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...
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Opposition: Copenhagen Accord not good for India
The Opposition has slammed the government over the Copenhagen Accord, saying the document betrays developing nations, and has compromised India's interests. In a lengthy speech in Parliament this morning, the BJP's Arun Jaitley said the Copenhagen Accord helps developed countries avoid the commitments they made under the Kyoto Protocol. Jaitley also said the Copenhagen Accord permits international scrutiny of India's actions to deal with global warming, something that the government had...
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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...
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The outcome of the historic climate change negotiations in Copenhagen hinges on the issues of emissions reductions and financing, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today as he urged world leaders to use the final days of the talks to strike an ambitious new agreement. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on climate change (IPCC) has found that to stave off the worst effects of climate change, industrialized countries must slash greenhouse...
More »The Copenhagen climate circus by Nitin Desai
I have just returned after performing at the climate circus in Copenhagen. Like all sensible columnists, I will reserve my remarks on why the outcome was entirely predictable, till after the event! But as I attended this meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP) of the Climate Convention (UNFCCC) after a gap of some six years, a snapshot comparison of then and now may be more useful. The UNFCCC process started...
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