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May target soot in
climate change work - US official:
The United States may put more stress on controlling carbon soot as a speedy way to
respond to global warming, White House science advisor John Marburger said this week.
Marburger used carbon soot as an example of how the United States could act while refining
its overall plan on climate change. Administration officials who joined him at a news
conference said it was too early in the budget-writing process to say how much money the
administration would seek for climate change in fiscal 2004. |
| Planet Ark (Internet),
Australia, November 27, 2002 |
US states tackling
climate change, despite Bush's antithesis:
Despite George W Bush's lack of action on climate change, US states such as Texas and
Nebraska have been making great strides in reducing emissions of man-made greenhouse
gases, says a new report. The Federal Government should take note, says the study's
author. State climate change initiatives include sequestration Negative stories of the US
President's lack of interest in reducing human-induced climate change through
international treaties or mandatory cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in industry are
overshadowing successful efforts in states across the country. |
| Edie (Internet), UK, November 22, 2002 |
Canada publishes climate
change plan:
Canada has published its plan for tackling climate change, which includes emissions
trading for large industrial emitters, increased investment in innovative technologies,
and taxes. The Canadian Government launched its plan on 21 November, following months of
wrangling with states and industry concerned about the resulting costs. According to the
Government, the new plan takes a number of issues into consideration, such as limiting
uncertainties and risks, allowing no one region to bear an unreasonable burden, and the
minimisation of costs. |
| Edie (Internet), UK, November 22, 2002 |
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'India checked greenhouse
gas growth':
India has significantly reduced the growth of its greenhouse gas emissions over the last
decade, according to a report by the US-based Pew Center for Global Climate Change.
Greenhouse gases cause global warming, and the reduction in their emission is the focus of
global efforts to prevent climate change. The Pew Center report states that India has
mitigated its greenhouse emissions by 110 million tons of carbon dioxide. This has been
achieved through a variety of initiatives: enforcement of clean air laws by the Supreme
Court, renewable energy programmes and economic restructuring. |
| The Hindustan Times,
New Delhi, November 19, 2002, Page No.9 |
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British scientists urge
carbon dioxide tax:
The British government should switch from its business-based climate change tax to a
blanket levy on carbon dioxide emissions, scientists said. "The climate change levy
is not a cost-effective way of reducing the amount of carbon dioxide that is pumped into
the atmosphere, as it is a tax on energy, not greenhouse gases," said Eric Ash,
chairman of a Royal Society for the Advancement of Science's panel that issued a report on
the issue. "Moreover, the levy does not apply to the use of fossil fuels by
households and transport, and penalises electricity sources that do not produce greenhouse
gases," he added. |
| Planet Ark (Internet),
Australia, November 19, 2002 |
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New Delhi climate
conference to put spotlight on clean technology, adaption and national action to cut
greenhouse emissions:
Anticipating that the Kyoto Protocol will into effect in early 2003, the 185 member states
of the UN Climate Change Convention are meeting in New Delhi from 23 October to 1 November
to broaden the range of actions available to governments and civil society for addressing
climate change. |
| United Nations Information
Centre, New Delhi, November 16, 2002 |
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North-South chasm on green
issues by Nitin Jugran Bahuguna:
At the eighth conference of the parties (COP8) on environment, many developing nations
accused the developed world of failing to extend aid to developing countries that are most
vulnerable to the spectre of global warming.But the refual by the US and Australia to
ratify the Kyoto Protocol has shifted the focus of COP8 from climate change to the
adaptation of climate change and transfer of technology from developed countries to
developing countries under the Clean development mechanism(CDM).According to the Centre
for Science and Environment (CSE) - a Delhi based environment NGO - under the Protocol,
industrialised countries pledged a reduce their emissions by an average 5.2 per cent below
1990 levels.But, with the US out of the process, it is no longer possible to meet this
average reduction target. CSE argues that the US refusal to ratify the Protocol has led to
an increase in the bargaining power key countries like Japan, Russia and Canada. |
| Newstime,
Hyderabad, November 11,
2002 |
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North-South chasm on green issues:
At the eighth conference of the parties (COP8) on environment, many developing nations
accused the developed world of failing to extend aid to developing countries that are most
vulnerable to the spectre of global warming. But the refusal by the US and Australia to
ratify the Kyoto Protocol has shifted the focus of COP8 from climate change and transfer
of technology from developed countries to developing countries under the Clean development
mechanism. |
| Newstime,
Hyderabad,
November 11, 2002, Page No.8 |
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Know ecology laws to fight West:
While most developed countries are abandoning the Kyoto Protocol, developing countries are
taking cautious steps in carbon emission reductions. Though rich nations like the US are
the key contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, the West has been making consistent
efforts to use the climate change issue as yet another tool to destabilise the economy of
the developing countries. Since the Rio summit, climate change negotiations have been
reduced to an international legal battle. While the developed world is apparently forcing
the developing nations to fix a target for future carbon emission reduction, countries
like India are resisting citing "development is the first priority" as a cause. |
The Pioneer, New Delhi, November 07,
2002, Page No.2supp |
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Living with
warming : Climate talks shift from limits alone:
The global climate is changing in big ways, probably because of human actions, and it is
time to focus on adapting to the impacts instead of just fighting to limit the warming.
That, in a nutshell, was the idea that dominated the latest round of international climate
talks. While many scientists have long held this view, it was a striking departure for the
policymakers at the talks last week in New Delhi. For more than a decade, the single focus
of industry lobbyists, environmental activists and government officials had been the fight
over whether to cut smokestack and tailpipe emissions of carbon dioxide and other
heat-trapping greenshouse gases. |
| International Herald
Tribune, Bangkok, November 04, 2002, Page No.3 |
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Global warming:
The Delhi Declaration on Climate Change and Sustainable Development is significant
ironically not for nay conclusive measures that the Conference of Parties (COP-8) took
towards ecological security but for the listing of priorities of the developing countries.
As the Prime Minster, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, said in his inaugural address,
"Greenhouse gas emissions of the developing world are only a fraction of the world
average, and in order of magnitude much lower than that of many developed
countries"...editorial |
| The Pioneer, New Delhi, November 04, 2002, Page
No.4 |
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Another impasse:
The Delhi ministerial declaration on climate change and sustainable development proves yet
again just how difficult it is to take this process forward. True, there were countries in
both the developed and developing worlds that recognised the need to negotiate further
commitments. Developing small island states in particular are acutely aware that doing
nothing about climate change can quite simply cause much, if not all, of the island to
disappear. But they were left with the choice of either accepting a weak declaration or
adding one more nail to the coffin of consensus building on climate change. (Editorial) |
| The Economic Times, New Delhi, November 04, 2002,
Page No.6 |
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Climate change
risk cover is big biz option:
Market solutions for climate change would provide a golden opportunity for the financial
sector -especially the insurance segment - in coming days. Worldwide economic losses due
to natural disasters is doubling every 10 years. Annual losses will reach almost $150
billion in the next decade, a significant portion of which would be insured. |
| The Economic Times, New Delhi, November 04, 2002,
Page No.4 |
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EU roped in to
fund climate centre:
New Delhi has made a significant achievement by getting the European Union's assistance
for the proposed centre for assessing causes and impacts of climate change in tropical
Asia. The proposed centre will also assess the impact of climate change on the country's
monsoons and weather pattern. |
| The Financial Express, New Delhi, November 04,
2002, Page No.14 |
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Indian industry
showcases initiative for a green world:
Climate expo 2002, an exhibition organised by the Ministry of Environment and Forests and
the Confederation of Indian Industry, on the sidelines of Eighth Session of the Conference
of Parties (COP-8) in Delhi provided opportunity to 46 participating institutions to
showcase their achievements in their respective areas like energy efficiency, renewable
energy, cleaner production resource conservation, etc. |
| The Financial Express, New Delhi, Novembr 03,
2002, Page No.4 |
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Floods in NE to
cost insurers $70bn:
The record-breaking rain that trigered devastating foods all-over the world including
Assam and adjoining areas in the region is set to cost USD 70 billion even as leading
insurers on Tuesday warned of mounting price tag of climate change at the Conference of
Parties (COP-8) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC). |
| The Assam Tribune, Guwahati, November 02, 2002,
Page No.7 |
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US earns a
dubious distinction:
The USA became the "star" of COP8 by bagging the first prize for playing
"bad boy" over the last ten days rather diligently, Saudi Arabia and Canada
landed second and third for playing spoilsport in the negotiations. As the COP came to a
close after tedious sessions of North South tussles and tireless rounds of diplomacy, the
corridors of Vigyan Bhawan, the venue of the COP in Delhi saw the Climate Action Network -
a group of over 300 NGOs give away awards to the worst-behaved country in terms of
stalling negotiations. The awards labeled as the "Fossil of the Day" were given
to countries since the COP began on their everyday performance. |
| The Asian Age, New York, November 02, 2002, Page No.3 |
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Climate change
meet ends in consensus:
The nine-day conference on climate change ended today with a Delhi Declaration and putting
nuts and bolts on mechanisms that would help implement Kyoto Protocol once it is ratified.
