Browsing Tag: Climate

U.N. chief: Major climate deal unlikely

An all-encompassing climate deal "may be beyond our reach for now," the U.N. chief said Tuesday as China and India delivered a setback to European plans to negotiate a new treaty that would bind all parties to their pledges on greenhouse gas emissions.
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Pacific shows climate change a reality: UN chief

"For those who believe climate change is about some distant future, I invite them to visit Kiribati or the Solomon Islands and most of the Pacific island countries," he said in a speech at Auckland University. "Climate change is not about tomorrow. It is lapping at our feet...
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Poor and vulnerable countries are defying climate inaction

As the next round of climate talks – the COP17 climate change conference in Durban – draws close, there is a general air of pessimism about achieving any breakthroughs.
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Study: Climate is Major Violence Trigger

“If governments, international organizations or aid groups are able to use those forecasts, the forecasts of El Nino effectively, they might be able to either prepare populations on the ground or themselves prepare their own resources to be in a better situation when conflict breaks out.”
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Report predicts major climate changes in India by 2030

Malaria, downpours and drought: Report predicts major climate changes in India by 2030
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Indian Student Has Carbon-Neutral Plan

But as the profoundly disturbing facts about the pace of warming become increasingly evident, the cries of climate change denialists seem finally to have been overcome by the mounting series of grim realities. Those realities are both obvious and subtle:..
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At Copenhagen, both rich and developing nations offer concessions

As President Obama prepared to visit the historic climate conference here, there were signs Wednesday of a break in the impasse between rich and developing nations.
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EcoSikh in Action

UN and Sikh Leaders to Launch Sikh Response to Global Warming and Climate Change at India Habitat Center in Delhi
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'World mandate' on climate action

An opinion poll in 11 countries has produced what organisers term a "global mandate" for action on climate change.
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