Zambia: Worldwide Climate Indaba Timely
ZAMBIA has been awarded the opportunity to become the first African country to host the board meeting of the Worldwide Green Climate Fund (GCF). In this regard, Zambia is expected to share its experience
COP 17 (Durban Summit)
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The Durban subversion
A paradigm shift on global strategy, but will it make a difference to climate change or only pass the buck? (Editorial)
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Climate change impact and Bangladesh
According to press reports: Environment and Forests Minister Hasan Mahmud said at a seminar on Thursday that Bangladesh loses 1.5 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), as more natural disasters
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EU’s top court backs right to levy carbon tax
New Delhi India stuck to its position of opposing the emissions trading scheme (ETS) of the European Union even as the EU’s highest court upheld the union’s right to impose its cap-and-trade carbon trading
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No binding pacts inked in Durban
New Delhi: India has not undertaken legally binding commitments to take absolute greenhouse gas emission reduction targets at Durban, Union environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan informed
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From rags to the Durban Climate Change conference
What do you need to visit a foreign city and deliver a lecture on climate change? A high-profile persona, an elite degree, and the right connections, perhaps. However, Sushila Sable, 48, an illiterate
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EU parliament Set To Call For Carbon Market
European politicians are expected on Tuesday to vote through an amendment that could pave the way for direct intervention in the EU carbon market, which has sunk to record lows. Businesses and environmentalists
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New Mexico City Buses Cut Pollution, Generate Cash
Mexico City's sleek new public bus system is attracting significant international funding in carbon credit sales, part of the capital's ongoing effort to reduce pollution and green up its smoggy image.
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India did not commit itself to binding emission reduction targets post-2020
The decisions taken at the U.N. climate summit in Durban last week do not imply that India had to take binding commitments to reduce its emissions in absolute terms in 2020, Environment Minister Jayanthi
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India has no binding emissions commitments
New Delhi, 16 Dec: Days after the Durban Climate Summit, the government today insisted that India has agreed to no legally-binding commitments to reduce its emissions in absolute terms in 2020. Environment
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SL urges to implement Kyoto Protocol
Sri Lanka expressed disappointment at the inability of the global community to meet their obligations under the Kyoto Protocol at the recently concluded Climate Change Conference held in Durban, Environmental