TOPICS : World trade talks and environmental threats Tony Juniper and Ronnie HallIn a conference room on the shores of Lake Geneva, trade negotiators are drawing up plans that could eventually have a devastating impact on the global environment. The World Trade Organisation’s member states are... 15 May, 2005
Kyoto sceptics debunk global warming Bob Burton: A major oil producer ExxonMobil has sponsored a seminar featuring leading Australian and global sceptics disputing the science behind the Kyoto Treaty, ahead of two important international conferences this week backing the need for... 06 Apr, 2005
Dire warning Dire predictions about the effect of global climate change for the people living in the lap of the Himalayas and the basins of the rivers fed by the melting glaciers of the same mountain range have long been afloat. The latest such prediction has come... 15 Mar, 2005
China’s upward mobility World resources under increasing strain Jim Lobe Even at an annual eight per cent growth rate, China would reach the current US income by 2031.If per capita income in China grows at eight per cent per year — a reduction from the red-hot pace of 9.5 per cent it has grown since 1978 — it... 10 Mar, 2005
TOPICS : Taking stock as Kyoto takes effect Todd Stern:After a seven-year Perils-of-Pauline journey to ratification, the famous and infamous Kyoto Protocol on global climate change took effect. How important an accord is it likely to be? Kyoto’s entry into force is undeniably a substantial... 21 Feb, 2005
Kyoto protocol Reality of climate change George Monbiot: It is now mid-February, and already I have sown 11 species of vegetable in my garden here in England. I know, though the seed packets tell me otherwise, that they will flourish. Everything in the UK - daffodils, primroses, almond trees,... 17 Feb, 2005
TOPICS : US: Momentum builds for emissions bills Katherine Stapp: With most of the world about to leave the US in the dust on climate change policy, the fray is shifting from global summits to Capitol Hill, where a growing coalition of Democrats and Republicans is lobbying for a national cap on... 16 Feb, 2005
WWF, DHM sign MoU for research Himalayan News Service Kathmandu, February 15: The WWF Nepal and Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct research on climate impact in Nepal for a period of five years. The WWF Nepal and... Travel 15 Feb, 2005
Davos readies for power play Agence France PresseDavos, January 26: More than 2,000 business and political leaders and a dash of celebrity gathered on Wednesday in the Swiss ski resort of Davos for five days of brainstorming on the world’s biggest challenges, from climate change... 26 Jan, 2005
Business elite to tackle poverty in plush Swiss resort Agence France PresseGeneva, January 23:Global political and business leaders are expected to focus heavily on economic issues, including the fight against poverty and climate change, at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) beginning on... 23 Jan, 2005
A taste of paradise Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu:On the scale of a world map, Sri Lanka appears to hang like a tiny teardrop over the Indian Ocean. In reality though, this tropical isle is certainly no drop in the ocean. From north to south it has a maximum length of... Travel Abroad 24 May, 2004
Funds hampering work to contain lake bursts Pradeep Mool, a remote sensing expert with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), said today work is under way to lower the water levels of Tsho Rolpa Lake, a critical glacial lake, pinpointed by on the ground surveys... Travel 19 Apr, 2002