It is a global plan to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from the world with fixed
targets for developed countries. COP president T R Baalu called the meeting a
"success" - the single most important reason being that developing countries
resisted EU pressure to talk about taking steps to reduce greenhouse gases beyond 2012. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, November 02, 2002,
Page No.3 |
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Developing
countries score a point at climate meet:
Putting aside their internal differences, the developing world today succeeded in
resisting the intense pressures from the developed Countries to also take up some
commitments to solve the problem of climate change. The success was reflected in the Delhi
Declaration that was adopted at the end of the United Nations Conference on climate
change. The developing countries unitedly rejected attempts to include in the document at
least some words that legally bind them to take measures to help cut down the levels of
greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. |
| The Hindu, New
Delhi, November 02, 2002, Page No.1 |
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Delhi declaration
draws links to development:
Despite differences over the Delhi Declaration draft dragging its passage into late hours
of the closing day of the conference of Parties to the United Nations convention on
climate change, the 186 participating countries managed to work out a consensus on several
issues, helping developing nations move towards durable economic development. Climate
change has for the first time been linked directly to sustainable development, with the
final statement named "Delhi Ministerial Declaration on climate change and
sustainable development". |
| Business Standard, New Delhi, ONovember 02,
2002, Page No.2 |
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Consensus eludes
climate meet:
With less than 12 hours left to conclude, there was no consensus between developed and
developing nations at the eighth conference of Parties (COP-8). United Nations Framework
Convention on climate Change. Till today, various groups - especially the European Union,
the G77 and China -continued debating intricacies of operationalisation of financial
mechaisms established in COP-7 at Marrakesh. |
| The Statesman, New Delhi, November 01, 2002, Page
No.5 |
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Rough Weather:
'Climate meet begins amid divisions' went one of the headlines in this newspaper. And that
is exactly how it ended. Where have we heard all this before? Rio? Kyoto? Johannesburg?
The answer is all of them though this time the dateline is New Delhi. This is a disturbing
trend. No one disputes that climate change could bring in its wake many disaster, the
number of which are growing by the year. Yet, all the stakeholders concerned seem unable
to get over basic differences. As usual the battlelines were predictable - the developed
world verses the developing. ( Editorial ) |
| The Times of India, New Delhi, November 01, 2002,
Page No.16 |
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Climate meet ends
without solutions:
On the penultimate day of the UN climate change conference, positions hardened on the
political declaration proposals framed by India as delegates headed for the final lap of
negotiations. A sticking point, among others, was the European Union's demand for a
commitment on initiating a dialogue on how to address climate change in the second phase,
after 2012. |
| The Times of India, New Delhi, November 01, 2002,
Page No.13 |
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CoP pushes
revised draft for consensus:
Just a day to go before the climate meet ends, CoP 8 president T R Baalu today circulated
the second draft of the Delhi Declaration. But going by the initial reactions in the
corridors of Vigyan Bhawan, it seems the draft will have few takers in its present form.
Though the draft mentions the Kyoto protocol, made after the EU raised a hue and cry, it
was termed as a "cut and paste exercise from the Johannesburg declaration." |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, November 01, 2002,
Page No.2 |
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COP out in New
Delhi:
The Eighth meeting of conference of Parties(COP-8) to he United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change that will conclude in New Delhi has heard many speeches with
little commitment on concrete action to arrest global warming. It has also been a high
level meeting where India, the host country, has played a less than distinguished role in
the proceedings of the conference......Editorial |
| The Hindu, New
Delhi, November 01, 2002, Page No.10 |
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Russia to discuss
Kyoto pact in parliament - report:
Russia will discuss the Kyoto pact in parliament before it ratifies the agreement seeking
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, the Press Trust of India. "We
are moving towards ratification of the Kyoto Protocol but many members of the Russian
Parliament have reservations on the issue," Alexander Kosarikov, deputy minister of
the Russian committee for ecology, said at a climate convention in New Delhi.
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| Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, November 01, 2002 |
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US vs the rest:
When the Prime Minister Vajpayee rejected the argument that the developing countries must
increase their commitments on cutting greenhouse emissions, he did not indeed mean
shrinking responsibility. For, many developing countries, including India and China, have
already launched strong programmes for promoting the use of clean, renewable
energy.......Editorial |
| Business Standard, New Delhi, October 01,
2002, Page No.9 |
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Delhi climate
draft favours South:
The revised draft of the Delhi Declaration proposed by India, president of the UN climate
change conference underway in New Delhi, leans towards the concerns of developing and
least developed countries. While some leeway has been given to concerns of the developed
nations, the emphasis is more on adaptation, capacity building and on developed countries
meeting their commitments. |
| Business Standard, New Delhi, November 01,
2002, Page No.3 |
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Climate change
levy under attack:
Britain's recession-hit manufacturing sector was dealt a fresh blow by the government's
energy tax, the climate change levy (CCL), which has cost it £143m in the first year of
operation, according to a new survey. The CBI and engineering employers' federation (EEF)
joined forces to urge the chancellor to reform the tax in his pre-budget report later this
month. |
| The Guardian (Internet), UK, November November 01,
2002 |
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Losses due to
climate changes may rise to $150 billion annaully:
Global Climate change offers threats and opporrtunities for insurance and financial
services industry worldwide. Losses due to natural calamities is likely to be about $150
billion per year in the next 10 years, if the current trend of global climate change is
allowed to continue. |
| The Financial Express, New Delhi, November 01,
2002, Page No.9 |
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Emission controls
'too costly':
India yesterday highlighted the growing tension between rich and poor countries over
climate change when it criticised calls for developing countries to curb greenhouse gas
emissions. |
| Financial Times, London, October 31, 2002, Page No.8 |
Kyoto pact good
for business: UK minister:
'Kyoto' most certainly is good for business, stressed Ms Margaret Beckett, Britain's
Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the head of the UK delegation to the
UN's COP-8 conference on climate change. She said, "They are mistaken. Economies
don't suffer by implementing energy-efficient processes. In fact, the efficient use of
energy has helped businesses recoup the value of their investments." |
| Business Line, New Delhi,
October 31, 2002, Page No.5 |
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Annan calls for
global responsibility:
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday called upon parties to the UN
Convention Framework on Climate Change to build a greater sense of shared global
responsibility at COP-8 to combat climate change. |
| The Asian Age, New Delhi,
October 31, 2002, Page No.3 |
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Selling climate
tech with the Brits:
Climate change is perhaps the biggest challenge facing our civilization, affecting as it
does every sector. Economic dimensions of its impact are better understood now than a
decade ago. With changing times, it has become pertinent for Indian industries to adapt
effectively to these changes as soon as possible. Keeping this in view, CII, in
association with the British High Commission and Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI),
organised the "UK Environment Trade Seminar on Climate Change: Implications and
Opportunities for Business". |
| The Pioneer, New Delhi, October 31, 2002, Page
No.2supp |
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Russia wants
funds to ratify Kyoto Protocol:
Russia has come with an unusual request - it said that to ratify Kyoto Protocol, it would
need financial assistance including debt relief from developed nations. This statement is
significant considering that the Kyoto protocol depends on Russia ratifying it. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi,
October 31, 2002, Page No. |
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Developing
countries not main culprit in global warming: PM:
The message came out strongly and clearly - India would not given in to pressure for
developing nations t cut down on their green house gas emission that lead to global
warming. Prime Minister A B Vajpayee said in opening ministerial talks at a UN climate
conference that developing countries struggling to fee their population only produces a
tiny fraction of greenhouse gases and could not afford the cost of extra emission cuts. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi,
October 31, 2002, Page No.2 |
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PM refuses to
commit climate clean up:
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's assertion at the global meet on climate change that
the plea for extending negotiations beyond the Kyoto Protocol was misplaced did not deter
the European Union and several other developed nations from proceeding with the issue.
