It is apparent to everyone that the Copenhagen Accord is a travesty of what the world needs to avert climate change. Instead of an ambitious, effective, equitable and binding treaty with stringent emissions-cut targets for developed nations, we have a hollow Accord without legal status. The North has offered a 16 per cent emissions-cut when 40-45 per cent is needed. Years of talks have been set at nought by a...
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Climate change will hit small farmers most: Pawar by Gargi Parsai
Small and marginal farmers would be the worst sufferers of climate change, Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Sharad Pawar said here on Wednesday. “In the wake of water scarcity, erratic rainfall and changing temperature regimes, in addition to prevalent diseases and threat of new race of wheat stem rust Ug99, small and marginal farmers will be challenged. With the cost of cultivation already high, even a slight reduction in productivity...
More »तेजी से पिघल रहे हैं हिमालयी ग्लेशियर
हिमालय के पिघलते ग्लेशियर को लेकर अंतर्राष्ट्रीय पर्यावरणवादियों और भारत सरकार के बीच लगातार विवाद बना रहता है।भारत सरकार मानती है कि पर्यावरणवादी हिमालयी ग्लेशियर के पिघलने की बात को बढ़ा-चढ़ा कर बताते हैं।हाल ही में आई एक नई रिपोर्ट से भारत सरकार और पर्यावरणवादियों की बहस पर विराम लगने की संभावना है क्योंकि इस रिपोर्ट में हिमालयी ग्लेशियरों के पिघलने की दर की माप-जोख की गई है।(देखें नीचे दी गई लिंक) हिमालय के ग्लेशियर वैश्विक...
More »India food prices hit 10-year high
Food prices in India have risen to a high of nearly 20% over last year, the highest rate in a decade. The federal finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has said the government was planning to import food to ease prices. A short supply of food due to lower farm produce following drought and floods has led to the rising prices. Overall inflation in India has risen to 4.78% in November, up from...
More »With better stoves, UN aims to cut risk of murder, rape for women seeking firewood
The United Nations today launched a pilot project to provide fuel-efficient stoves to some 150,000 women in Sudan and Uganda to cut the risks of murder, rape and other violence they face in gathering firewood, while at the same time protecting the environment. The Safe Access to Firewood and Alternative Energy in Humanitarian Settings (SAFE) stoves initiative organized by the World Food Programme (WFP) and other UN agencies, will be...
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