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The government has stepped up the pace of change in the battle against global warming by announcing a shortlist of four bidders pre-qualifying for its carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project and outlining a proposed new legislative framework for “clean coal”.Among the bidders are E.ON, which wants to use CCS for its controversial Kingsnorth […]

A joint initiative by foreign governments and international agencies was launched here on Monday to assist China’s ecologically fragile provinces to map out plans to cope with the climate change. The “Provincial Programs for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in China” are a joint initiative of the Chinese and foreign governments and […]

The Indian government pledged Monday to devote more attention to renewable energy, water conservation and preserving natural resources in the country’s first climate change plan, but it did not set concrete goals or pledge to cap harmful emissions.During a speech here on Monday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh acknowledged that climate change was a dangerous problem, […]

India on Monday unveiled its climate change action plan which does not set target reduction of greenhouse gas emissions but seeks to promote sustainable development through use of clean technologies.The National Action Plan on Climate Change categorically states that India’s per capita greenhouse gas emissions will “at no point exceed that of developed countries.”
The plan, […]

Addressing climate change head-on is in China’s best interests, but it needs developed countries to do their fair share, President Hu Jintao said in a speech reported by the Xinhua news agency on Saturday.Hu called on developed countries to step up efforts on emission reduction, and provide financial and technical support for developing countries.
China will […]

On his first official visit to Indonesia, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has agreed with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to sign a joint Forest Carbon Partnership, supposedly to deal with climate change and its unprecedented consequences.The agreement was the culmination of intensive discussions consilidated in the 2007 Climate Change Conference in Bali.
This agreement is interesting […]

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda Saturday urged all major greenhouse gas emitters to tackle climate change as he sought to galvanise efforts ahead of July’s G8 summit.”It is necessary for all major emitters to participate in efforts” to fight climate change, he said, speaking in front of lawmakers from the world’s eight most industrialised nations […]

The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) today announced an “incentive” of Rs 0.50 per unit of wind-power fed by the independent power producers into the grid.The generation based incentive (GBI) is aimed at increasing the quantum of grid interactive renewable power.
“The investors, apart from getting the tariff (as determined by the state regulatory […]

It’s a hot mid-afternoon and Miami Mayor Manny Diaz is standing on the terrace of a downtown hotel that overlooks a row of swaying palm trees, graceful sailboats and the aquamarine waters of Biscayne Bay.He’s flanked by a dozen other city leaders from around the country, all in town for the U.S. Conference of Mayors. […]

UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Thursday he would press Group of Eight (G8) leaders at their summit in Japan next month to tackle the world food crisis, climate change and the flagging fight against global poverty.On the eve of his departure on a two-week, three-nation Asian tour, the secretary general said the July 7-9 summit […]