They maintained that the developing countries should also be involved in the mitigation of
climate change effects. |
| Business Standard, New Delhi,
October 31, 2002, Page No.3 |
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India rejects
pressure to cut greenhouse gases:
India, one of the world's most populous but poorest countries, rejected pressure for poor
nations to step up efforts to cut gases that contribute to global warming. Developing
countries struggling to feed their hungry produced only a tiny fraction of greenhouse
gases and could not afford the cost of extra emissions cuts, Prime Minister Atal Behari
Vajpayee said in opening ministerial talks at a U.N. climate conference. "Developing
countries do not have adequate resources to meet their human needs," he told
thousands of delegates from 185 member states of the U.N. Climate Change Convention at the
gathering in the Indian capital, New Delhi. |
| Planet Ark (Internet), Australia,
October 31, 2002 |
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Panel on climate
change to ask biz houses for inputs:
Chairman of the inter-governmental panel on climate change, Mr R K Pachauri has announced
that efforts would be made to involve the business community, including leading corporate
houses, for inputs before the Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change is drafted. The
Fourth Report is to be out in 2007, just before the first commitment period of the Kyoto
Protocol begins. |
| The Economic Times, New Delhi,
October 31, 2002, Page No.6 |
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Who stands where
at the climate meet:
Several developed countries want to begin discussions on what happens in the second phase,
after 2012. Most developing countries are resisting moves to take on emission reduction
commitments. |
| The Times of India, New Delhi,
October 31, 2002, Page No.7 |
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Dirty dealing in
Delhi:
The Bush administration has never disguised its contempt for the Kyoto protocol, which
aims to curb global warming. George Bush pulled out of the climate change deal on arriving
in office, saying it would place unacceptable limits on American growth. The president was
not prepared to contemplate changing the way Americans produced and consumed energy. So
the United States continues to burn coal, oil and gas - which lifts carbon dioxide into
the atmosphere. This is slowly cooking the earth's weather system - altering it, perhaps
irrevocably, and ensuring floods and droughts appear more frequently. |
| The Guardian (Internet), UK,
October 31, 2002 |
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Canadian PM wants
to ratify Kyoto by end - December:
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, brushing aside protests from the country's
provincial governments, said this week he intends to ratify the Kyoto protocol on climate
change by the end of the year. The federal government only unveiled its plan for
implementing Kyoto last week and the provinces - which fear potential economic damage -
have called for more consultations before Ottawa formally signs on to the treaty. |
| Planet Ark (Internet), Australia,
October 31, 2002 |
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India ensures
heated start to climate conference:
A global conference on climate change got off to a bad start when the Indian government
omitted all reference to the Kyoto protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the
draft declaration to be signed by more than 180 countries, including Britain.
The draft includes no commitment to reduce pollution in the future, either. The apparent
concession to the US, which refuses to adopt the protocol, brought an angry response from
the EU and environmental groups at the UN conference in New Delhi. |
| The Guardian (Internet), UK, October 30, 2002 |
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Climate summit
runs into rough weather:
As the UN climate change conference geared up for its political segment, starting,
discussions on funding for climate activities ran into rough weather amid indications that
quite a few of the developed countries are keen to see developing countries take emission
reduction targets of their own. |
| The Times of India, New Delhi, October 30, 2002,
Page No.7 |
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U.S. welcomes
draft declaration:
The United States delegation described the draft Delhi Declaration on climate change as a
"positive document" and said it "reflects the point of agreement" of
most member countries. The draft declaration was in line with the "consensus
approach" adopted by the chair of the eighth conference of Parties to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the delegation said. |
| The Hindu, New
Delhi, October 30, 2002, Page No.13 |
|
Controversy over
funding at meet on climate change:
Even as the on-going eighth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework
convention on Climate Change got ready for the high power ministerial level discussions
beginning tomorrow, a controversy arose over the funding mechanism under the Convention. |
| The Hindu, New
Delhi, October 30, 2002, Page No.13 |
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UN Climate meet:
EU mollified:
The UN Climate meet, which was divided on Monday over the Kyoto Protocol, appeared to have
been salvaged, with the European Union (EU) indicating on Tuesday that it had been
mollified. The turnaround came after a series of consultative meetings held by India,
which as the host holds the meet (COP-8) presidency. |
| The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, October 30, 2002,
Page No.7 |
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CoP debates Asian
Brown Haze concerns:
The Asian Brown Cloud (ABC) controversy was taken up in the eighth Conference of Parties
meeting with major bodies today. It was agreed that further studies were required before
terming this haze either as "Asian" or a "cloud". A study done by a
group of scientists from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in September refuted
its conclusions and said that calling it a "cloud" was incorrect. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, October 30, 2002,
Page No.4 |
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U.S. seeks to derail climate
negotiations by R.K. Radhakrishnan:
The United States and Saudi Arabia were together trying to derail the climate change
negotiations by bringing up issues which were either not relevant now or caused confusion,
the Indian and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) said here today.Indian
NGOs, led by the Centre for Science and Environment, warned that this was a
"ploy" on the part of the U.S. It seemed to be part of carefully worked out plan
to divert the debate in a certain direction, they added. The E.U. wanted the developing
world to start talking about commitments,"now". |
| The Hindu, New Delhi, October 29, 2002 |
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'U.S seeks to
derail climate negotiations':
The United States and Saudi Arabia were together trying to derail the climate change
negotiations by bringing up issues which were either not relevant new or caused confusion,
the Indian and international non-governmental organisations said. The plan was to drive a
wedge between the "relationship" between the European union and the Developing
World by playing up issues which had the potential to become contentious, the Community
Action Network, a grouping of international NGOs said. |
| The Hindu, New
Delhi, October 29, 2002, Page No.13 |
|
Climate change
affects us as well, say women from Madhya Pradesh:
Colourfully clad and articulate women from villages in Madhya Pradesh today took over the
lawns of Indian Habitat Centre, selling bric-a-brac made by them in attempt to show
delegates of COP-8 how they have adjusted to climate change. These rural women believe
their role to be that of a good pressure group at the international event. Displaced
because of climatic changes and affected by the resultant low rainfall, changes in crop
patterns and crop failures, these women adapted to the changes to better their situation
and earn their livelihood. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, October 29, 2002,
Page No.3supp |
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| EU rejected
climate meet draft: The EU today rejected the draft of the Delhi Declaration
circulated by the Indian Government at the climate change meet, calling it
"unacceptable" and "unfortunate". The delegation also met Union
Environment Minister T R Baalu, who is the COP-8 chief, today to convey their
disagreement. The Delhi Declaration is supposed to outline the direction in which the
programme to reduce greenhouse gases will head after the conference. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, October 29, 2002,
Page No.6 |
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Politics takes
over climate meet:
Environment Minister T R Baalu circulated a draft ministerial declaration at the UN meet
on climate change on Monday, which apparently sought to water down the tough Kyoto
Protocol which demands a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by developed countries. The
proposals seek to substantially modify the approach on climate change, which is defined by
the Kyoto Protocol. Baalu made no mention of further reduction targets for developed
countries beyond the first commitment period, which ends in 2012, and did not specify the
responsibility of developing countries at all. It did seek transfer of cleaner technology
and financial assistance to developing countries. |
| The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, October 29, 2002,
Page No.13 |
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'Kyoto' fails to
reach Delhi:
In a new twist to the controversy over the Kyoto Protocol, participating nations
discovered that New Delhi had drooped all mention of the protocol from its proposed
ministerial declaration - apparently under intense pressure from the USA. |
| The Statesman, New Delhi, October 29, 2002, Page
No.1 |
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UN climate meet
in India divided over Kyoto pact:
The European Union slammed a draft declaration at a U.N. climate convention in the Indian
capital for not mentioning the Kyoto accord on reducing global warming. "The European
Union thinks the declaration is not strong enough. It should include the Kyoto
Protocol," conference spokesman Michael Williams said. Delegates from 185 countries
are attending the conference, likely to be the last major climate meeting before the
protocol is expected to take effect. |
| Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, October 29, 2002 |
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Poor nations told
to rally against global warming:
Environmental activists at a shadow conference to a high powered UN meeting on climate
