A report prepared by The Energy and Resources Institute revealed that 800,000 people died in India every year because of environmental factors, reports Chetan Chauhan.
Yield is dropping in Punjab, the granary of India, as rising winter temperature hits wheat crop, breeds disease, reports Amit Sharma.
India's stand at Copenhagen is clear. It is based on the “polluter pays” principle. India makes it clear that what is being negotiated at Copenhagen is not a new international framework for climate change and it is also not a post-Kyoto treaty.
Though a post-Kyoto agreement may not be reached at the COP15 meeting, it is to be seen whether the developed Annex I countries, which have emitted the major portion of the human-induced carbon dioxide currently in the atmosphere, agree to cuts on greenhouse gas emissions. The carbon bomb
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Demonstrators wearing masks representing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, (From left) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British PM Gordon Brown (2nd R) and US President Barack Obama, campaign for a climate deal to be reached in December's Copenhagen climate summit.~Activists from several organizations block the access of the Palace of Fira in Barcelona asking for a firm and binding commitment for the reduction of CO2 emissions during the final UN session before December's Copenhagen conference. ~An activist of the environmental group Avaaz wearing green face paint and a costume representing an alien delegation mingles with UN delegates during the climate talks in Barcelona, Spain.~Greenpeace activists put up a banner over an existing banner in Berlin commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. ~Head of the UN Climate Change Secretariat Yvo de Boer (L) poses next to Ben Margolis during a performance 'tck tck tck' of Global Campaign for Climate Action at the Barcelona Climate Change Talks.~
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To save planet Earth
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Demonstrators wearing masks representing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, (From left) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British PM Gordon Brown (2nd R) and US President Barack Obama, campaign for a climate deal to be reached in December's Copenhagen climate summit.
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The Copenhagen Climate Council is a global collaboration between international business and science. It is founded by the leading independent think tank in Scandinavia, Monday Morning, which is based in Copenhagen.
Key issues which will be under discussion at COP15 will aim to establish an ambitious global climate agreement for the period from 2012 when the first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol expires.
Its been 19 years since all the countries in the world came together to take affirmative action to save the world from the ill effects of climate change caused due to relentless pollution. A look at two decades long journey to save the earth.
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