Bio-accumulation, bio-concentration, and bio-magnification are ecological processes that describe the movement and accumulation of toxins and pollutants in the food chain. These processes play a crucial role in...
The economists who publicly advocated the taxes such as Carbon Tax and Gasoline Tax came together and created a club which is known as Pigou Club. The term...
Bali Action Plan or Bali Roadmap was adopted after the 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-13/ MOP-3) on the island Bali in Indonesia in December, 2007. This...
Carbon Leakage is another issue with the Clean Development Mechanism. It is defined as increase in emissions outside a region as a direct result of the policy measures...
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is an international framework established under the Kyoto Protocol (1997) to promote sustainable development and assist in the global reduction of greenhouse gas...
Kyoto Mechanisms are also known as Flexible Mechanisms and they include Emissions Trading, the Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation to lower the cost of achieving emission targets....
The Government of India had decided to ratify the Kyoto Protocol in 2002 after 77 countries had ratified the Protocol. India was not required to reduce emission of...
2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in Cancún, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010. This was the 16th session of the Conference of Parties...
1998 – COP 4, Buenos Aires, Argentina Important issues were discussed. Nothing substantial decision came out. 1999 – COP 5, Bonn, Germany It was more a technical meeting....
The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol (update) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It was initially adopted on 11 December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan and...