change urged developing countries to join forces to demand urgent action on global
warming. 'The movement to stop environment pollution and climate change is a struggle for
people's rights. The climate change issue concerns the whole globe as pollution anywhere
goes into the atmosphere', said Sunita Narain, director of the New Delhi based Centre for
Science and Environment. |
| The Kathmandu Post,
Kathmandu, October 28, 2002, Page No.6 |
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$454m plan to cut
city pollution:
With adverse climate change taking its toll, the transport sector has been identified as
the new area to be brought under the fold of clean development mechanism to control carbon
gas emissions. Two CDM transport projects at a combined cost of $454 million can lower the
emission of green house gases by three to 16 per cent in Delhi, according to a study
funded by Ford Motor Company and undertaken by Tata Energy Research Institute jointly with
a European NGO T&E. |
| The Asian Age, New Delhi, October 28, 2002, Page
No.9 |
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Emissions: local
solutions for a global problem:
With the increase of emissions, atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations have continued
to increase. Although the sensitivity of the climate system to greenhouse gas
concentrations is not yet well known, the evidence suggests that there is discernible
human influence on climate change. According to an assessment the doubling of carbon
dioxide concentration in the atmosphere or an equivalent increase of a mixture of green
house gases can cause global temperature to rise by 1.5 to 4.5 degrees Celsius, with
likely impacts such as floods and droughts. |
| Business Standard, New Delhi, Octobe 28, 2002,
Page No.10 |
|
Careening towards
a climate of despair:
For the past four days, Delhi has been hosting the 8th conference of Parties (Cop-8) to
the United Nations Framework convention on Climate Change. And for the eight time, 185
nations have come together to discuss global warming and climate change. According to
Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science and Environment, 'Climate change will come without
warning'. The heat wave and delayed monsoon in India this year and the floods in Europe
are one such example. |
| The Times of India, New Delhi, October 27, 2002,
Page No.4 |
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Can Kyoto fix the
earth's fever?:
The Kyoto Express has made a scheduled 10-day halt at New Delhi central and its 2000 odd
passengers are united in their message : the earth is running a fever, we need to bring it
down, and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol is our best bet. After all, Kyoto's sole aim is to
combat man induced global warming. All those nations which have ratified the Protocol
promise to stabilise and /or reduce their greenhouse gas (GHC) emissions, with
industrialised nations expected to act first. |
| The Financial Express, New Delhi, October 28,
2002, Page No.7 |
|
How climate
summit translates into action:
The Union government may set up a clean development mechanism (CDM) authority to take a
centralised view on projects, which may qualify under the Kyoto Protocol's CDM trading
mechanism. A decision in this regard will be made after the UN climate change conference
ends. |
| The Times of India, New Delhi, October 28, 2002,
Page No.7 |
|
A human face to climate change
issue:
To highlight serious deficiencies in the United Nations Conference on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) currently underway here, the India Climate Justice Forum (ICJF) held a parallel
summit over the weekend giving a platform --probably for the first time ever----to
climate-impacted communities to present their point of view.Others who addressed the
summit included Steve Sawyer of Greenpeace International, Kate Hampton of Friends of the
Earth International, Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science and Environment, Andrew Simms
of the New Economics Foundation, Lucy Pierce of People and Planet, U.K.and Srisuwan
Kuankachon of the Project for Ecological Recovery, Thailand. |
| The Hindu,
New Delhi, October 28, 2002 |
|
Careening towards a climate of
despair by Sujata Dutta Sachdeva:
For the past four days, Delhi has been hosting the 8th Conference of Parties (Cop-8) to
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. And for the eight time, 185
nations have come together to discuss global warming and climate change.According to
Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science and Environment,"Climate change will come
without warning." |
| The Times of India, New Delhi, October 27,
2002 |
|
Nations warm up on global
warming:
A United Nations Conference on climate change (COP-8) opened on Wednesday with ost India
striving to evolve a consensus among 186 member countries to make a commitment to
implement Kyoto Protocol aimed at reducing greenhouse gases emission to 1990 levels for
dealing with global warming.Even though in North-West India, higher rice and wheat yields
are projected due to rise in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, a three and two per
cent rise in temperature, for rice and wheat respectively nearly cancels this positive
effect especially if water shortage is taken into account, a Centre for Science and
Environment news letter, at the venue here said. |
| Newstime, Hyderabad, October 24,
2002 |
|
Careening towards a climate of
despair
For the past four days, Delhi has been hosting the 8th conference of Parties (Cop-8) to
the United Nations Framework convention on Climate Change. And for the eight time, 185
nations have come together to discuss global warming and climate change. According to
Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science and Environment, 'Climate change will come without
warning'. The heat wave and delayed monsoon in India this year and the floods in Europe
are one such example. |
| The Times of India - Delhi - October 27, 2002 |
|
Canada is 'Fossil of the day’ :
Environmental groups from across the globe branded Canada as the "Fossil of the
Day" at the Eighth Conference of the Parties to United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (COP8) in New Delhi. "Fossil of the day comprises three awards
given to countries that have had the most negative or faulty attitude during the
deliberations of the day. |
The Tribune, New Delhi, October 25,
2002, Page No.8 |
|
| India Inc jumps into $150-b carbon
credit trading ring: India could well emerges as one of the largest beneficiaries of
carbon credit trading, an emerging global commodity market that analysts estimate could be
worth upto $150 billion by 2012. The country's dominance industry, but more by its huge
tracts of plantation land. |
The Economic Times, New Delhi,October
25, 2002, Page No.1 |
|
India Inc jumps into $150-b carbon
credit trading ring:
India could well emerges as one of the largest beneficiaries of carbon credit trading, an
emerging global commodity market that analysts estimate could be worth upto $150 billion
by 2012. The country's dominance industry, but more by its huge tracts of plantation land. |
The Economic Times, New Delhi, October
25, 2002, Page No.1 |
|
India to strive for emission control:
The eighth meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-8) started with
host, India, stating that it would strive to build consensus among 186 member parties on
emission control and ensure that the Kyoto Protocol was implemented quickly. |
The Statesman, New Delhi, October 25,
2002, Page No.13 |
|
Children charter on climate change:
Over 150 students from 25 schools from across Delhi came together at the Capital's India
Habitat Centre to discuss environmental issues in an interactive seminar with members of
the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Framework
convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on Wednesday (24th October). |
The Times of India, New Delhi, October
25, 2002, Page No.5 |
|
US refuses EU plea to ratify Kyoto
Protocol:
Differences between the United States and the European Union on the signing of the Kyoto
Protocol, which makes developed countries liable to cutting down greenhouse gas emissions
to a certain limit, emerged in the open at the eighth UN meet on climate change on
Thursday. While the US stuck to its guns refusing to even "consider" ratifying
the Kyoto Protocol in the coming years, the EU delegation showed its disdain, saying,
"They've left the family and now we have to pay the bill." |
The Asian Age, New Delhi, October 25, 2002,
Page No.3 |
|
More trees to lock up carbon:
A new round of negotiations starts this Wednesday (23rd October) on the Framework
convention on climate Change. Enough countries have ratified the convention's Kyoto
Protocol to allow it to go forward. Now they are debating how the protocol will work.
Expect plenty of controversy, especially when it comes to forests. The decisions made in
New Delhi by parties to the United Nations climate change convention could be of profound
significance not just for our overheated climate but also for millions of poor farmers in
the developing world. The war against climate change could become a war against poverty. |
| International Herald
Tribune, Bangkok, October 23, 2002, Page No.6 |
|
New Delhi to spearhead third
world at CoP-8:
New Delhi will spearhead the developing countries campaign at the 10 day United Nations
Conference on Climate Change for stepped up funding by industrialised nations to
effectively deal with the hazards of global warming, posing a serious threat to the
ecology, agriculture as also the world economy. |
| The Financial Express, New Delhi, October 23,
2002, Page No.3 |
|
Climate meet to focus on
funds:
The UN climate change conference starting today will focus on the implementation and
adoption strategies and seek to establish closer links between climate change and
sustainable development. It will also take a close look at the key issue of resources and
review the performance of the Global Environment Facility, its financial mechanism
operator. |
| The Times of India, New Delhi, October 23, 2002,
Page No.8 |
|
No use without the money:
Coming close on the heels of the World Summit on sustainable Development held at
Johannesburg, which saw the world sharply divided over the business of reducing greenhouse
gas emissions, expectations are not high with regard to the global meet on climate change
that begins in New Delhi on Oct 23. Optimism on this front is sullied by the non-too
inspiring track record of the negotiations under the 1992 United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol, which had bound the developed
countries to bring down their GHG emissions to pre 1990 levels.....Editorial |
| Business Standard, New Delhi, October 23,
2002, Page No.15 |
|
West to guard its interests:
Even as the United Nations conference on climate change is slated to begin in the Capital,
developed countries have said they will be keeping a close watch on issues relating to the
