stressed that Indian origin researchers should be encouraged to work in the country, to convert the brain drain of the past into ...
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December 27th, 2009 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
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By Joydeep Gupta
Politicians and bureaucrats from large developing countries and some developed ones are congratulating themselves for having protected their traditional industries at the Copenhagen climate summit. But for the vast majority ...
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December 23rd, 2009 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
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By Joydeep Gupta
The Indian government delegation at the Copenhagen climate summit held two press conferences during the 11-day conference, one exclusively for Indian journalists, and none at the main press conference ...
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December 23rd, 2009 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
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Dhaka, Dec 23 (IANS) Back from the Copenhagen climate summit, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has mooted a new law that would deny bail to people responsible for rampant tree felling.
The ...
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December 22nd, 2009 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh borrowed a leaf from Hindu mythology while defending the government's stand at the Copenhagen climate summit, saying like "(some) gods have three feet", ...
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December 22nd, 2009 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Global warming took over the last day of the winter session in India's parliament, with Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh stoutly defending the government's actions at the ...
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December 22nd, 2009 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) "I had gone to Copenhagen not to save the world but to protect India's right to development," Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh declared Tuesday.
Summing up his experiences ...
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December 22nd, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) India stands by the Copenhagen Accord which contains provisions to ensure that the country's national interests are protected, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said in the Rajya Sabha ...
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December 22nd, 2009 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday called on President Pratibha Patil to brief her on the discussions at the Copenhagen climate summit.
The meeting between the prime minister ...
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December 22nd, 2009 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) India has not only protected but enhanced its interests at the Copenhagen climate summit, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said here Tuesday, adding that the close coordination ...
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December 22nd, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The government was in a "Sharm-el-Sheikh syndrome" as far as the climate change accord in Copenhagen was concerned, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Arun Jaitley ...
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December 22nd, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) India has not only protected but enhanced its interests at the Copenhagen climate summit, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said here Tuesday.
Making a statement in parliament on the ...
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December 21st, 2009 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Dec 21 (IANS) Britain's minister for climate change Monday claimed China "hijacked" the UN climate summit and blamed it for a poor outcome.
"We did not get an agreement on 50 ...
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December 21st, 2009 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, Dec 21 (IANS) Against a backdrop of deepening political crisis in Nepal, New Delhi is sending its External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna to Kathmandu next month for consultations with the ...
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