UN meet: Indian rag pickers demand financial support
October 7th, 2010 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Three Indian rag pickers Wednesday addressed the UN climate change conference in China and demanded financial support for their contribution in fighting climate change.Baidabai Gaikwad from Pune, ... Read more...
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Rich countries may pay $10 bn this year: UN climate chief
September 8th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Rich countries are likely to live up to their commitment to pay $10 billion this year to combat climate change, the UN's new climate panel chief said ... Read more...
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Fissure over numbers as some countries block climate study (Lead)
June 10th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Bonn, June 10 (IANS) A new fissure has opened up between other developing countries and emerging economies at the May 31-June 11 talks here to prepare for the next climate ... Read more...
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Fissure over numbers at climate talks
June 10th, 2010 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Bonn, June 10 (IANS) A new fissure has opened up between emerging economies and other developing countries at the May 31-June 11 talks here to prepare for the next climate ... Read more...
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Climate treaty virtually written off this year
June 9th, 2010 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Bonn, June 9 (IANS) Delegates from many of the 194 countries gathered here to prepare for the next climate summit in Mexico this November Wednesday virtually wrote off the chances ... Read more...
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I had both failure and success: outgoing UN climate chief (Interview)
June 9th, 2010 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Bonn, June 9 (IANS) As he prepares to leave his post at the end of the month, UN climate chief Yvo de Boer says he faced "both failure and ... Read more...
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Talks won’t arrest global warming in next decade: UN climate chief
June 7th, 2010 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Bonn, June 7 (IANS) The ongoing global climate negotiations will not lead to "adequate mitigation targets" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades, but will eventually do so, ... Read more...
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Costa Rican environmentalist to head UN climate panel
May 18th, 2010 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 17 (DPA) Costa Rica's top environmentalist Christiana Figueres was appointed Monday to head the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Figueres will replace Yvo de Boer July 1, taking over ... Read more...
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Copenhagen accord a step forward, say major economies
April 20th, 2010 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, April 20 (IANS) Representatives of major economies, including India, are generally agreed that the Copenhagen Accord represented an important step forward and provided important political consensus regarding key issues ... Read more...
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Montek on UN climate change financing group
March 5th, 2010 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, March 5 (IANS) Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of India's Planning Commission, is among the 19 members of the high-level advisory group set up by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ... Read more...
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`Huge opportunity’ for stronger climate deal in Mexico: de Boer
February 26th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bali, Feb 26 (DPA) The conference on climate change scheduled this year in Mexico represents a "huge opportunity" for a stronger global agreement, UN climate panel chief Yvo de Boer said Friday.
"While ... Read more...
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Government backs Indian to head UN climate panel
February 24th, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has written to the United Nations backing the candidature of Vijai Sharma, secretary with the ministry, for the post of executive secretary ... Read more...
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Do more to limit global warming, UN tells countries
February 24th, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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UN says tougher targets needed to avert climate disaster
February 23rd, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bali Island (Indonesia), Feb 23 (DPA) Countries need to set tougher targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions if the world is to avert a climate-change catastrophe, according to a new UN report ... Read more...
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UN chief regrets climate official’s resignation
February 19th, 2010 - 1:44 am ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 19 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday regretfully accepted the resignation of the top official for the UN programme on fighting climate change and has begun the search ... Read more...
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1000 glaciers in Kashmir to be monitored
February 2nd, 2010 - 3:54 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Feb 2 (ANI): The intense public debate on how rapidly the Himalayan glaciers are retreating highlights the necessity for the constant monitoring of glaciers worldwide by satellites, with a ESA (European ... Read more...
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Climate NGOs want India to reject Copenhagen Accord
January 27th, 2010 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) An umbrella group of green NGOs has called upon India and other south Asian countries to reject the Copenhagen accord because it was weak to fight climate ... Read more...
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NGOs welcome BASIC stance on climate change
January 24th, 2010 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) International NGOs Sunday welcomed the decision of Brazil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC countries) to support the Copenhagen Accord but to have the agreement as part ... Read more...
