Alertnet: The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) agreed earlier this month to set up a global system for climate information services, which aims to fill existing gaps in provision in the least-developed countries. In a message to the congress that endorsed the plan, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described the Global Framework for Climate Services as vital

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SunStar: The e-Conference on Sustainable Mountain Development in the Southeast Asia that I’m co-managing as the lead coordinator is on its last leg. By all indications, it will be a success with the “very interesting and educating e-discussions,” as Dr. Madhav Karki put it. Dr. Karki is the deputy director of the International Centre for

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NewYork Times: When, in the early morning, I sit in the little meadow in front of my hermitage on a quiet hilltop, two hours’ drive from Katmandu in Nepal, my eyes take in hundreds of miles of lofty Himalayan peaks glowing in the rising sun. The serenity of the scenery blends naturally and seamlessly with

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Environmental Expert: A glacial lake outburst that occurred in the Himalayas thousands of years ago holds clues to the dangers faced by the entire Indus river valley system from similar events triggered by rapid climate change, say scientists.A team of Indian geologists from the University of Pune and the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun,

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Switchboard NDRC Blog: India made itself heard loud and clear at the recently concluded United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany (June 6-17). It championed the principle of equity, pushed for dialogue on intellectual property rights for green technology-sharing, chided secretariat staff for taking a partisan stance, and demanded that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

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Business Standard: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has taken a slew of initiatives on disaster management by involving states and concerned agencies. In an interview with Sanjay Jog, NDMA vice chairman M Shashidhar Reddy takes reviews the present state of disaster management. Excerpts: Is India equipped to handle earthquake and tsunami similar to Japan?About 59

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FINAL REMINDER – EXTENDED DEADLINE – 3 JULY 2011: 23rd Ph.D. Workshop on International Climate Policy 20-21 October 2011 Malta, Valletta Campus, University of Malta The 23rd Ph.D. Workshop on International Climate Policy is organised twice every year under the auspices of the European Ph.D. Network on International Climate Policy. It has the aim to

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University of Washington: There have been instances in Earth history when average temperatures have changed rapidly, as much as 10 degrees Celsius (18 degrees Fahrenheit) over a few decades, and some have speculated the same could happen again as the atmosphere becomes overloaded with carbon dioxide. New research lends support to evidence from numerous recent

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HwaiiReporter: As time passes the global warming fiasco becomes more and more understandable, and more incredulous, more unbelievable. Hard-nosed physical evidence of man-made global warming has yet to be provided by the promoters of warming, even after a nominal $80 billion dollars have been spent in the attempt to do so. Since some of the

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Blog: A month ago, Transparency International’s ‘Global Corruption Report Climate Change‘ was released in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Since then, Transparency International Bangladesh has been working at both local and international level to keep up the pressure. It was fitting to launch the report from Bangladesh as the country is on the climate change front line, and

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Independent Media Centre Australia: An extreme shift in weather in June across much of southern and eastern China has been put down to the effects of global warming and climate change. Usually light rains start in June in the middle and lower Yangtze valley leading in to the summer monsoonal rains and typhoon season, but

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Chinadaily: A senior Chinese official on Wednesday urged developed nations to provide more technology and financial support for developing countries to jointly address climate change issues. “Developed countries should fulfill their commitment to provide financial support and technological transfers in order to help developing nations tackle climate change and promote low-carbon development,” said Xie Zhenhua,

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