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World's forests were wiped out in global catastrophe 250 mln yrs ago

Washington, October 2 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have determined that tiny organisms that covered the planet more than 250 million years ago, appear to be a species of ancient fungus which were able to thrive in dead wood during this period because the world's forests had been wiped out. Scientists from Imperial College London and other universities in the UK, USA and The Netherlands, conducted the research.

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At Yale-sponsored summit, leaders discuss energy policy

Officials from around the world gathered Thursday to share perspectives from the developing and developed world on climate change.

Leaders from U.S. and Indian government agencies, research institutions, corporations and nonprofits met in Washington at the U.S.-India Energy Partnership Summit to discuss energy issues at an event co-sponsored by Yale. The summit was led by University President Richard Levin and Rajendra Pachauri, who directs both the Yale Climate and Energy Institute and the New Delhi-based Energy and Resources Institute.

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India Sees Fuel Subsidies Ending ‘Over Time,’ Official Says

By Shobhana Chandra

Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- India will support the Group of 20
leaders on withdrawing subsidies for fossil fuels “over time,”
said Shyam Saran, the country’s special envoy on climate change.
The G-20 may issue a “general commitment” on ending fuel
subsidies after talks in... Read more..

US to help India to combat climate change

Washington: The US on Thursday offered to help
developing countries like India to technologically leapfrog
and help address the challenges posed by climate change.
Addressing "US-India Energy Partnership Summit" the US
Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, said US is willing to help the
developing countries like India in its effort to meet the
developmental needs of its people and at the same time address
the crucial issue of reducing carbon emissions.

Such a leapfrogging of technology is possible in a cost
effective way, Chu said in... Read more..

Poor hit back at rich over new carbon emission demands

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Climate biggest issue in US ties with India, China: Obama

UNITED NATIONS: President Barack Obama
today warned time is running out to fight global warming but said the US was
determined to act and that climate was the biggest issue in its ties with
countries like India and China often blamed for the stalled talks.

Addressing a gathering of 100 world leaders at the UN climate change
summit, Obama also pressed rapidly growing developing nations to "do their part
as well", a veiled reference to emerging economies like India and China. He said
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India promises 12,000% boost in nuclear capacity by 2050

India announced the world’s boldest nuclear power development plan yesterday, saying that it could boost its atomic capacity by 12,000 per cent by 2050 to end crippling power shortages while limiting carbon emissions. Manmohan Singh, the Prime ...

US needs to change lifestyle to save planet: India

UNITED NATIONS: Ahead of the Climate
Change Summit in the UN, India has underlined the need for the United States to
embark on a "lifestyle change" to save the planet as New Delhi said it was on
the path to unilateral voluntary mitigation measures by 2020 to combat climate
change.

Environment minister Jairam Ramesh, who is in New York to
attend the Climate Change Summit, told an audience that India was on the path to
unilateral voluntary mitigation measures by 2020.

These would
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Climate-change adaptation to cost $75-90 bn a year: World Bank

BANGKOK: Climate-change adaptation is
likely to cost developing countries $75-90 bn annually from 2010 to 2050,
according to a study released Wednesday by the World Bank.

Based on
an assumption that global temperatures would rise at least two degrees Celsius
over the next four decades, adaptation costs for the developing world in such
sectors as infrastructure "climate proofing" are to cost $75-90 billion a year,
the bank said on the sidelines of UN climate-change talks being held this week
and next in Bangkok.

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Climate change will make 25m children hungry by 2050

Mumbai: A study conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on the global warming and food effect states that 25 million children will become hungry by the year 2050 due to effects on climate change and India will be the ...

Village Green, Microsoft partner on carbon tool

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