-The Hindu More than 800 NGO representatives walk out of the climate talks Warsaw: The developed countries must step up to the plate to come true on their existing commitments to fight climate change, said Jayanthi Natarajan, Indian Environment Minister, while addressing the U.N. climate negotiations. "There is a huge ambition gap between what developed country have pledged and what is required by science and their historical responsibilities. The irony is that developing...
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Negotiators pinning hopes on rich nations’ bounty at climate talks -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India WARSAW: Though the ongoing climate talks has failed to bring cheer to developing countries as rich nations have, so far, not made any commitment to set aside a corpus to battle global warming, hope springs eternal for the negotiators. They are expecting that the high-level ministerial round may throw up a pleasant surprise, where developed countries would finally pledge a sum -$20-$30 billion annually - for assisting poor...
More »Indian biotech aiming to be $100 billion sector by 2025: Shaw
-PTI NEEMRANA (RAJASTHAN): Indian biotechnology sector is looking to be a $100 billion sector by 2025, Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said here on Saturday. "We want to make Indian biotechnology a $100 billion sector by 2025. I really believe this can be done if we have right policies in place, right resources and right investments," Biocon chairman and managing director Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw told PTI. She was speaking on the sidelines of the third...
More »US to oppose mechanism to fund climate change adaptation in poor nations-Nitin Sethi
-The Hindu In an internal briefing paper, accessed by "The Hindu", U.S. tells negotiators to delay emission cut commitments and not to agree on any time line for funds Warsaw: In an internal briefing paper prepared for its diplomats across the world ahead of the Warsaw climate negotiations, which The Hindu has accessed, the U.S. has opposed the setting up of a separate process on ‘loss and damage', pushed primarily for the...
More »Cabinet to decide on climate talks parameters today-Nitin Sethi
-The Hindu The Cabinet will take a call on the shape of a new global agreement that India would push for at the for the upcoming climate change talks and over the next two years till it is signed in 2015. The Union Cabinet is likely to decide the non-negotiables for the upcoming climate change negotiations on Thursday. The Cabinet will take a call on the shape of the new global agreement...
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