People around the world can now keep tabs on countries’ promises and proposals on combating climate change, thanks to a new online tool launched today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The Climate Pledge Tracker was launched today in Copenhagen, Denmark, where nations are currently meeting with the aim of agreeing on an ambitious new agreement. The new programme will be updated as new proposals are made in the...

"Draft treaty can be used as a starting point for further talks" Copenhagen: With climate change talks set to enter the crucial second stage here, India on Sunday rejected points in the draft treaty that wants all countries to cut emissions, agree to a peaking year and subject their mitigation actions to international scrutiny. With the official draft treaty circulated on Friday creating clear divisions among 194 countries, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh...

बच्चे जलवायु-परिवर्तन के जिम्मेदार तो नहीं हैं लेकिन जलवायु परिवर्तन की सबसे गहरी चोट उन्हीं को लगेगी। जलवायु-परिवर्तन से बच्चों की जिन्दगी को सबसे ज्यादा खतरा है।बाल अधिकारों की वैश्विक संस्था सेव द चिल्ड्रेन द्वारा जारी फीलिंग द हीट-चाइल्ड सरवाईवल इन चेजिंग क्लाइमेट नामक नई रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि वैश्विक स्तर पर बच्चों की सेहत को सबसे बड़ा खतरा जलवायु परिवर्तन से है।(देखें नीचे दी गई लिंक)   रिपोर्ट...

Think environmentalists are stooges? You’re the unwitting recruit of a hugely powerful oil lobby.  The evidence of man-made global warming is unequivocal People behind climate denial campaigns know that their claims are untrue When you survey the trail of wreckage left by the climate emails crisis, three things become clear. The first is the tendency of those who claim to be the champions of climate science to minimise their importance. Those who...

In energy infrastructure alone, the transformational ambitions the Copenhagen meet is expected to set will cost more than $10 trillion in additional investment.  If negotiators reach an accord at the climate talks in Copenhagen it will entail profound shifts in energy production, dislocations in how and where people live, sweeping changes in agriculture and forestry and the creation of complex new markets in global warming pollution credits. So what is...