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...
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जलवायु परिवर्तन का जानलेवा असर बच्चों पर
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...
More »Copenhagen talks heading towards agreement on new climate deal – UN
Talks under way at the historic United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, have entered the drafting phase towards reaching a final agreement. The two-week summit in the Danish capital entered its fourth day today, and negotiators have only a few days to wrap up their work before the start of the high-level segments next week, which will draw government ministers and heads of State. The UN Framework Convention...
More »Easing change in the climate will be costly by John M Broder
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...
More »Carbon cuts: Penalty or insurance? by Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar
There are two versions of the global warming story playing out at the Copenhagen summit. What you usually hear is the pop version, pushed by many NGOs and politicians. Less popular but more cogent is the scientific version, which is altogether more nuanced. The pop version claims that science has proved that global warming that will devastate the earth, that carbon dioxide is a pollutant no less than sewage or...
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