Asia’s Great Climate Frontiers: In parts of the Coral Triangle, a harmony between fishing and marine protection has been achieved. But the future is far from certain.Continue Reading
If rich countries contribute the most to climate change, do they owe a debt to poorer ones who are least responsible – yet suffer the most? CNA dives into the debate.Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: India called on rich countries on Friday (Nov 4) to live up to their promise of providing US$100 billion in annual climate finance to developing nations and urged them to increase the amount for future years at next week’s UN climate conference. In 2009, developed countries most responsibleContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Delhi has suspended most construction and demolition activities as air quality in the Indian capital is set to worsen from Tuesday (Nov 1) because of calmer winds and other meteorological conditions, a government minister said. The city of about 20 million, the world’s most polluted capital, turns nearlyContinue Reading
HANOI: Rich nations have pledged billions of dollars to help Vietnam cut its coal consumption but are struggling to seal a deal with the Southeast Asian country ahead of a global climate summit next week, two sources familiar with the talks said. Vietnam would be the world’s second country toContinue Reading
SHANGHAI: Rich countries must move on from “empty slogans” when it comes to climate change and make progress in meeting funding commitments, a Chinese official said on Thursday (Oct 27) ahead of a new round of global climate talks in Egypt next month. “It is important to put forward targets,Continue Reading
Asia’s Great Climate Frontiers: The growing threat of climate change means that more ecosystems now find themselves on the brink of catastrophe. In the first part of a monthly series, CNA looks at the threat of desertification in Mongolia.Continue Reading
Asia’s Great Climate Frontiers: The growing threat of climate change means that more ecosystems now find themselves on the brink of catastrophe. In the first part of a monthly series, CNA looks at the threat of desertification in Mongolia.Continue Reading
SHANGHAI: Nearly a third of China’s land is now off-limits to development under a scheme known as the “ecological protection red line”, a senior official said at a news briefing on Monday (Sep 19), bringing the country in accord with global biodiversity targets. China first proposed its “red line” schemeContinue Reading
The authors from the study however stressed that due to big variations in periodic monsoon rainfall over Pakistan historically, it had been not possible to conclude that manmade warming added significantly to 60-day total rainfall amounts. “What we saw within Pakistan is exactly what climate projections happen to be predictingContinue Reading