Climate Change
South Asian Media Briefing on Climate Change, New Delhi
Date: November 24 - 25, 2010
South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2009
New Delhi, August 27-28, 2009
Press Note: How emissions-intensive are our industries?
How emissions-intensive are our industries?
A note on CSE’s latest report, Challenge of the New Balance
Challenge of the New Balance
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: 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
Climate change impact
Discuss climate change impact.
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