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17.03.2011
INDIA: Green Schemes Turn Into White Elephants
Several incinerator facilities that were supposed to turn waste into energy have proven to be white elephants that are now adding to the country’s pollution woes, instead of alleviating them.
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16.03.2011
Top UN official urges action to achieve sustainable development
UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro Wednesday called for a global development model that tackles poverty reduction,job creation, inequality, climate change and environmental degradation, while ensuring adequate access to water, energy and food for all.“We have to ask; will the 9 billion people who are expected to inhabit this planet in 2050 have the opportunity to thrive,” said Ms. Migiro in remarks to the General Assembly’s interactive dialogue with the High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability.
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14.03.2011
Seven EU ministers push for deeper CO2 cuts
The European Union should deepen cuts to greenhouse gases beyond the current 20 percent target by the end of this decade, according to environment ministers from seven EU countries including Britain and Germany.
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11.03.2011
High food prices said foretaste of climate shocks
OSLO, March 11 (Reuters) - Leaps in food prices linked to drought in Brazil or floods in Australia may be a foretaste of ever greater shocks to be caused by climate change, according to a commission named on Friday to find ways to fix the problems.
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11.03.2011
Climate change may result in foodgrain demand-supply gap
India’s annual foodgrain production could fall short of demand by 20 million tonnes by the end of next decade, if urgent measures are not taken to minimise the impact of climate change, according to the ministry of agriculture.
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10.03.2011
S Africans told to do their part for change
Durban - A massive climate awareness programme will be rolled out to educate South Africans on climate change, the national department of environmental affairs said on Wednesday.
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10.03.2011
RI cool on climate mitigation schemes: Walhi
JAKARTA: Programs aimed at empowering people in developing countries to adapt to climate change have not drawn much interest from the government because they focus more on mitigation, a report says.
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10.03.2011
Former South Korean PM pushes for alternative eco-friendly options
Former South Korean premier Dr Han Seung-soo was in Thailand to promote new alternatives for protecting the environment since the international community has yet to come up with ideas on dealing with the issue now that the Kyoto Protocol is nearing its end.
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08.03.2011
Europe Sets Higher Goal for Cutting Emissions
BRUSSELS — The European Commission is aiming to minimize the effects of sharply rising fuel prices and to beat its current goal for reducing emissions, under measures proposed on Tuesday, in part by requiring member governments to upgrade the energy efficiency of public buildings.
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08.03.2011
Eco-farming can double food output by poor: U.N.
(Reuters) - Many farmers in developing nations can double food production within a decade by shifting to ecological agriculture from use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, a U.N. report showed on Tuesday.
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06.03.2011
Kyoto extension must include U.S., China: U.N. climate head
The head of the U.N. climate convention cautioned last week against Japan's opposition to setting a new phase of commitments under the Kyoto Protocol to fight global warming, and chided opponents for their "simplistic thinking."
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