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India, China, Brazil, S Africa support Copenhagen Accord (Lead)
January 24th, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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Copenhagen: Success for some, catastrophe for most (Comment)
December 27th, 2009 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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Copenhagen accord not in India’s interests, says BJP
December 22nd, 2009 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 22 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expressing discontent over India's stand on the Copenhagen Climate Accord, on Tuesday said the documents clearly betrayed the developing nations, and ... Read more...
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India has come out quite well in Copenhagen: Ramesh (Lead)
December 22nd, 2009 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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China hijacked climate summit: UK minister
December 21st, 2009 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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Copenhagen Accord is sealed, finally (Roundup)
December 19th, 2009 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Copenhagen, Dec 19 (IANS) The UN climate summit finally passed the Copenhagen Accord Saturday after two days of intense negotiations and backroom manoeuvres. The Accord, proposed by India and ... Read more...
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Climate summit remains in stasis (Fifth Lead)
December 19th, 2009 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Copenhagen, Dec 19 (IANS) Hectic backroom parleys to rescue the Copenhagen climate summit from total failure continued Saturday morning, as an overnight plenary session was adjourned for the third ... Read more...
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Four countries hold up Copenhagen accord (Fourth Lead)
December 19th, 2009 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Copenhagen, Dec 19 (IANS) Venezuela, Bolivia, Sudan and Tuvalu objected to a Copenhagen accord supported by almost all other countries around the world, and held up its adoption the ... Read more...
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Climate summit on razor’s edge (Second Lead)
December 19th, 2009 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Copenhagen, Dec 19 (IANS) The Copenhagen climate summit was on the razor's edge early Saturday between collapse and the adoption of an accord proposed by India and four other ... Read more...
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Climate summit adjourns as India-prepaed accord comes under fire (Lead)
December 19th, 2009 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Copenhagen, Dec 19 (IANS) The Copenhagen climate summit was adjourned on its scheduled final night as a host of countries attacked the accord that India had prepared with four other ... Read more...
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Climate summit stuck as accord comes under fire
December 19th, 2009 - 11:04 am ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Copenhagen, Dec 19 (IANS) The Copenhagen climate summit was stuck on its scheduled final night as a host of countries attacked the accord that India had prepared with four other ... Read more...
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India prepares Copenhagen accord with four other countries (Lead)
December 19th, 2009 - 9:11 am ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Copenhagen, Dec 19 (IANS) India and other emerging economies prepared a Copenhagen accord late Friday night in association with the US, to be presented to an overnight plenary session ... Read more...
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BRIC favours Kyoto Protocol to remain effective post Copenhagen: India
December 19th, 2009 - 2:24 am ICT by ANI
By Ashok DixitCopenhagen, Dec.18 (ANI): India on Friday said that BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) favours remaining in the parameters of the UN framework convention on the climate change and ... Read more...
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Copenhagen outcome falls short of expectations: PM (Second Lead)
December 18th, 2009 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Copenhagen, Dec 18 (IANS) India Friday placed itself firmly on the side of the developing world as the Copenhagen climate summit reached its final hours, with Prime Minister Manmohan ... Read more...
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Don’t abandon Kyoto protocol, Manmohan urges world (Lead)
December 18th, 2009 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Copenhagen, Dec 18 (IANS) With last-minute negotiations on to rescue the Copenhagen climate summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday pushed for "a balanced and equitable outcome" and asked the world not ... Read more...
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PM gets a taste of traffic blockade
December 18th, 2009 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Copenhagen, Dec 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday got a taste of what the average New Delhi resident has to go through every so often - his cavalcade ... Read more...
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India, China to jointly take on rich states over climate
December 18th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Copenhagen, Dec 18 (IANS) India and China will join hands to oppose attempts by rich countries to hinder their development in the name of fighting climate change, Prime Minister ... Read more...
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