Biofuel Agreement Between Netherlands & Brazil Defies Logic

Mridul Chadha 5 years ago Region: Brazil

The Netherlands, a member of EU and hence a partner to the emissions target legislation, has approached the world’s second largest producer of ethanol biofuel, Brazil, to help it meet the standards stated the legisla... more

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Four Nations Ready to be ‘Guinea Pigs’ in the Fight Against Climate Change

Mridul Chadha 5 years ago Region: Norway

Guinea pigs because it hasn’t been tried ever before - an entire country going carbon neutral. Obviously the risk related to such an exercise are much greater than actually perceived since it is a completely new idea... more

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Durban summit, Global Warming, Ozone Layer and Climate Change

David Stephen a year ago Region: South Africa

The complexity of Global Warming has made it difficult to reach a deal in recent United Nations Climate Change summits. While changes in weather conditions are obvious in most places around the world, doubts exists with ma... more

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Australia and Climate Change Skepticism

David Stephen a year ago Region: Australia

Climate Change is a term used to describe changes in weather pattern around the world in recent years against what had been many years back. This is said to be caused by global warming, an increase in the average temperatu... more

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Why developed nations don’t want to calculate GHG emission on per capita emission basis?

Binay Srivastava 4 years ago Region: India

India will continue to resist pressure to accept binding cuts in its emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) at key climate change talks later this year. "We expect a fair and equitable outcome, but the global discourse on cl... more

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Plants produce their own medicine

Chittela 4 years ago Region: India

A team of scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., discovered by accident plants in the wild emitting methyl salicylate. They set up instruments last year in a walnut grove nea... more

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Can Politics Save the Environment?

Chief K.Masimba Biriwasha 4 years ago Region: Thailand

Political leaders have a key role to play in developing and taking action to combating the world environmental degradation, according to a recent survey of 1,350 professionals in position to make or influence large climate... more

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Indonesia Seeks To Pressurize G8 Over Emission Cut Targets

Mridul Chadha 4 years ago Region: Indonesia

By setting up the goal of an absolute emissions cut for its energy sector, Indonesia has become one of the first developing countries to formally announce a carbon emissions cut. The announcement which comes at a time when... more

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