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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Australia, New Zealand could link carbon trade schemes in 2015
Australia and New Zealand said on Monday they could link their carbon trading schemes as soon as 2015, immediately after Australia's government moved from a fixed carbon tax to the world's second-largest
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One Question: Two Answers
As world leaders assemble in Durban to chalk out a pragmatic solution to climate change, two experts from different parts of the world identify the problem, but differ on the philosophy of the solution.
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Durban summit must accept degrees of responsibility
Two degrees Celsius. That increase in global temperatures has become synonymous with "dangerous climate change". Lobbyists haggle over it, scientists build models around it and Greens wring their hands
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LDCs Put Forward Proposal to Break Impasse in Climate Talks
Set a road map in terms of time and content for a legal pact that would include all countries With the future of the Kyoto Protocol hanging in balance, and no let up in the demand for a legally-binding
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Climate change talks tied in knots
December 2: Talks at the climate change conference have predictably bogged down over funding and over the insistence of the first world countries that emerging economies like India and China also commit
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U.N. climate chief hopes emission cut pledges will go on
The top U.N. climate official said on Saturday she is confident industrial countries will renew their pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions after their current commitments expire next year. Further
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2011:10th warmest year on record
Arctic sea ice at its lowest in 2011, says World Meteorological Organization report. The year 2011 has been the 10th warmest year on record in spite of a strong La Nina, which has a relatively cooling
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Provisional statement on the status of the global climate
The provisional statement on the status of the global climate, released by WMO provides the technical information on world’s 10th warmest year, warmest year with La Niña on record, second-lowest Arctic sea ice extent for the year 2011.
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31 million Bangladeshis may be displaced due to climate change
Bangladeshis in millions would be displaced due to global warming causing sea level rise by thermal expansion of the ocean waters and the melting of land- based ice. "Approximately 31 million people are
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Libyans plan to tackle global warming
Libya’s new transitional government was only sworn in four days before the start of the UN climate summit in Durban on Monday. But that has not stopped it sending a six-person delegation, whose members