Thimphu: Bangladesh, India, and Nepal have agreed to Bhutan’s proposal to host a Climate Change Summit scheduled for November. The Summit will look into developing and agreeing on a road map for adapting to climate change, especially across the southern face of the eastern Himalayas; highlight the issues of climate change and its impact on the

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Sciencemag: A new study by the Indian Space Research Organization and the Geological Survey of India in Kolkata reports that although 21% of India’s Himalayan glaciers are showing no increase in melt rate, the majority are receding. The pattern is a worldwide phenomenon and part of a natural cyclic process, according to a statement from

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MorungExpress: A combination of light and heat energy from the sun reaches earth and warms the land, oceans and air, when Earth’s surface warm up, it radiates heat which rises towards the sky. A few gases in the atmosphere called the green house gases (water vapor, carbon di-oxide, methane, ozone, nitrous etc) absorb this heat

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The workshop has an objective to build capacity for environmental impact assessment (EIA) practitioners in Asia to incorporate climate change impacts and adaptation in EIA processes. Workshop sessions aim to raise awareness and understanding on the implications of climate change in the context of development and project planning; explore opportunities and constraints in using EIA

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Boston: Since leaving Pakistan nearly two decades ago to study engineering at MIT, Adil Najam has taught at some of Boston’s best universities, served on the international climate council that won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, and made a comfortable suburban life with his wife and three children in Boxborough. But this past weekend, Najam

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BhutanObserver: Bhutan needs to prioritize adaptation and mitigation technologies to fight climate change. This was one of the core issues discussed last week in Thimphu at the inception workshop on Technology Needs Assessment (TNA). TNA is expected to help the country meet its development priorities and maximize its sustainability outcome, especially in reducing   green-house gas

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Bravenewclimate: The following is a detailed guest post by Dr Ted Trainer, University of NSW (http://ssis.arts.unsw.edu.au/tsw/). In it, he provides the most detailed critique I’ve yet seen of the recent IPCC renewable energy scenarios report. Now, I don’t agree with everything Ted says — in particular the conclusion that the only feasible alternative to large-scale renewables is

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