REUTERS, Mon Oct 12, 2009
Indian Kashmir's biggest glacier, which feeds the region's main river, is melting faster than other Himalayas glaciers, threatening the water supply of tens of thousands of people, a new report warned on Monday.
Experts say rising temperatures are rapidly shrinking Himalayan glaciers, underscoring the effects of climate change that has caused temperatures in the mountainous region to rise by about 1.1 degrees Celsius in the past 100 years.
The biggest glacier in Indian Kashmir, the Kolahoi glacier spread over just a little above 11 sq km (4.25 sq mile), has shrunk 2.63 sq km in the past three decades, a new study said. More...
Showing posts with label Climate Change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Climate Change. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Nobel economics has relevance to climate change
THE HINDU, October 13, 2009
(Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson Photo: AFP/GETTY )
One of the winners of the Nobel prize for economics this year, Elinor Olstrom, is a pioneer in the study of the economics of the ‘commons’ — common property resources which, by virtue of being available to everyone free of cost, tend to be over-exploited. More...
Monday, October 12, 2009
What happened to global warming?
BBC, 9 October 2009
This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998. Read more...
This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998. Read more...
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Malawi windmill boy with big fans
BBC, Thursday, 1 October 2009
The extraordinary true story of a Malawian teenager who transformed his village by building electric windmills out of junk is the subject of a new book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Read more...
The extraordinary true story of a Malawian teenager who transformed his village by building electric windmills out of junk is the subject of a new book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Read more...
Teenager challenges leaders at UN
BBC, Wednesday, 23 September 2009
A 13-year-old Indian school girl has addressed world leaders during the inaugural session at the UN Climate Change Summit in New York.
During her speech, Yugratna Srivastava from Lucknow appealed to the world's leaders to do more to combat the effects of climate change, asking "is this what we are going to give to our future generations?". Know more...
A 13-year-old Indian school girl has addressed world leaders during the inaugural session at the UN Climate Change Summit in New York.
During her speech, Yugratna Srivastava from Lucknow appealed to the world's leaders to do more to combat the effects of climate change, asking "is this what we are going to give to our future generations?". Know more...
Engineering Earth 'is feasible'
By Pallab Ghosh, Science correspondent, BBC News, Tuesday, 1 September 2009
A UK Royal Society study has concluded that many engineering proposals to reduce the impact of climate change are "technically possible". Read more...
A UK Royal Society study has concluded that many engineering proposals to reduce the impact of climate change are "technically possible". Read more...
Four youths to represent India at Copenhagen
THE HINDU, August 31, 2009
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is in the process of selecting four youths, including two girls, who will represent India at the United Nations Summit on Climate Change at Copenhagen to highlight the threats their generation faces in the developing countries. Read more...
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is in the process of selecting four youths, including two girls, who will represent India at the United Nations Summit on Climate Change at Copenhagen to highlight the threats their generation faces in the developing countries. Read more...
EU summit targets India, China on G20 climate financing
THE ECONOMIC TIMES, 19 Sep 2009
The European Union (EU) has challenged rising powers India and China to brake their soaring greenhouse gas emissions in return for Western financial support. “We need to make a credible financial commitment to the developing world. The equation is straightforward: no money, no deal, but if there are no actions, no money,” European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said at an informal EU summit in Brussels Thursday. Read more...
The European Union (EU) has challenged rising powers India and China to brake their soaring greenhouse gas emissions in return for Western financial support. “We need to make a credible financial commitment to the developing world. The equation is straightforward: no money, no deal, but if there are no actions, no money,” European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said at an informal EU summit in Brussels Thursday. Read more...
Law for reducing emissions not acceptable: Oppn
18 Sep 2009, 0532 hrs IST, ET Bureau
The Centre is in the line of fire from the Opposition over environment minister Jairam Ramesh’s proposal to bring in an overarching legislation to guide actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Opposition parties said this departure from the country’s known stance was just not acceptable. Read more...
The Centre is in the line of fire from the Opposition over environment minister Jairam Ramesh’s proposal to bring in an overarching legislation to guide actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Opposition parties said this departure from the country’s known stance was just not acceptable. Read more...
Time to deliver on climate change
THE HINDU, Monday, Sep 21, 2009
A deadlock at Copenhagen risks being an acrimonious collapse, perhaps on the basis of a deep split between the developed and developing countries. Read more...
A deadlock at Copenhagen risks being an acrimonious collapse, perhaps on the basis of a deep split between the developed and developing countries. Read more...
US tells India it might do away with Kyoto Protocol
THE TIMES OF INDIA, 19 September 2009
In what could turn into a deal-breaker at the climate talks, US and other industrialized countries in the Major Economies Forum meet at Washington on Thursday told India that they wanted to do away with the Kyoto Protocol, a move opposed by India. Read more...
In what could turn into a deal-breaker at the climate talks, US and other industrialized countries in the Major Economies Forum meet at Washington on Thursday told India that they wanted to do away with the Kyoto Protocol, a move opposed by India. Read more...
National body to set, monitor 'green' targets
THE TIMES OF INDIA, 19 September 2009
The PMO is considering a concept note to create a National Climate Change Mitigation Authority that would oversee an act that sets up aspirational climate-related targets for the country to achieve by 2020. The move will help ward off the charge that India is obstructionist on climate change. Read more...
The PMO is considering a concept note to create a National Climate Change Mitigation Authority that would oversee an act that sets up aspirational climate-related targets for the country to achieve by 2020. The move will help ward off the charge that India is obstructionist on climate change. Read more...
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