implementation of the Kyoto Protocol. |
| Business Standard, New Delhi, October 23,
2002, Page No.2 |
|
School children take part in
climate march:
Hundreds of school children in the Capital participated in a climate march organised to
draw attention to the climatic changes taking place the world over and the consequences of
these changes. The Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Mr. P.V. Jayakrishnan,
and Joke Waller-Hunxecutive, Secretary of UN Convention on Climate Change, jointly flagged
off the march. |
| The Tribune, New Delhi, October 23, 2002, Page
No.sp3 |
|
USA to play active role:
The USA will be "very active" in the talks on climate change, beginning on Oct
23., but will play a "low-key role" in discussions relating to the Kyoto
Protocol and its implementation, according to Mr. Harlan Watson, senior US climate
negotiator and a leading member of the US State Department delegation to the talks. The
meeting is the eighth Conference of the Parties (COP-8) to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change. |
| The Tribune, New Delhi, October 23, 2002, Page No.8 |
|
Bid to net the biggest
polluter:
As India dons the battle gear for the climate change negotiations, starting here on
Wednesday, New Delhi has a delicate role to play. Under the garb of review of commitments,
apprehensions persist that the wordage of the Delhi Declaration might include review of
commitments for developing countries as well. "Japan and the European Union will be
pushing for talks of reduction commitments by India and China in the name of review of
adequacy of commitments. Especially, Japan might want something out of this CoP
itself," said Ms Sunita Narain, Director of the New Delhi-based Centre for Science
and Environment and who have followed the climate change negotiations from up close. |
| The Pioneer, New Delhi, October 23, 2002, Page No.5 |
|
UN conference on climate
change from today:
A 10-day UN conference on climate change is beginning in New Delhi from tomorrow to work
out a formula to lessen the impact of climate change. This is the eighth Conference of
Parties (COP) and is being billed as the largest international event to be held here, with
4,000 delegates expected from 185 countries. According to Sunita Narain, of the Centre for
Science and Environment, "Developing countries have to be very careful and not take
on any commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions unless the biggest polluter, US
comes on board." |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, October 23, 2002,
Page No.2 |
|
Climate meet may witness wordy
duels:
Wordy duels are expected at the Eighth United Nations Conference on Climate Change
beginning in New Delhi on Wednesday with India and the US presenting contrasting stands on
the Kyoto Protocol. India will lobby for an integration of concerns of developing
countries in the "Delhi Declaration" to be adopted at the conference. The US,
one of 186 countries attending the meet, will play a "low key role" when
discussions on the Kyoto Protocol start. |
| The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, October 23, 2002,
Page No.8 |
|
'First World should pay more
for climate control':
Over the next ten days, the developed countries will be asked to increase funding for
climate change mitigation measures. Tomorrow morning the Eight Conference of Parties (COP
8) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change begins to discuss the hazards posited
by global warming, including threatening ecology, agriculture and the world economy. |
| The Statesman, New Delhi, October
23, 2002, Page No.6 |
|
7 Asian nations back centre
for climate change:
Seven Asian countries including China, Japan, Iran, Syria, Myanmar, Bhutan and India have
given their consent for the setting up of a tropical Asia Science and Technology Centre on
capacity building for climate change. India having the richest depository of 175 years of
climate data is likely to be the information hub. The proposed centre will study the
causes and impact of climate change and suggest adaptation and mitigation strategies. |
| The Financial Express, New Delhi,
October 23, 2002, Page No.3 |
|
Climate summit to take stock
of readiness for Kyoto Protocol:
In what is slated to be the biggest environment summit hosted by India, the eighth
conference of parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will be
held in Delhi, starting Wednesday. The 10 day meet is expected to be attended by 5,000
delegates from 185 countries. environment ministers from 80 nations, including the US, UK,
Australia, China, France and Japan, have confirmed their participation. |
| Business Standard, New Delhi, October 22,
2002, Page No.2 |
|
Experts debate climate summit:
Experts from the UN and JNU met at a day-long seminar organised by Leadership for
Environment and Development, Indian Society for International Law and the Centre for
Diplomatic Studies, JNU on Monday to discuss the agenda for the forthcoming UN summit on
climate change to be held in New Delhi. Observing that the Kyoto Protocol 1997 did not pay
attention issues related to climate change, experts urged policy-makers to take up such
issues. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, October 22, 2002,
Page No.5 |
|
Scientists probe past for
leads into future:
Meteorologists are documenting the history of a different kind - one that will help them
foresee the changing climate and monsoons. Going around 200 years back for information on
the monsoons, weather and the agro-climatic zones of India, documenting the changing
trends and patterns of climate and rainfall, a patterns of climate trends and patterns of
climate and rainfall, a Department of Science and Technology (DST) funded project is
compiling an "Atlas of India" from the 1800s to 2000. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, October 22, 2002,
Page No.4 |
|
India gets a deal in carbon
market:
For the first time, as per the Kyoto Protocol, India has received money from developed
countries to set up cleaner projects that slow down climate change. And the carbon
emissions saved as a result of these projects will be "bought" by the donors as
"carbon credits." Two days before the Climate Change convention begins, the
World Bank today signed an agreement with the Infrastructure Development Finance Company
(IDFC) through which IDFC will handle "carbon finance facilities" worth $10
millions (Rs 50 crore) to begin with. Most of the money has come from the Netherlands. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, October 22, 2002,
Page No.1 |
|
Bid to net the
biggest polluter, by Yoga Rangatia
As India dons the battle gear for the climate change negotiations, starting here on
Wednesday, New Delhi has a delicate role to play. Under the garb of review of commitments,
apprehensions persist that the wordage of the Delhi Declaration might include review of
commitments for developing countries as well. "Japan and the European Union will be
pushing for talks of reduction commitments by India and China in the name of review of
adequacy of commitments. Especially, Japan might want something out of this CoP
itself," said Ms Sunita Narain, Director of the New Delhi-based Centre for Science
and Environment and who have followed the climate change negotiations from up close. |
| The Pioneer, New
Delhi, October 23,2002 |
|
UN conference on
climate change from today
A 10-day UN conference on climate change is beginning in New Delhi from tomorrow to work
out a formula to lessen the impact of climate change. This is the eighth Conference of
Parties (COP) and is being billed as the largest international event to be held here, with
4,000 delegates expected from 185 countries. According to Sunita Narain, of the Centre for
Science and Environment, "Developing countries have to be very careful and not take
on any commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions unless the biggest polluter, US
comes on board." |
| The Indian Express,
New Delhi, October 23, 2002 |
|
Joshi: Rich nation's climate
policy flawed:
India on Sunday termed as "flawed" the current approach to meet the challenge of
climate change being imposed on the world by developed nations and suggested the best way
out of the problem was sustainable consumption. "Current scientific and technological
approaches to dealing with the issues of climate change...confuse symptoms with the
disease and offer cures which can at best delay the consequences," science and
technology minister Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi said at the inauguration of the International
Conference on S and T Capacity Building for Climate Change. |
| The
Asian Age, New Delhi, October 21, 2002, Page No.3 |
|
Climate meet hits out at rich
countries:
With three days left for the international climate change summit to begin, more than one
ministry of the Indian government stepped up their offensive against developed countries.
At a conference on science and technology capacity building to tackle climate change, the
minister for Science and Technology, Mr Murli Manohar Joshi said the current approach to
climate change - being imposed on the world by developed nations - is flawed. |
| The Statesman, New Delhi, October 21, 2002, Page
No.6 |
|
Alberta unveils go-slow
approach to climate change:
Alberta released its own plan to fight climate change last week, the energy-rich Canadian
province's latest move in a battle against Ottawa's decision to put ratification of the
Kyoto protocol to a vote. Calling it a 50-year, made-in-Alberta initiative, the provincial
government of Conservative Premier Ralph Klein laid out a host of measures to reduce
emissions of greenhouse gases with less-stringent target dates than Canada's commitment
under the international accord. |
| Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, October 21, 2002 |
|
World lags behind Kyoto CO2
emssions targets - IEA:
The world is not on track in reducing its carbon dioxide emissions and needs to do more to
tackle global warming, the head of the of International Energy Agency (IEA) said. The IEA,
the West's energy watchdog, said in 2000, global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions, seen by many scientists as a contributor to global warming, were 13 percent
higher than in 1990, showing there was no room for complacency in efforts to prevent
climate change. |
| Planet Ark (Internet), Australia,October 21,
2002 |
|
Countdown for climate summit
begins:
The countdown for COP -8, the international summit on climate change has begun. Even
before the Kyoto Protocol is ratified, Netherlands and India have begun utilising at least
one of the mechanisms the protocol provides. |
| The Statesman, New Delhi, October 20, 2002, Page
No.6 |
|
Climate change impact more in
south:
In the countdown to the eighth Conference of Parties (COP) to be held in New Delhi from
October 23 to November 1, the Climate Action Network (CAN), a global network of more than
