Compromising on climate
Jan Pronk, chairperson of climate change talks held in New York, offers a compromise plan that gives away too much on sinks
The sinking debate
The climate change negotiations have come to a halt over the issue of sinks. Neelam Singh discusses the associated complications
The cold rush
What has India got to show after 20 years on the Antarctica research bandwagon? Lack of focus
Newest Biggest Deal
In Kyoto, in 1997, nations of the world agreed the Clean Development Mechanism (cdm) was a competent way to combat climate change. The process …
Making space for emissions
Public, Congress demand emission laws in US
Suffering from myopia
George Bush may not understand the 'science' of climate change. But the corporate houses behind him will soon understand the global benefits of …
Sweat and shiver
A review of climate studies projects what's in store: colder winters, hotter summers, drought, storms and lots worse
Tangible shift
Bioprocessing - the Indian leather industry braces itself for an environmental facelift
Undone
10th climate change meet shows how weak the will to combat global warming has become
Pact politics
High political drama marks climate negotiations as the European Union strives to ratify the Kyoto protocol without the US, world's biggest polluter
Teaching citizens
Heat wave in the US, Europe
Climate on a skid
Global warming is likely to be far greater and faster than previous estimates, says the latest report of the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction …
Backroom deals
Is US roping in India on the sly to subvert Kyoto Protocol?
The change of a lifetime
Hold Up!
The stage seemed set for another climate meeting to serve the economic interests of the US better than the threat of global warming
Rescued or doomed
Nations adopt a diluted agreement at Bonn on implementing the Kyoto Protocol. 180 countries finally reached an agreement on the rules to …
The hockey-stick curve
The problem of and solutions to climate change. The imperatives of transition on the eve of the Bali meet
In Court
Methane emissions rose 576 mln tonnes every year between 2008 and 2017: Studies
Emissions increase 9% compared to last decade; atmospheric concentration rises by 1,875 parts per billion from the 1850s