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China readies national carbon market to fight climate changeBy : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2015
BEIJING -- At first, the numbers and company names flashing on a big board in Beijing's financial district suggest a booming market. A closer look indicates otherwise: The scrolling list rotates the same dozen or so trades, all from last year. The lights from... Read more.. |
Japan Signature Activates World’s Green Climate FundBy : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2015
On Friday, climate change efforts across the world reached a very important milestone: the release of $5 billion to begin the work of the Green Climate Fund, which will become the main financial operator of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Initial climate... Read more.. |
World Bank: No Matter What Governments Do — Big Climate Change Is ComingBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 25, 2014
Some future impacts of climate change, such as more extremes of heat and sea level rise, are unavoidable even if governments act fast to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the World Bank said on Sunday. Subject Tags: climate change , World Bank |
Chilling truth: Your fridge, AC are heating up the planetBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 24, 2014
The rise in incomes in India has nearly doubled the number of domestic refrigerators and air-conditioners in the country since 2000. This, in turn, has meant India has become one of the top producers of greenhouses gases in the world, along with the US and China. |
G20 urges 'strong and effective action' on climate changeBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 17, 2014
The world's most powerful economies Sunday urged "strong and effective action" on climate change, catapulting the issue onto the final statement of G20 talks despite pressure from Australia to stick to economic matters. |
Why The U.S.-China CO2 Deal Is An Energy, Climate, And Political GamechangerBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 17, 2014
The historic new U.S.-China climate deal changes the trajectory of global carbon pollution emissions, greatly boosting the chances for a global deal in Paris in 2015. The deal would keep, cumulatively, some 640 billion tons of CO2 emissions out of the air this century,... Read more.. Subject Tags: China , climate change , emission , energy , Environmental Protection Agency , international policy , USA |
India under pressure to lay out climate plans at G20 summitBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 14, 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott may want to focus on economic growth, investments and jobs at the G-20 summit this weekend, but the US-China climate deal on Wednesday is set to put emissions on top of the agenda in Brisbane. |
Climate change spurs positive for India: Overseas demand for indigenous cattle risesBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 12, 2014
Climate change is spurring something positive for India: growing overseas demand for indigenous cattle, which the government is keen to support. Markets from Australia to Brazil are seeking India's cattle for their resilient qualities such as tick resistance, heat tolerance... Read more.. |
Dire implications of new climate report test panel's capacity for consensusBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 5, 2014
Most reporters who have written about Sunday's global-warming update from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change seem to agree that it was the loudest, or the sternest, or the scariest warning in a series stretching back to 1990. Which may explain why something funny... Read more.. |
UN climate change report: India at risk, say report authorsBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 3, 2014
A crucial United Nations report on climate change released on Sunday telling governments to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2100 is "both an opportunity and a challenge for India", said an expert from India involved in preparing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate... Read more.. |