Full Coverage: Climate change

30.11.2007

28.11.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Nov 27 (OneWorld) - The number of natural disasters worldwide has increased from about 120 to 500 a year since the 1980s, according to a new study by an international aid organization, which faults climate change for the new and dangerous weather patterns.

23.11.2007 Up in Smoke? Asia and the Pacific, released by Oxfam and others, focuses on the threat from climate change to around four billion people in the region and its environment. More than half live along the coast, exposing them to the fury of rising seas. Bangladesh, featuring prominently in the report, is currently trying to recover from the Cyclone Sidr.

22.11.2007 Paying farmers for environmental services in developing countries can go a long way in mitigating effects of climate change, while also benefiting the billion plus poor who depend on farming for livelihood, claims a recent report by the Food and Agricultural Organization.

20.11.2007 The report, Up in Smoke, compiled by environmental groups, including Oxfam and Greenpeace, says rich countries must honour their commitments to renewable energy. India alone has the potential to provide 60% of its electricity using these sources by 2050. It also calls for rich countries to allow the transfer of green technologies to developing countries.

19.11.2007 The fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has yet again predicted a doomsday scenario. The UN Secretary-General says that there is still time for concerted and sustained action.

17.11.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 17 (OneWorld) - A coalition of grassroots organizations will lead worldwide demonstrations against Wal-Mart and other so-called "big box" retail stores today.

15.11.2007 NEW YORK, Nov 14 (OneWorld) - A new study by an independent think tank names and shames the power companies responsible for high levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States and abroad.

14.11.2007 IndiaÂ’s affluent, comprising 1% of its people, produces carbon emissions 4.5 times that of the poor and double the global average, reveals a new study by Greenpeace. The increased consumption of electronic devices, vehicles and air travel by the consumer classes are responsible for the great carbon divide.

14.11.2007 Right Every Wrong – a social justice and action conclave - will focus on climate change in its second meeting, to be held at Gandhi Darshan, Rajghat, in the Indian capital New Delhi on November 25-26, 2007. The conclave is organized by a confederation of NGOs, iCONGO.

14.11.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Nov 13 (OneWorld) - An international rights advocacy group is demanding the world's tourism industry shed business practices that harm indigenous communities and their cultures.

11.11.2007 NEW YORK, Nov 11 (OneWorld) - Major U.S. companies are adding to the impending threat of global warming as they drive the production of palm oil in Indonesia's tropical forests, says a new study by an international environmental organization.

06.11.2007 Hewlett-Packard India, Sanctuary and WWF-India are calling entries for a photography contest that will express the reality and impact of climate change on people and the environment. The idea is to move people to action by showing how their lives will be impacted by rising temperatures and carbon overload.

02.11.2007 NEW YORK, Nov 2 (OneWorld) - Encouraged by the positive response to their call for demonstrations last April, environmental activists have planned another round of nationwide rallies tomorrow to demand decisive actions on global warming.