Climate Change


South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2010

Date: November 24 - 25, 2010

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) invites you to attend its South Asian Media Briefing Workshop in New Delhi to discuss, debate and understand the subject of climate change: its science, impacts, adaptation and mitigation strategies, politics and global negotiations.  

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Date: November 24 - 25, 2010

Senior Researchers for Climate Change Programme

The Centre for Science and Environment, an established research and advocacy institute needs Senior Researchers for its Climate programme in the following areas:
 
a) To research, write and network on climate change issues focused on energy efficiency and renewable energy
b) To research and write on national / international scientific and policy developments on climate change
 
Work profile will include:

Second CSE Media Fellowship for the South Asian Region: The Coastal Concerns in South Asia

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South Asia has one of the most bustling coasts with densely populated habitations on its 12,000 km long coastline.

Challenge of the New Balance

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CSE's landmark study on how India will reduce emissions to combat climate change.

In 2009, CSE began analysing the six most emissions-intensive industrial sectors to find out how Indian industry performs – and will perform in future - in terms of reduction in emissions. These sectors – power, steel, cement, aluminium, paper and pulp and fertilizers - together accounted for over 60 per cent of India’s CO2 emissions in 2008-09.

No cheap change is possible

Last fortnight I asked: is India rich enough to pay for the cost of transition to a low-carbon economy? I put the question in the context of current moves in climate change negotiations which demand countries such as India—till now seen as victims of the carbon excesses of the already industrialized world—must now take full responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The US-sponsored and India-supported Copenhagen Accord rejects the principle of historical responsibility towards climate change, radically changing the global framework of action for ever more.

All is not well: climate negotiations in a new avatar

Climate change negotiations—cold after the freeze at Copenhagen—have warmed up again. In early April, negotiators met in Bonn, Germany, on the possible agreement that could be signed at the meet scheduled in December 2010 in Mexico. This was followed by a US-convened meet of the Major Economies Forum, better named the major emitters forum, in Washington. Next weekend, the group calling itself BASIC—China, Brazil, South Africa and India—is meeting in Cape Town to come up with its common position on negotiations.

Press Release: How emissions-intensive are our industries?

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April 27, 2010

  • Can India meet the emissions target set by government for 2020?
  • What are the implications for a climate constrained future?

Press release: Studies say rising mercury levels could be connected to global warming

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  • 2009 warmest year ever recorded for India

  • Globally, 11 out of 12 years (from 1995 to 2006) rank among the 12 warmest years on record since 1850

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April 12, 2010
The summer of 2010 has just begun, and India is already reeling under extreme temperatures as the mercury climbs unprecedented heights.

 
 
 
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