All gasNegotiations over the past four years have diluted the already weak Kyoto Protocol signed in 1997. December 31st, 2001 Read more
Melting to extinctionBiodiversity in the UK threatened due to climate changes December 31st, 2001 Read more
Modified by climate Global warming has resulted in genetic alternations among living beings December 15th, 2001Read more
Green businessThe EU proposes to start emissions trading in 2005November 30th, 2001Read more
Green futureThe present phase of climate change talks ends with consensus on ways to implement the Kyoto ProtocolNovember 30th, 2001Read more
China does more than the USEven as China reduces carbon dioxide emissions by reducing coal use, US policy encourages the dirty fuelNovember 7th, 2001Read more
Solar power in AsiaThe Philippines will get a solar power plant with the largest ever capacity in southeast Asia by 2002November 7th, 2001 Read more
First casualtyRising sea levels force Tuvaluans to find new homesNovember 7th, 2001Read more
Deal or No DealGovernments are scheduled to meet in Marrakech later this month to further the Kyoto process, designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in industrialised countries. Will their efforts eventually control climate change?Experts from around the world assess the worth of the latest 'Bonn agreement', reached at the resumed session of the sixth conference of parties to the climate change convention (also called CoP-6 bis), in July 2001October 16th, 2001Read more
Deep Impact , shallow responseClimate 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.October 16th, 2001Read more
Earth MattersWill the North decide the path of sustainable development for the rest of the world? Will the interests of the South be protected? As preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development get underway, many contentious issues boil over October 16th, 2001Read more
Rescued or DoomedNations adopt a diluted agreement on implementing the Kyoto Protocol that gives away too many concessions to polluting countriesAugust 31st, 2001Read more
Compromise on climateNation manages to resuscitate the Kyoto Protocol by a watered-down agreementAugust 10th, 2001Read more
Pact PoliticsHigh 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, but it simply continues to squabble over a few dollars!August 10th, 2001Read more
Fixing cheap carbonGenetically improved plants in Vietnam to help Australia meet its Kyoto target as cheaply as possibleJune 22nd, 2001Read more
The logjam continuesGeorge W. Bush gets a hostile reaction from the European Union on his stubborn stand regarding the Kyoto Protocol.June 22nd, 2001Read more
The theory sinksTwo new studies quash industrialised countries hopes of meeting most of their Kyoto commitments by using carbon sinks June 15th, 2001Read more
Carbon on saleUS organisations to begin trade in carbon dioxide emissions.June 15th, 2001Read more
Americans not very different from their presidentThe US citizens are more concerned with cost than action to arrest climate change. April 23, 2001Read more
The Compromise Proposal Pronk offers a compromise plan that gives away too much on sinks. April 23, 2001Read more
Look who’s talking! The president of the world’s most polluting country blames India for global warming March 26, 2001Read more
Battling climate changeTechnologies exist to arrest global warming. But the political will to implement them is missingMarch 26, 2001Read more
The sinking debateThe climate change negotiations have come to a halt over the issue of sinks. Neelam Singh discusses the associated complications February 28, 2001Read more
Boiling pointGreenhouse gas emissions could raise global temperatures much more than previously forecast leading to drought and flooding as weather patterns shift and polar ice meltsFebruary 28, 2001Read more
Conditions to aid and tradeWorld Resources Institute, a Washington-based non-government organisation, objects to criticism that Northern groups are arm-twisting developing countries into reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Anju Sharma respondsFebruary 15, 2001Read more
Wait and watchThe US government is in transition. But why should the rest of the world suffer?January 24, 2001Read more
Nuclear madness Back to Basics by Anil Agarwal Even as the world abandons nuclear power, the Indian government and industry are pushing for itJanuary 24, 2001Read more
Climate LogjamAfter wrecking climate talks in The Hague, the US-led coalition refuses to participate in further negotiations in OsloJanuary 5, 2001Read more
Response: Equity is the only waySome readers disagreed with Anil Agarwal's contention that equity in climate negotiations is the best solution for global warming.January 5, 2001Read more
