The New Proposal

Pronk offers a compromise plan that gives away too much on sinks

Americans not very different from their president

The US citizens are more concerned with cost than action to arrest climate change

Carbon on sale

US organisations to begin trade in carbon dioxide emissions

The theory sinks

Two new studies quash industrialised countries hopes of meeting most of their Kyoto commitments by using carbon sinks

The logjam continues

George W. Bush gets a hostile reaction from the European Union on his stubborn stand regarding the Kyoto Protocol

Fixing cheap carbon

Genetically improved plants in Vietnam to help Australia meet its Kyoto target as cheaply as possible

Pact Politics

High political drama marks climate negotiations as the European Union strives to enforce the Kyoto protocol without the US. The South could play a crucial role pushing for a fair treaty

Compromise on climate

Nation manages to resuscitate the Kyoto Protocol by a watered-down agreement

RESCUED or DOOMED

Nations adopt a diluted agreement on implementing the Kyoto Protocol that gives away too many concessions to polluting countries

IIT to propose 20 metre-tall air purifiers for Delhi

The Rs 12-cr units will have a range of a km

India’s cold-wave regions to have warm winter: IMD

While the winter season in general will be warm, based on average temperature, the cold-wave regions would be warmer than other regions

Patna’s severe air quality due to Ganga’s shifting course: Govt study

Ganga has shifted four kilometres away from the city, leaving an exposed bed of sand, which Himalayan winds are blowing into Patna, it says

Earth Matters

Will the North decide the path of sustainable development for the rest of the world? Will the interests of the South be protected?

Airports globally saved 320,000 tonnes CO2 in 2018

Three Indian airports are rated carbon neutral under the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme

Deep Impact shallow response

Climate change will trigger a series of ecological and economic fall-outs for India. Though details remain fuzzy largely due to the apathy of Indian policy makers and scientists.

Deal or No Deal

Governments are scheduled to meet in Marrakech later this month to further the Kyoto process, designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in industrialised countries.

First casualty

Rising sea levels force Tuvaluans to find new homes

Solar power in Asia

The Philippines will get a solar power plant with the largest ever capacity in southeast Asia by 2002

China does more than the US

Even as China reduces carbon dioxide emissions by reducing coal use, US policy encourages the dirty fuel

Green Future

The present phase of climate change talks ends with consensus on ways to implement the Kyoto Protocol

Green business

The EU proposes to start emissions trading in 2005