By Wu Wencong in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province (China Daily) Senior officials on climate change from Brazil, South Africa, India and China, also known as the BASIC countries, called on developed economies to “do their homework” and offer financial and technology support to developing countries, two weeks before a climate change conference in Warsaw, Poland. “Finance … Read More →
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India Plans Auction to Double Solar Power Capacity
MUMBAI — India may auction a third of the solar projects planned by 2017 in the current financial year to double the nation’s sun-powered capacity as it seeks additional clean-energy investments to combat power shortages. Of the 3,000 megawatts of solar plants proposed to be built starting in 2013, contracts for “1,000 megawatts or a … Read More →
A BASIC issue
SOURCE: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-basic-issue/913488/0 AUTHOR: Sunita Dubey : Sat Feb 18 2012 In climate change talks, the countries need to think equity differently Just before the BASIC ministerial meeting on climate change in Delhi this week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stressed on “equity” in climate change talks and said economic growth should not harm the environment. Although … Read More →
India under pressure to accept legally binding pact at Cancun
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh indicated that India would not agree to any legally binding agreement until three things are clear – the content of legally binding, the penalty of non-compliance and the system of monitoring As the climate change conference here winds down, India is coming under immense pressure to accept a “legally binding agreement” … Read More →
Fifth BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change Concludes in China
AUTHOR: “Green Writer” Dehli Greens blog. ||| The Fifth BASIC Ministerial Meeting on climate change concluded yesterday in Tianjin, China. Members from all the BASIC countries participated in the Ministerial Meet including Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, who represented India in the Meeting. In line with the “BASIC-plus” approach, representatives of Yemen, Chair of G77, Argentina, … Read More →
Tianjin Climate Meeting Delivers Little
Bridges Trade BioRes • Volume 10 • Number 18 • 11th October 2010 © ICTSD Reporting. The latest round of international global warming negotiations wrapped up late Saturday night in Tianjin, China with little meaningful progress having taken place. The talks were seen as a stocktaking exercise before the 2010 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) … Read More →
Climate Change: U.S. and China—Far Away, So Close
The UN climate change negotiations have fallen off the news map since last year’s summit in Copenhagen ended in barely avoided disarray, but that doesn’t mean they’ve gone away. China will be hosting interim talks for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Tianjin starting on Oct. 4. That meeting will be the last formal discussions before the annual summit at the end of the year, which will be held in the Mexican resort town of Cancun. (Which means if thousands of people end up waiting outside the gates of the conference, as happened in frosty Copenhagen last year, at least the weather will be nice.) … Read More →