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23.10.2012
Doha climate meeting to take up Kyoto Protocol QNA/Seoul
HE the Chairman of Qatar’s Administrative Control and Transparency Authority (ACTA) Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, and the President of COP 18, yesterday presided over two session of the ongoing Pre-COP Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change in Seoul.
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22.10.2012
North Sea Fram field to provide 5 pct of UK's gas
The Fram field in the North Sea will be on stream within three years, Royal Dutch/Shell said, calling it one of its most significant UK developments of the past decade and one that will provide 5 percent of Britain's gas at peak production.
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20.10.2012
In Japan, need of fossil fuels pushes climate change targets to back seat
With Japan’s oil and gas plants firing at full capacity, officials here say there is little chance of meeting a pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions significantly over the next decade, a startling retreat for a country that once spearheaded an international agreement on climate change.
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18.10.2012
Cartagena Dialogue unifies vision ahead of Doha COP 18
Twenty-nine of the 42 member countries of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) incorporated in the Cartagena Dialogue for Progressive Action gathered in Bali on Wednesday to strengthen their vision on the urgency of pushing legally binding commitments to address climate change for the 194 countries attending the upcoming UN Conference of Parties (COP) 18 in Doha, Qatar.
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18.10.2012
Poor nations spend more on climate change: UNEP
Developing countries are allocating more money than the developed world for fighting climate change, the UN said Wednesday, lauding India for pledging $50 million for bio-diversity conservation at a meet here.
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17.10.2012
Climate change awareness in Africa and Asia 'varies greatly'
For women living in rural areas of developing countries, levels of vulnerability to climate change and the capacity to adapt to its impacts varies greatly — with some even more resilient than men, three pilot studies in Africa and Asia has revealed.
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17.10.2012
Kesko is the sector's best in the Nordic climate index
Kesko has been awarded the highest score in the 'Consumer Staples' sector in the Nordic Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index. The index comprises the Nordic companies which have displayed the most professional approach regarding climate change information disclosure practices. Kesko was included for the second consecutive time in the index consisting of the best 26 Nordic companies.
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16.10.2012
EU parliament sticks to slow carbon reform timetable
EU politicians have ignored European Commission efforts to hasten plans to bolster the bloc's carbon trading scheme (ETS), in which prices have plunged under a burden of surplus allowances generated by recession, EU sources said on Tuesday.
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16.10.2012
Indonesia to double efforts at climate conference
The Indonesian government is expected to double down on its efforts on the climate-change issue by sending more delegates to the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Doha, Qatar, slated for between Nov. 26 and Dec. 7.
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15.10.2012
Australian Ski Industry to Banish Due to Global Climate Change?
Skiing aficionados who often go to Australia to experience the resource-rich nation's ski resorts and alpine regions may be forced to scout other locations in the coming years as the worsening global climate change could kill the Australian ski industry by year 2020.
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15.10.2012
First Climate Change Summit for Fiji
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is stepping up its awareness campaign on climate change with a first ever National Climate Change Summit to be held in Labasa next week.
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14.10.2012
A climate change call to arms
THE OFFICIAL START OF WINTER may still be more than two months away, but in New England, we should be watching the long-term forecasts. Despite predictions for a snowy winter, the season’s temperatures have been rising over the long term. And the implications of climate change for this region’s economy — including how we play on and earn our livings from the snow — are enormous.
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12.10.2012
Adapting to climate change key to survival’
Bangladesh’s leading environment expert has said the country needs to adapt to climate variability on an urgent basis as climate change and climate variability are now real.
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