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15.06.2012 National blueprint to tackle climate change unveiled Carbon emissions to be cut 7-11% below business-as-usual levels by 2020
Singapore aims to slash its carbon emissions by 7-11 per cent below business-as-usual levels by 2020, when emissions are expected to hit 77.2 million tonnes.
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15.06.2012 The green movement at 50: Can the world be saved?
Population growth and climate change are the big problems facing the earth in the next 50 years. But are there any solutions?
Views: 277
 
15.06.2012 Nepal’s Female Farmers Fear Climate Change
When Arati Chaudhary’s husband left for India to find work as a migrant labourer, the job of managing farm and family fell on her slender shoulders.
Views: 259
 
14.06.2012 Science Mitigates Climate Uncertainties in Mexico City
Rising temperatures, water scarcity, loss of biodiversity, widespread respiratory ailments and urban heat islands are some of the climate impacts faced by the Mexican capital, one of the world’s biggest cities.
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14.06.2012 Qatar to showcase climate strategy at COP 18 meet
DOHA THEUnited Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 18) which will be hosted by Qatar in November, will be a platform for the country to showcase its long term climate policy strategy, an international climate change expert has said.
Views: 266
 
13.06.2012 Barack Obama skips Rio+20 Earth summit
Barack Obama will skip a United Nations summit billed as a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" to make progress on global development, sending Hillary Clinton in his place.
Views: 235
 
13.06.2012 Developing world holds key to keep Rio principles alive
With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh slated to attend the Rio summit on sustainable development, the government has prepared the grounds to help 'friendly' Brazil but not accept the adverse conditions that Europe is keen to impose at the event, which culminates with the meeting of heads of state from June 20 to 22.
Views: 252
 
12.06.2012 China shoots down accusations on gas emissions
A Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday refuted criticism on China's carbon emissions.
Views: 224
 
11.06.2012 Guyana launches special report ahead of Rio+20
Guyana on Monday launched a report on the country’s position to be taken at the Rio +20 Summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro next week.
Views: 297
 
11.06.2012 Expectations for the Rio Summit, in quotes
Following is a selection of quotes from politicians, activists, business executives and scientists about expectations for the upcoming Rio Summit.
Views: 237
 
11.06.2012 China launches climate change think tank
China's newly established national think tank for climate change has put the "top level design" of China's carbon trading system top of its agenda agenda.
Views: 252
 
11.06.2012 Many questions as Rio summit seeks to help sick planet
Twenty years ago, a burst of sunny optimism radiated from Rio de Janeiro as world leaders staged a meeting that would prove pivotal.
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10.06.2012 China emissions study suggests climate change could be faster than thought
China's carbon emissions could be nearly 20 percent higher than previously thought, a new analysis of official Chinese data showed on Sunday, suggesting the pace of global climate change could be even faster than currently predicted.
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07.06.2012 Consumption driving 'unprecedented' environment damage: UN
Population growth and unsustainable consumption are driving Earth towards "unprecedented" environmental destruction, the UN said in a report Wednesday ahead of the Rio Summit.
Views: 218
 
06.06.2012 Civil bodies against clean credit for Tawang dam
Several organisations have categorically opposed granting of clean development mechanism (CDM) credit under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to the 780-MW Nyamjang Chhu hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang district, bordering China.
Views: 284
 
06.06.2012 Oman’s climate change scenario in focus
MUSCAT Sultan Qaboos University hosted the second workshop on “Initial National Communication to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from Oman” recently.
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06.06.2012 UN leader seeks to head off Rio summit tragedy
UN leader Ban Ki-moon is battling to rescue a summit of more than 100 world leaders in Rio de Janeiro in two weeks which he says must guide the world away from a "tragic" end.
Views: 299
 
06.06.2012 Mexico's president enacts climate change legislation
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has signed a law introducing binding targets on climate change.
Views: 207
 
05.06.2012 Climate Change 'Biggest Threat' to Food Security
When it comes to expressing the threat to food security posed by changing climate patterns and extreme weather events in Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) does not mince its words.
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05.06.2012 Globe comes before politics- Combet
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet says Labor's duty to the planet would come before allowing a future coalition government to scrap the carbon tax.
Views: 229
 
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