300 members in more than 80 countries, has reaffirmed its decision to secure equal
regional participation of its members in the CoPs. The meet chaired by the president DA,
Ashok Khosla, stressed the fact that climate change was a reality. "Addressing
climate change issues must not be simply through reducing greenhouse emissions but also
looking at sustainable development strategies. While climate change issue is a major
concern for the North, the consequences and impacts are being felt more by the
South," said Dr. Khosla. |
| The Hindu, New
Delhi, October 20, 2002, Page No.4 |
|
Should or shouldn't the US be
blamed?:
Directly blaming the US for deserting the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, Union Science
and Technology Ministry Murli Manohar Joshi asked it to pick up the fab for polluting the
earth's atmosphere. On the eve of New Delhi hoisting of Eighth Conference of Parties
(COP-8) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Dr. Joshi's broke the deafening
silence of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), under is charge, over the evidence to
support global warming. Dr. Joshi said, "it is wrong of the US to abdicate its
responsibility (by staying away from the Kyoto Protocol). They should take up (the
responsibility)." |
| The Pioneer, New Delhi, October 19, 2002, Page No.4 |
|
India will set up an Asian
Science Centre:
The ministry of science and technology has decided to present a proposal for setting up a
regional centre of tropical Asian Countries on capacity building at the eighth conference
of parties on United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change starting on October
23. The ministry said that capacity building in science and technology is crucial to
combat climate change in developing countries. To develop a consensus on the framework of
the regional centre, the science and technology ministry is holding an International
Conference on Capacity Building for Climate Change between October 20 and 22. |
| The
Asian Age, New Delhi, October 19, 2002, Page No.3 |
|
India warms up for climate
meet:
A US study says soot particles from industrial pollution, traffic, outdoor fires and
household burning of coal and biomass fuels are contributing to regional climate changes
in China and India. Experts, who feel such studies could be used to divert attention from
control of greenhouse gas emissions by developed countries say India and other developing
countries may come under increased pressure to take more responsibility for checking
global warming when a major international conference on climate change opens here next
week. |
| The Times of India, New Delhi, October 19, 2002,
Page No.10 |
|
The costs - and savings - of
climate change measures:
Londoners who change their lifestyle to reduce their impact on climate change could save
up to £80,000 over a lifetime, says a new report, while reducing US greenhouse gas
emissions could be done at no net cost to the US economy. In his paper, Costing Climate
Change, Dr David Reay of the University of Edinburgh calculates that technologies to abate
climate change can cost very little, and bring significant financial benefits. |
| Edie
(Internet), UK, October 18, 2002 |
|
Nations on the offensive on
eve of UN climate meet:
With less than a week left for the international climate change summit to begin here,
participant nations have adopted a two-pronged strategy to ensure they retain an edge on
the negotiating table. MEF officials have also been asked to emphasise that the convention
'clearly acknowledged that the share of global emission of Green House Gases originating
in developing countries will in fact grow as these nations endeavor to meet social and
developmental goals; |
| The Statesman, New Delhi, October 18, 2002, Page
No.6 |
|
Rich violate emission norms:
Far from adhering to the greenhouse gas emission reduction target set for the developed
countries under the UN convention on climate change, these nations have started belching
out more gases, increasing the vulnerability of the global environment. The latest data
pertaining to 2000 reveals that the greenhouse gas emission in the 25 richest countries
have risen by 8.4 per cent since 1990. This is contrary to the global convention on
climate change which specifically required the developed countries to cut down their
harmful emissions to the 1990 level by 2000. |
| Business Standard, New Delhi, October 18,
2002, Page No.2 |
|
| New Zealand plans carbon tax
to meet Kyoto targets: New Zealand announced plans for a carbon tax that will push up
fuel costs but help the country meet targets under the Kyoto climate change agreement. The
tax of up to NZ$25 ($12) a tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent will be levied sometime
after 2007, and only if the controversial Kyoto protocol comes into force internationally. |
| Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, October 18, 2002 |
|
Indian industry drags its feet
on environmental policies:
Though Indian industry is beginning to understand the adverse impact of climate change, it
is not doing much about it, said Kalyan Nyati, the head of the environment management
division of the Confederation of Indian Industries. |
| The Times of India, Mumbai, October 15, 2002, Page
No.2 |
|
Tech centre to be set up to
assess climate changes:
A science and technology centre will be set up in India to assess the causes and impact of
climate change in tropical Asia. It would also predict climate changes and ensure capacity
building in the area, said director-general of India Meteorological Department (IMD) RR
Kelkar. |
| The Financial Express, New Delhi, October 17,
2002, Page No.3 |
|
Cut down on
greenhouse gases, earn greenbacks:
Indian companies have started out on the path of making millions of dollars by reducing
greenhouse gas emissions and selling the emission reductions as credits to developed
country institutions and companies. Experts say that while this marks the beginning, there
is a far greater potential that the Indian industry can tap by trading greenhouse gas
emission reductions under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Climate Change
Convention. |
Business Line, New Delhi, October 16, 2002,
Page No.1 |
|
Children create posters on
climate change:
A painting and poster exhibition on climate change was inaugurated by the Minister for
Environment and Forests T R Baalu today. Schoolchildren who participated in the event,
expressed their concern about the consequences of the changing climate. The Minister said
that in an effort to increase awareness among school children, National Green Corps and
Eco Clubs had been launched in different parts of the country. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, October 11, 2002,
Page No.4supp |
|
US Energy Dept sets greenhouse
gas meetings:
The U.S. Energy Department said it would hold a series of meetings beginning in November
on its voluntary program for companies to report how they are trying to cut emissions of
greenhouse gases linked to climate change. |
| Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, October 10, 200 |
|
Project to fill urban-warming
void:
With the dog days of summer long gone, researchers are just starting to get a handle on
how urban warming is effecting the metropolis. Workers install a measuring device atop a
metropolitan government facility in Koto Ward (Japan) in late July to monitor the effects
of urban warming. A project is now under way to gauge the effects of the "heat
island" phenomenon. |
| Japan Times (Internet), Japan, October 9, 2002 |
|
35 nations okay India's
plan on climate meet:
India managed a victory at a recent high-level meeting - preparatory meeting to gear up
for eh eighth Conference of Parties (COP-8) to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change. |
| The Statesman, New Delhi, September 4, 2002, Page
No.5 |
|
India not to buckle under
pressure on greenhouse gas emissions:
The Union Environment Minister, T.R. Baalu, has said India would not give in to pressures
from the U.S. or any other country with regard to commitments under the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change. As part of the strategy, these countries had been
trying to rope in small countries, particularly island nations which have faced inundation
because of rise in their sea level as a result of global warming to pressure India and
China to reduce their level of greenhouse gas emissions. "The big players may be
working on small developing nations to play their tune. But India will not buckle under
pressure," Mr. Baalu said. |
| The Hindu, New
Delhi, October 3, 2002, Page No.13 |
|
US assured on climate change
commitments:
With New Delhi hosting an important climate conference -The UN Conference of Parties,
eight meeting (COP-8) - in 20 days time, the United States has begun what appears to be
pre-emptive move to tackle criticism of the Bush administration's environment policy. |
| The Statesman, New Delhi, October 2, 2002, Page
No.5 |
|
A modern 'El Nino is seen
blowing back this winter:
Scientists and economists say conditions in the South Pacific indicate the return of 'El
Nino', a powerful weather event that can cause extreme weather throughout the world. |
| The Financial Express, New Delhi, October 2,
2002, Page No.7 |
|
India to welcome climate
change delegates:
The next step in global action to deal with a warming climate will be taken in New Delhi
in October when the 186 countries that are Parties to the United Nations climate treaty
meet to prepare for the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol. The government of India
and the secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) signed a
Host Country Agreement that finalized practical arrangements for the high-level conference
on global warming. |
| Environment News Service, US,
September 30,2002 |
|
Call for concerted action to
contain global warming:
India urged the countries which are party to the U.N. Convention on Climate Change to
evolve a framework of global action for implementation of measures required to contain
global warming and the adverse effects of climate change. Addressing a meeting of
environment ministers and delegates from over 40 countries, the union Environment Minister
T.R. Baalu, called for a concerted effort to formulate such a framework for global action
to check the adverse fallout of global warming and climatic changes. |
| The Hindu, New
Delhi, October 1, 2002, Page No.12 |
|
Business, transport in Canada
ally against Kyoto:
Twenty-five business and trucking groups announced a new coalition last week to fight
speedy Canadian ratification of the Kyoto protocol on climate change, arguing that it
could destroy the country's economy. |
| Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, September 30,
2002 |
|
Soot triggers climate change
in India:
Black carbon soot from coal burning, diesel engines, open fires and other sources is
contributing to global warming and climate change in China and India, researchers report.
