November 30th, 2001
The present phase of climate change talks ends with consensus on ways to implement the Kyoto Protocol
November 30th, 2001
December 15, 2001
Global warming has resulted in genetic alternations among living beings
December 31st, 2001

All gas
Negotiations over the past four years have diluted the already weak Kyoto Protocol signed in 1997.
December 31st, 2001
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Melting to extinction
Biodiversity in the UK threatened due to climate changes
December 31st, 2001
PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR COP 8 1. Opening of the session and Election of the President of the Conference at its eighth session; |
A. Will the US ratify the protocol? India and China hold the key
CSE Briefing Paper 2 The Kyoto protocol — to cut carbon emissions in industrialised countries in order to avert global warming — is increasingly being understood not as an environmental agreement but a trading agreement. Speakers at a recently organised symposium by the World Trade Organisation noted that Protocol could well be the most significant trading agreement of the century. Under the protocol, industrialised countries are expected to cut their overall carbon emissions by at least 5 per cent below 1990 levels in the commitment period, 2008 to 2012.
Why is it necessary to move towards the 'ultimate objective' of the Framework Convention on Climate Change?
CSE Statement by Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain