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India: Climate Deal Can't Sacrifice Poor Nations

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 22, 2009

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday that the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development in negotiations for a new climate change deal.

The issue of how to share the burden of fighting global warming has divided the developing and...

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Get Ready to Join 350

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 22, 2009

Are you ready for Saturday’s International day of climate action? The campaign organisation 350.org is calling on people around the world to organize an action this Saturday on October 24. What started out...

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Subject Tags: Disaster , Technology

Firing the "Green GDP" salvo

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 13, 2009

Minister Jairam Ramesh made a statement today on providing a Green GDP alternative, opening a new front in the Copenhagen discussions. If taken seriously Green GDP can bring significant changes in our behavior as a...

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IEA Calls for Fast Action on Carbon Storage in Developing World

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 12, 2009

Developing countries need more than 2,000 carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) plants by midcentury to stave off catastrophic global warming, an International Energy Agency report out today will say.

The report, set to be released at the Carbon Sequestration...

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Subject Tags: Disaster , Environment , India

World's forests were wiped out in global catastrophe 250 mln yrs ago

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 2, 2009

Washington, October 2 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have determined that tiny organisms that covered the planet more than 250 million years ago, appear to be a species of ancient fungus which were able to thrive in dead wood during this period because the world's...

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Risky business: insuring countries against climate catastrophe

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 29, 2009

Those stark facts come from the Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) Working Group, a group of NGOs and corporations that has produced a report warning that if countries do not take active steps to build resilience to climate change soon, they are likely to suffer even...

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Subject Tags: Disaster

China and India expected to seize initiative at New York climate talks

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 22, 2009

China and India appeared poised for bold new action on...

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Climate change,developing nations most vulnerable

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 15, 2009

NEW YORK (Commodity Online): Climate change could cost nations upt 19% of their GDP by 2030 with developing countries most vulnerable. A report from the Economics of Climate Adaptation Working Group said that cost effective adaptation measures already exist that can prevent...

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Subject Tags: Disaster , Technology