A study appearing in Friday's issue of the Science Magazine is based on computer modeling
at the Nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies by researchers Surabi Menon and James
Hansen. |
| The
Asian Age, New Delhi, September 28, 2002, Page No.8 |
|
International environment meet
in Capital begins on October 23:
The International conference on climate change. COP-8, which is to take place in Delhi
from October 23 to November 1 is expected to attract over 5,000 delegates from about 185
countries which are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCC). C Vishwanath, Joint Secretary of Ministry of Environment and Forests said COP-8
would be the largest ever international conference to be held in India. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, September 28, 2002,
Page No.4supp |
|
Rain clears some Borneo haze
but health problems up:
Overnight rain has helped clear the sky over some of Indonesian Borneo but suffocating
smoke remains in the central part of the island where the number of people suffering ill
health is rising, officials said. Meteorologists said more rain was expected to fall in
the coming days but high humidity meant the haze would likely linger. |
| Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, September 25,
2002 |
|
Greenhouse or
not, world will still be warmer:
Earth's climate will warm up over the next 50 years, whether or not greenhouse gases are
curbed soon, a NASA study said. If nations cut back on emissions, it will not heat up s
much, but it wills till be hotter than it is now. If emissions continue to increase at the
current rate, global temperatures may increase by 2-4 degrees Fahrenheit. But if carbon
dioxide emission do not increase any faster than they are now then temperatures might only
rise 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi,
September 21, 2002, Page No.6 |
|
Conference to focus on impact
of climate change:
The impact of climate change on hydro-power development, glacier recession, forestry and
bio-diversity would be the focus of a conference on sustainable mountain development at
Darjeeling. The two-day conference is being organised by the Ministry of Environment and
Forests, starting September 20. The conference comes in the wake of 2002 being the
International Year of the Mountains. |
| Business Line, New Delhi, September 20, 2002,
Page No.3 |
|
Earth to warm even if
greenhouse gas cut - US study:
Earth's climate will warm up over the next 50 years, whether or not greenhouse gases are
curbed soon, U.S. researchers reported in a NASA study. If nations cut back on emissions,
it will not heat up as much, but it will still be hotter than it is now, according to a
computer climate model. |
| Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, September 20,
2002x |
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Pollution report omits warming
data:
For the first time in six years, the annual federal report on air pollution trends does
not have a section on global warming, although President George W. Bush has said that
slowing the growth of emissions linked to warming is a priority for his administration. |
| International Herald Tribune,
Bangkok, September 16, 2002, Page No.3 |
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Warmer climate would reduce
India's wheat and rice yields by Vaishnavi C. Sekhar:
"The Western coastline has a very low gradient so even if the sea level rises by a
few centimetres, acres of land will be inundated," says K. Govindam, of the National
Institute of Oceanography's (NIO) Mumbai centre.Climate change could also threaten
ecological hotspots in both Gujarat and Maharashtra. According to a Centre for Science and
Environment paper; the mangroves, marshes and mud flats on the Western coast could be
submerged by increasing sea levels or damaged by changing water temperature. |
| The Times of India, Mumbai, August 9, 2002 |
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Kyoto must come alive:
Climate change is the largest human enterprise and industrialised countries, with their
energy-intensive lifestyles, are historically responsible for the problems of global
warming," said Sunita Narayan of the Centre for Science and Environment(CSE),
outlining the thrust for the World Summit on Sustainable Development to be held in
Johannesburg beginning August 26. |
| The Pioneer, New Delhi, August 8, 2002 |
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Summit near, India gives nod
to Kyoto Protocol:
Barely a fortnight away from the Earth Summit, India has sent the right signal by
ratifying Kyoto Protocol, the roadmap to containing emissions of greenhouse gases(GHG).The
decision was taken late on Tuesday last night at a Cabinet meeting."India has sent a
good signal by taking the lead in the region and showing that multilateral approach is
better than unilateral," said Centre for Science and Environment director Sunita
Narain. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, August 8, 2002 |
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Rain of terror:
George W. Bush tends to look at environment science as a liberal conspiracy against the
divine order. He was infamously rude about the Kyoto treaty. Imagine his reaction to
theories blaming US war on terror for India's elusive tryst with rains. He may tell Colin
Powell to tell MEA that if Indian scientists insist on making failed Indian monsoon an
international issue, American diplomats can hardly be blamed for describing Kashmir
similarly. The truth however is that climatic changes -unlike Kashmir- are definitely an
international issue, even if Bush's interpretation of Kyoto seem to suggest that Americans
live in another planet . The precise contribution of greenhouse gases and aerosol released
by US fighter aircraft in Afghanistan to poor monsoons is for boffins to debate and decide
on. (Editorial) |
| The Times of India, New Delhi, August 6, 2002, Page
No.4 |
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UAE threatened by rising
sea level:
The United Arab Emirates is one among, West Asia's low-lying countries that face threats
from rising sea levels and decertification caused by global warming. Sheikh Hamdan bin
Zayed al Nahyan, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Chairman of the
Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency, has warned that by century's end
sea levels could rise by as much as 88 cm. |
| The Statesman, New Delhi, August 3, 2002, Page No.IV(m) |
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'India may ratify Kyoto
protocol':
India is likely to ratify the controversial Kyoto protocol on reduction of greenhouse
gases by October. This was indicated by P.V. Jayakrishnan, Secretary, Union
Environment Ministry. He said endeavors were underway for the ratification of the protocol
before the eighth conference of parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate
Change, which would be held in New Delhi from October 23 to November 1.Speaking to
presspersons on the sidelines of a conference organised by the Centre for Science and
Environment, a Delhi based NGO, he said the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, was
likely to participate in the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg from
August 26 to September 4. |
| The Hindu, New Delhi, August 3, 2002, Page
No.12 |
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World heading for warmest
year yet - UK Met Office:
The first six months of the year have been the second warmest ever and average global
temperatures in 2002 could be the highest ever recorded, British weather experts said.
"Globally 2002 is likely to be warmer than 2001, and may even break the record set in
1998," said Briony Horton, the Meteorological Office's climate research scientist. |
| Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, August
2, 2002 |
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For climate justice by C.E.
Karunakaran:
If the world is to be saved from an environmental catastrophe, it is essential for the
civil society in Third World countries to take an active role in pressuring their
government and in moulding opinion to move in the direction of a solution based on the
principle of equal atmospheric rights for all.The lack of sufficient data and research on
the impacs of climate change has prevented India, and other developing countries, from
playing an assertive role in global negotiations.India cannot hope to make the kind of
investment that the U.S. has made.Also, the 'expert' advice India gets on policy matters
is less than neutral. In a briefing paper sent by the Centre for Science and Environment
to the Members of Parliament in India before the Hague conference, the late Anil Agarwal
pointed out that Bill Clinton's principal environmental adviser Kathleen McGinty stationed
herself at the Tata Energy Research Institute in Delhi for a year and went round the
country to paint an alluring picture of the CDM, without pointing out its inquity in the
absence of established entitlements. |
| Frontline, August 2, 2002 |
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Political climate cools
for fight on global warming:
The world woke up to global warming at the 1992 Rio Earth summit, but 10 years on, what
some consider the planet's biggest environmental danger has fallen off the agenda of a
major follow-up conference. Next month's summit of world leaders in Johannesburg will
focus on poverty, not pollution -a worry for some environmentalists who say the poor will
suffer first if climate change is not stopped. |
| Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, July 30,
2002 |
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Weather Bane:
Worldwide, climate are being subject to wild swings: While some areas are faced with
floods, others fear drought, the US not excluded. Closer home, unusually, even normally
rain-rich Kerala is worrying about the poor monsoon this year, even as floods create havoc
in Assam and its surrounding areas. The world is blowing hot and cold: Blame it on
global warming,says the US National Academy of Sciences which warns that sudden,
unexpected climate change triggered by a complex set of factors-mostly human-induced-poses
an immediate danger. (Editorial) |
| The Times of India, New Delhi, July
29, 2002, Page No.14 |
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Global warming is behind
rain failure:
UN climate panel head: The current Indian drought may be directly linked to the larger
climate change that is affecting the globe, feels R K Pauchauri, chief of the UN-sponsored
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Geneva. It's a position directly at odds
with that taken by the Indian Meteorological Department, which says there's no question of
climate change. Pauchauri, who's also director-general of the Tata Energy Research
Institute (TERI), New Delhi, says "it's been a very peculiar summer this year and
some perceptible climate change is taking place in India". "There is a very
strong reason to connect the current drought to larger climate change since what we are
witnessing is a peculiar and sudden variation in climate as predicted by experts
studying global warming", he says. |
| The Indian Express, New Delhi, July 26, 2002,
Page No.1 |
|
| US
Senate climate warming hearing delayed until July: Senate Democrats said they would
postpone a hearing on global warming until July, when Bush administration officials have
promised to clarify if the president agrees with a recent report concluding that
greenhouse gas emissions from human activities were the main cause of global warming. |
| Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, July 20,
2002 |
|
In
Alaska, hotter weather provokes startling changes:
In Alaska, rising temperatures, whether caused by greenhouse gas emissions or nature in a
prolonged mood swing, are not a topic of debate or an abstraction. Mean temperatures have
risen by 5 degrees Fahrenheit in summer and 10 degrees Fahrenheit in winter since the
