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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Obama asks India, China to wisen up on climate goals
New Delhi: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday tried to make emerging economies like India accountable for the outcome at Durban climate talks. But the Indian government ruled out discussions on a new
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China Climate Role Could Be To Corner U.S.
China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, could nudge the United States into more action on climate change, rescuing the latest round of global talks and improving its international reputation. Expectations
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Climate spending is forecast to plummet
Spending to tackle climate change is likely to plunge by at least $22bn in the next few years as government austerity cuts bite, a financial study has forecast, and by as much as $45bn if the eurozone
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Summit urged to clean up farming
Leading scientists say that agriculture is a ‘poor relation’ in global-warming negotiations.
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Letting go of Kyoto
A preoccupation with binding commitments blocks progress in climate-change negotiations. It is time to correct course, says Elliot Diringer.
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Eurozone crisis may cloud Durban climate talks
Ahead of the Durban climate change talks beginning Nov 28, experts are worried that Eurozone crisis may curtail the billions of dollars of funding from industrialised countries to their poorer counterparts
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Emissions up as West out of the red
New Delhi: In a pointer to recession easing in the West, greenhouse gas emissions from developed countries have begun rising again since 2009. Data emerging from the US government and a European Commission-supported
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Australia Passes Landmark Carbon Price Laws
Australia's parliament passed landmark laws to impose a price on carbon emissions on Tuesday in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade, giving new impetus to December's global climate talks in
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Maldives proposes SAARC joint statement on climate change
The Maldives has proposed to present a joint statement by the member countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) at the next round of UN climate talks. The Maldives has proposed
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EU pushes for global carbon cuts ‘road map’
The world can no longer have a system of tackling climate change that obliges some countries to cut their carbon emissions but lets others get away with mere voluntary targets, the European Union’s climate