User: Genecampaign Topic: Climate Change
Category: India Specific
Last updated: May 18 2013 10:33 IST RSS 2.0
 
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China opposes EU's aviation emissions levy (Cached) 18.5.2013 New Kerala: World News
Beijing, May 18 : China has opposed the European Union's (EU) unilateral decision to incorporate international flights originating from countries outside of the EU into its carbon trading scheme, reported Xinhua.
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'Hope India will help tackle melting ice as Arctic Circle observer' (Cached) 16.5.2013 New Kerala: World News
New Delhi, May 16 : Norway hopes India, a "key player" in the deliberations on climate change, would help find a solution to the fast-melting ice cover in the Arctic region now that it has got observer status in the Arctic Council.
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India welcomes grant of observer status in Arctic Council (Cached) 16.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 15 : India today welcomed the decision of the Arctic Council to grant it observer status, an objective for which it has been making strenous efforts.
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Norway welcomes India as observer in Arctic Circle (Cached) 16.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 16 : Norway hopes India will help find a solution to the fast melting ice cover in the northernmost part of the globe, now that it has got an observer status in the Arctic Council.
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China joins Arctic 'coldrush club' 15.5.2013 BBC: Front Page
Several countries gain permanent observer status on the Arctic Council but there is dissent over the EU.
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Mount Everest shedding its frozen cloak (Cached) 15.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
Washington, May 15 : Researchers led by an Indian origin have found abundant evidence showing decline of snow and ice in Mount Everest region.
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Column: Carbon threshold crossed (Cached) 14.5.2013 Rediff: Business
While long term solution depends on each one of us altering our consumption patterns, the future depends on next generation technologists and entrepreneurs creating business models that naturally reduce the green house gas emissions.
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PM for a mechanism to provide immediate funds to people affected by natural disasters (Cached) 13.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 13 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Monday called for the setting up institutional mechanisms for providing immediate funds to people to help them recover from losses caused by natural disasters.
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India must develop own climate model: US expert (Cached) 13.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
By Richa Sharma, New Delhi, May 13 : India is amongst the countries most vulnerable to climate change and must develop its own model to study changes at the regional level and take necessary mitigation measures, a senior US scientist of Indian origin said.
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India vulnerable to disasters: PM (Cached) 13.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 13 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said India is prone to natural and man-made disasters.
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Obama undecided on Arctic Council expansion days before summit 11.5.2013 Guardian: Environment
Arctic region's international governing body will debate member status of 14 potential new members including China Barack Obama is for the moment staying neutral on the highly contentious question of whether China should have a say in determining the future of the Arctic, the White House said on Friday. The rapid warming of the Arctic due to climate change has set off a scramble for the vast oil and mineral resources that are now being exposed by the melting of the polar sea ice . There is also deep interest in potential new shipping routes. The secretary of state, John Kerry, and other foreign ministers from the eight states which make up the Arctic Council, will gather in Kiruna, Sweden on 15 May to discuss the future of the Arctic. One key question on the agenda is whether to allow 14 countries including China and India as well as the European Union a say in deciding the future of the region by granting them observer status in the Arctic Council. The push to open up the select club ...
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Government decides to declare 2013 as 'water conservation year' (Cached) 10.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 10 : The Union Cabinet has decided to declare 2013 as 'Water Conservation Year' under which awareness programmes will be launched for conservation of the scarce natural resource.
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South Asian MPs to visit Britain for renewable energy dialogue (Cached) 10.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 10 : Parliamentarians from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will be in London next week to understand legislative options and challenges in the areas of renewable energy, climate change, energy security and low carbon growth.
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Declaration of the Year 2013 as “Water Conservation Year-2013” (Cached) 9.5.2013 Govt of india: PIB
Declaration of the Year 2013 as “Water Conservation Year-2013”

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Finish Foreign Minister meets his Indian counterpart, decide to enhance bilateral ties (Cached) 7.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 7 : Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja met his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid in New Delhi on Tuesday and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.
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ADB may cut its lending to India: PC (Cached) 4.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 4 : Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said the Asian Development Bank (ADB) might cut its lending to India.
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Vice President inaugurates International Centre for Environment Audit & Sustainable Development at Jaipur (Cached) 4.5.2013 Govt of india: PIB
Vice President inaugurates International Centre for Environment Audit & Sustainable Development at Jaipur

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Finance Minister Shri P Chidambaram’s Opening Address at the 46th Annual meeting of the ADB Board of Governors Today (Cached) 4.5.2013 Govt of india: PIB
Following is the text of the Union Finance Minister Shri P Chidambaram’s Opening Address at the 46th Annual Meeting of the ADB Board of Governors’ today at IECM, Greater Noida:
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Bengal Chambers hosts climate policy talk (Cached) 3.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
Kolkata, May 2 : The Bengal Chamber in association with British Deputy High Commission and Jadavpur University organized an interactive session on 'Climate Policy and Legislation - Sharing UK and Global Best Practices', here on Thursday.
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1st Meeting of the Dvisoray Board for Implementation of National Water Mission Moots Concerted Efforts for Achieving the Identified Goals of the Mission (Cached) 2.5.2013 Govt of india: PIB
1st Meeting of the Dvisoray Board for Implementation of National Water Mission Moots Concerted Efforts for Achieving the Identified Goals of the Mission

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