Non-profits from 22 countries including India prevented from attending WTO meet

The civil society representatives allege that the move to restrict access for non-profits aims to de-democratise the organisation

NGO's prepare for COP-4

Banking on carbon

World Bank's proposed role in the global carbon market is good news for the US, but it may spell doom for developing countries

The World Bank sees money in emissions trading

Daphne Wysham is the co-author of a recent report, The World Bank and the G-7: Changing the Earth's Climate for Business . She is also the …

'There should be consensus among G-77'

Developing countries have a reputation for lacking political strategy when it comes to international negotiations. They have been slow in …

Media games

India earned $12 billion by taxing coal production

Investors, insurers urge G20 countries to end subsidies to fossil fuels by 2020

ARGENTINA

No Headway

The just-concluded international conference on climate change in Buenos Aires saw the developing countries ranged against the US which was trying …

What should be India's position at the fourth round of negotiations on Climate Change in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from November 2-13?

As the globe warms up, politics is getting the better of climate science

We need to worry about methane from landfills; look at Mumbai numbers

Waste sector emissions can be targeted for mitigation, suggests new study      

Climate Control

Politics gets the better of common sense on the issue of global warming. At the upcoming climate change talks in Buenos Aires, US-led developed …

Letter to the Prime Minister, India

India’s position at the forthcoming conference of parties of the Framework Convention on Climate Change

G-77 and China to sell atmosphere rights cheap

At the climate change conference currently underway in Buenos Aires, developing countries are being confused, coerced and bribed into signing the …

WTO trumped by America

WTO's recent ministerial meeting at Buenos Aires highlights the strain on the multilateral trading bloc from US unilateralism and its own`unfair' …

Lonely foragers group

Unequal rights, equal responsibilities?

Industrialised countries want to have the cake and eat it too. President Carlos Menem delivered it to them on a silver platter by agreeing to …

ARGENTINA

A Brazilian Proposal

Industrialised nations have introduced a Clean Development Mechanism to meet their reduction targets. In the second part of her climate change …

Kolkata among world's most flood-prone coastal cities: study

Its growing population and exposure to storms make it vulnerable