1970, federal officials say. While President George W. B ush was dismissive of a report
the government recently released on how global warming will affect the nation, the leading
Republican in this state, Senator Ted Stevens, says that no place in experiencing more
startling changes from rising temperatures than Alaska. |
International
Herald Tribune, Bangkok, July 18, 2002, Page No.2 |
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Hillary-Tenzing
landmark melting:
The glacier from which Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
began their ascent of Everest in 1953 has retreated by about three miles because of global
warming since they became scaled the world's highest peak. the Khumbu glacier, once close
to the point at which Hillary and Tenzing established their base camp at 17,000 ft, has
melted so much in past 50 years that it would now take the mountaineers more than two
hours to trek to the ice, according to an expedition organised by the United Nations
Environment Programme. |
The Statesman, New Delhi, June 18, 2002, Page
No.spIV |
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Global warming blamed for
melting Everest glacier:
A glacier from which Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay set out to conquer Mount
Everest nearly 50 years ago has retreated five km (three miles) up the mountain due to
global warming, a U.N. body says. A team of climbers, backed by the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP), reported after their two-week visit last month that the
impact of rising temperatures was everywhere to be seen |
Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, 07th
June, 2002 |
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Australia backs out of climate
protocol:
It is not in Australia's interests to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. With those words
to Parliament, on World Environment Day, Australian Prime Minister John Howard put the
world on notice that Australia will not join other industrialized countries in the
international treaty to limit global warming. "The reason it is not in Australia's
interests to ratify the Kyoto Protocol is that, because the arrangements currently exclude
- and are likely under present settings to continue to exclude - both developing countries
and the United States, for us to ratify the protocol would cost us jobs and damage our
industry. the Prime Minister said. |
Environment News Service, US, 06th
June, 2002 |
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Bush cool to climate report:
President George W. Bush has appeared to distance himself from a report by his
administration that says human activities are mostly to blame for recent trends in global
warming, which many scientists predict will seriously disrupt the environment. |
International
Herald Tribune, Bangkok, 06th June, 2002, Page No.7 |
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Japan ratifies Kyoto pact:
Japan ratified the Kyoto Protocol on global warming that it signed at a United
Nations climate conference in 1997 and said that it would urge other countries, including
Russia and the United States, to do the same. |
International Herald Tribune, Bangkok, 05th
June, 2002, Page No.10 |
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Global warming is man-made, admits U.S.:
The bush administration has admitted for the first time that man-made global
warming will inflict serious, permanent changes on the American environment. However, the
new report, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and indicating a major shift of
policy, concludes that the chances are inevitable, and does not recommend altering the
administration's current policy on greenhouse gases. Instead, the report says that, if
America's economic growth is to be protected. |
The Hindu, New Delhi, 05th June, 2002, Page
No.15 |
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In a shift, US now warns of
global warming on environment:
In a dark shift for the Bush administration, the United States has sent a climate
report to the Untied Nations detailing specific and far-reaching effects that it says
global warming will inflict on the American environment. In the report, the administration
also for the first time places most of the blame for recent global warming on human
actions - mainly the burning of fossil fuels that send heat-trapping greenhouse gases into
the atmosphere. |
The Asian Age, New Delhi, 05th
June, 2002, Page No.6 |
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Industrial gases linked to
global warming:
Bush administration acknowledged for the first time that US greenhouse gas emission
will increase significantly over the next two decades due mostly to human activities, but
again rejected an international treaty to slow global warming. A report by the
Environmental Protection Agency gave a surprising endorsement to what many scientists have
long argued - that oil refining, power plants and auto emissions are important causes of
global warming. |
The Times of India, New
Delhi, 05th June, 2002, Page No.17 |
|
Global warming would help many US crops - EPA
report:
Global warming means that U.S. farms are likely to increase production of soybeans,
cotton, sorghum and oranges during the coming decades, according to a new U.S. government
report. Farmers will also need less irrigation water and more pesticides because of
slightly warmer temperatures expected across the continental United States from carbon
emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency report said. In the document, the Bush
administration endorsed for the first time the widely held view of scientists that U.S.
greenhouse gas emissions will rise significantly over the next two decades due mostly to
human activities. |
Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, 04th
June, 2002 |
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Glacial meltdown :
Too hot to handle: Within the next five years, the world could be witness to a natural
disaster of catastrophic magnitude. Unprecedented damage could sweep away in its wake tens
of thousands of lives. This is a prediction based on the facts furnished by the UN's
latest report on the environment. Giant glaciers are melting at a rapid rate so rapidly,
in fact, that the planet is in peril. Global Warming has been identified as the cause. But
the real culprits are the men and women who inhabit Earth. |
The Times of India, New Delhi, 30th May,
2002, Page No.sp4 |
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UN
environment report lists earth's woes:
A quarter of the world's mammal species could face extinction within 30 years, the United
Nations said in a comprehensive overview of the state of the global environment. The
Global Environment Outlook-3 report depicts an increasingly volatile world in which
evermore-severe natural disasters and environmental degradation wil endanger millions of
humans as well as plant and animal species. |
The Statesman, New Delhi, 23rd May
2002, Page No.4 |
|
Iceberg, 56-km
long, breaks away from Antarctica:
An iceberg named D-17 broke off from Antartica, the National Ice Centre has reported. It
broke away from the Lazarev Ice Shelf, a large sheet of glacial ice and snow extending
from the Antarctic mainland into the southeastern Weddell Sea. |
The Statesman, New Delhi, 23rd May,
2002, Page No.4 |
|
Year
off to a hot start:
This year, planet earth had its warmest first quarter since record keeping began 140 years
ago. Preliminary analysis suggests it may be the hottest start any year in the past
millennium has seen, according to New Scientist. The study conducted by scientists in the
UK also predicts a further rise in average temperatures in coming years. Winters are
expected to get wetter and summer dryer. |
India Today, New Delhi, 20th May, 2002,
Page No.61 |
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Lower
House approves ratification of Kyoto pact:
The Lower House approved the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, bringing Japan closer to ratifying the
pact on curbing greenhouse gas emissions. The chamber also approved a bill to revise the
Law Concerning the Promotion of Measures to Cope with Global Warming, and both items were
sent to the House of Councilors. |
Japan Times (Internet), Japan, 22nd May,
2002 |
|
Weatherman sees 'normal
monsoon' even in days of drought!:
The on-going debate over the effects of global warming and El Nino in the country has
almost isolated the Indian Metrological Department (IMD) on the issue and left it alone to
defend its theories. El Nino is a warming of ocean surface off the western cost of south
America that occurs every four to 12 years and can last as long as 18 months. |
The Financial Express,
New Delhi, 20th May, 2002, Page No.1 |
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The
US has to rejoin the climate talks if disaster is to be averted:
The latest scientific evidence already suggests that the impact of climate change on the
UK could be sharper and faster than was previously thought. Already 1.8m residential
properties in England and Wales are currently at risk from flooding, as are 1.4m hectares
of agricultural land. And if we don't build climate change into our flood defence plans,
we can expect a 65% increase in river flooding and a four-fold increase in coastal
flooding in the second half of this century. |
The
Guardian (Internet), UK, 16th May, 2002 |
|
Polar
ice melt poses global threat:
The Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves are cracking up and, on the face of things, it is the
most serious thaw since the end of the last ice age 12000 years ago. The break-up of the
ice shelved in itself is an natural process of renewal, but the size and rate of
production of icebergs -some the size of major cities - is alarming cientists who blame
global warming. |
The Times of India, New Delhi, 14th
May, 2002, Page No.9 |
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1990s
ended with US surge in greenhouse gas emissions:
US greenhouse gas emissions increased at a faster rate during 1999-2000 than the average
annual rate throughout the 1990s, according to the latest official US figures under the
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). |
Edie
(Internet), UK, 10th May, 2002 |
|
Canada
will not ratify Kyoto without clarification:
Canada will not ratify the Kyoto protocol on global warming until aspects of the treaty
are clarified, Prime Minister Jean Chretien said this week. A Canadian decision against
ratification would be a severe blow for the treaty, already weakened by last year's U.S.
withdrawal. (Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, 10/5/2002)Canada will not ratify the
Kyoto protocol on global warming until aspects of the treaty are clarified, Prime Minister
Jean Chretien said this week. A Canadian decision against ratification would be a severe
blow for the treaty, already weakened by last year's U.S. withdrawal. |
Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, 10th May,
2002 |
|
Breakaway
bergs disrupt Antarctic ecosystem:
Another large iceberg has newly calved from the Ross Ice Shelf, the National Ice Center
has confirmed. Iceberg C-18 is the latest in a series of bergs to break away from the
warming Antarctic ice mass. National Ice Center analyst Judy Shaffier spotted the new
iceberg while performing a weekly satellite image analysis of the Ross Sea using an image
from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. |
Environment News Service, US, 09th
May, 2002 |
|
US
government seeks to improve greenhouse gas reporting:
The Energy Department asked for public comments this week on ways to improve its voluntary
reporting program to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions that are blamed for warming the
atmosphere. The initiative is part of the Bush administration's "clear skies"
plan to reduce greenhouse gas intensity of the U.S. economy by 18 percent in the
next 10 years. |
Planet Ark (Internet), Australia, 08th May,
2002 |
