Times of India: IIT-Madras, Institute for Financial Management and Research academics review India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change The National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture does not address the needs and challenges of marginal and poor farmers, finds a new study by academics from IIT Madras and IFMR’s Centre for Development Finance. The document, titled

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Last September, the documentary photography exhibition COAL+ICE, a project of Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations, opened at Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing to widespread international acclaim. The show features 30 photographers from around the world and collectively tells the story of the consequences our earth faces due to mankind’s continued use of

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CO2 Science: The authors write that “methane (CH4) is the second most important greenhouse gas contributing roughly 20% to observed global warming (IPCC, 2007),” while adding that “oxidation of CH4 in soil by methane-oxidizing bacteria (methanotrophs) currently removes 30 Tg annually from the atmosphere, which equals 5.4% of the global CH4 sink (IPCC, 2007).” Thus,

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Dawn: KANZALWAN, India-Pakistan Line of Control (AlertNet): As the silver waters of the Kishanganga rush through this north Kashmir valley, Indian laborers are hard at work on a hydropower project that will dam the river just before it flows across one of the world’s most heavily militarised borders into Pakistan. The hum of excavators echoes

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Huffingtonpost: The extreme heat, storms and drought sweeping most of the nation are finally convincing a large majority of Americans that climate change is upon us. According to Bloomberg News, 70 percent of Americans now believe the climate is changing. It’s late to be getting to solutions, but now, perhaps, we’re finally ready to take

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The Conversation: Greenhouse gas cuts pledged by developed countries will not be enough to stop temperatures rising by 2 degrees by 2100, according to Chinese researchers who argue wealthy nations should bear greater responsibility for tackling climate change. The controversial assertion is contained in a paper published today in the US Proceedings of the National

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