Global warming will push up sea level
June 25th, 2012 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Amsterdam, June 25 (IANS) Sea levels worldwide are expected to rise by several metres in the coming centuries if global warming continues unabated.
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Small island nations want global treaty now
December 7th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Durban, Dec 7 (IANS) While major economies like China have proposed to take legal emission cuts post 2020, the Association of Small Island Nations (AOSIS) Wednesday rejected the proposal saying ... Read more...
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Report says ‘mass migration triggered by climate change’ won’t happen
February 5th, 2011 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 5 (ANI): A new report has said that fears that climate change will trigger mass migrations from one part of the world to another are baseless.The study by the International ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Small island nations to be focus of Delhi environment summit
February 1st, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Small island-states which are facing the biggest challenge from global warming will be at the focus of Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) beginning Thursday. The DSDS ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
India plans e-network for small Pacific island states
January 30th, 2010 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) With UN reforms inching back on the global agenda and keeping climate change negotiations in mind, India is now wooing Pacific small island states with an e-network, ... Read more...
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Copenhagen Accord huge diplomatic challenge for BASIC countries: Pachauri
December 23rd, 2009 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chief R.K. Pachauri Wednesday termed the Copenhagen Accord as a "huge diplomatic challenge" for the four BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
BASIC group vindicated by watered down Copenhagen climate change deal
December 19th, 2009 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
By Ashok DixitCopenhagen (Denmark), Dec.18-19 (ANI): With world leaders at the Copenhagen climate conference reportedly agreeing to a last-minute deal to combat global warming, but conceding that the watered-down accord has ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Climate summit has two drafts but many views
December 11th, 2009 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Copenhagen, Dec 11 (IANS) The much-awaited Dec 7-18 climate summit Friday prepared two sets of draft agreements on how to save the world from global warming, but they were no ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Quarter of Africa faces water shortage, courtesy global warming: Pachauri
August 29th, 2009 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) Twenty five percent of Africa experiences shortage of drinking water due to global warming, which is increasing at a higher rate now than in earlier decades, says noted ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
India sees its engagement with Pacific region as extension of its ‘Look East Policy’
August 7th, 2009 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI
Cairns (Australia), Aug 7 (ANI): Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna on Friday said that India sees its engagement with the Pacific region as an extension of its Look East ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Climate change fight shouldn’t become new NPT: Shyam Saran
May 6th, 2008 - 8:20 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The fight against climate change should not become the new NPT, the prime minister's special envoy on climate change Shyam Saran said here Tuesday. Drawing a parallel ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
International seminar shapes path towards sustainable tourism
April 16th, 2008 - 2:04 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 16 (ANI): An international seminar was held on April 11 in the United Kingdom, which helped to shape a path towards sustainable tourism.According to a report in ENN (Environmental ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Indigenous peoples hardest hit by climate change
April 3rd, 2008 - 2:14 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 3 (ANI): Indigenous people have suffered the worst impacts of climate change, despite contributing the least to world greenhouse gas emissions.According to organizers of a United Nations University ... Read more...
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