Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) Burning natural gas emits far less carbon dioxide (CO2) than coal, but switching over to this medium won’t slow down climate change, claims a new study.

Switching to natural gas won’t slow climate change

 

*Each month, unfailingly, the concentration of greenhouse gas CO2 in the air reaches an all-time high for that month. The level of atmospheric CO2, emitted by human activities, is now inching up to 400 parts per million. It has risen by almost 50ppm in less than 25 years, with no sign of deceleration.

JSW-TOI awards back to honour Earth warriors

The tiny island nations of the Pacific, strewn like pearls across the vast body of the ocean and hardly visible on the map, have begun to write an alternative energy story of which the world may soon take notice. Their efforts are still small, and successes modest, but there’s a growing realisation that fossil fuels make little sense when their supply of sunshine and wind is abundant enough to take care of all their current and future energy needs.

Barun Roy: Fear and hope in the Pacific

 

7 (PTI) International community should address the concerns of the poor living in the mountain region who have become victims of the impact of climate change, experts said as they gathered here to set agenda for the upcoming Rio plus 20 conference.

Experts discuss agenda for Rio plus 20 climate conference

Kathamandu: The rise of the sea level would be the greatest threat to the world in the days to come unless efforts are made to contain and mitigate the consequences of climate changes, according to 2007 Nobel laureate Rajendra K Pachauri.

‘Rising sea level greatest climate change threat’

 

A Pune-based think tank has called for an immediate moratorium on any further grant of environmental clearance for thermal power plants (TPPs). These include a 5,00,000-MW capacity awaiting environmental clearance, apart from plants which have reached the terms of reference (TOR) stage or are awaiting the TOR.

Enough of thermal power plants, says think tank

 

Members of the technology executive committee created under the United Nations climate change convention to facilitate the use of technology to support mitigation and adaptation to climate change concluded their first meeting on Saturday, saying they had made important progress on issues discussed.

UN-backed climate change committee meets

 

The Central Government is now offering grants to educational institutions that adopt renewable energy to meet their power requirements. The grants would meet nearly half of the project cost. Several institutions in southern districts of Tamil Nadu have already begun installation of power plants to join the project.

Grants for educational institutions to use renewable energy

 

By now, most of us have nearly forgotten Irene, the hurricane that wasn’t quite. We shouldn’t.   Perhaps the hurricane itself is not due to climate change, but data from blogs all over suggests the speed of the winds, the amount of rain and the intensity with which the waves hit were
greater because of effects of climate change. When, just seven years ago, the film The Day After Tomorrow, was released, it showed snowfall in Delhi and devastating floods in New York. We laughed at this exaggeration.

India may suffer many climate-based disasters

UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon on Monday warned Kiribati, a low-lying Pacific nation threatened by rising seas, that there was little chance of short-term progress on climate change. Ban described the tiny Pacific nation, where some villagers have had to relocate in the face of rising
sea levels, as “the frontline” of the climate change debate.

While the UN leader said he would continue to sound the alarm about climate change on behalf of countries such as Kiribati, he told islanders that prospects of a major breakthrough anytime soon were slim.

UN leader downbeat on short-term climate progress