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UNFCCC chief suggests 3 pillars for climate talks

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 25, 2009

Barely six weeks to go before the crucial climate conference in Copenhagen, the nodal institution United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) has urged the member countries to urgently address three pillars – greenhouse gas (GHG) emission cut and reduction...

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Subject Tags: Environment , Technology

Gordon Brown Says 5 Billion Tons of Carbon Cuts Needed by 2020

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 25, 2009

Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Leaders need to find up to 5 billion tons of additional greenhouse-gas cuts by 2020 to help limit temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), U.K. Prime Minister...

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Subject Tags: Environment

Policy to tackle climate change issue required - ASSOCHAM

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 24, 2009

According to the findings of an ASSOCHAM Business Barometer survey, India needs to commit itself to a target for reducing green house gas emissions at the ongoing negotiations on climate change if it is to win the battle against climate change. With 85% of the focus group...

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Subject Tags: Environment , Technology

Another Dissenter: Atmospheric Scientist Dr. Tim Coleman rejects ‘hysteria’ of global warming

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 24, 2009

Dr. Tim Coleman AlabamaWx.com Friday, October 23, 2009 Global warming, or what is now often reffered to as global climate change, is one of the most polarizing issues of our time. In this article...

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Geoengineering the Planet: The Possibilities and the Pitfalls

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 24, 2009

Interfering with the Earth’s climate system to counteract global warming is a controversial concept. But in an interview with Yale Environment 360, climate scientist Ken Caldeira talks about why he believes the world needs to better understand which geoengineering schemes...

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Indian Prime Minister says green technology should be shared

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 23, 2009

NEW DELHI—Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh argued Thursday that innovations in “green” technology should be shared with developing countries in much the same fashion as HIV/AIDS drugs.

Labeling new, clean-energy discoveries “global public goods,” Singh said the...

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The Problem With Getting Everyone To Go Green

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 23, 2009

Thought that only kids can be tree huggers? Think again!

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Information and Communications, conducted a recent study which found that:

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Subject Tags: Environment

The Changing Climate in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 22, 2009

Most of the attention in the lead up to the December United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen has been focused on the United States and China—the two biggest annual emitters of greenhouse gases. But India may be the country that provides the necessary breakthrough...

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India and China signs Agreement on Cooperation on Addressing Climate ...

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 22, 2009

A Memorandum of Agreement on Cooperation on Addressing Climate Change between the Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of India has been signedhere wednesday by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests Shri Jairam Ramesh and Mr. XIE Zhenhua, Vice...

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UN: For 7th year, warming emissions grew again

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 22, 2009

BONN, Germany – The industrialized world again in 2007 boosted, rather than reduced, its emissions of global-warming gases, the U.N. reported Wednesday, as international negotiators looked ahead to crucial climate talks in December.

Emissions of...

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