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3% rise in Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions in 2011

July 23, 2012

As per the report “Trends in global CO2 emissions”, there is a 3% surge in the global carbon dioxide (CO2) emission in 2011. The 3 % increase took the total amount of CO2 in air at an all-time high of ..

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India’s Biggest Environment Problem is Poverty – Rahul Tripathi

June 30, 2012

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change. -mohammed ali Poverty is a manifestation of inequality and in turn this inequality is manifested in several other human activities be it our ..

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Current Affairs : December 12, 2011

December 12, 2011

India agrees to legally binding emission cuts in Durban climate deal India at Durban has for the first time agreed to binding emission cuts, with all other major emitters, but the quantity of cuts would be based on equity. The ..

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Delhi Metro: First Train in world to earn ` 47cr carbon credit points

November 30, 2011

Delhi Metro has become the first such railway project in the world to get carbon credits from UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol, for helping in reduction of greenhouse emissions. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has helped ..

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2010 – COP 16/MOP 6, Cancún, Mexico

May 23, 2011

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 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), so referred ..

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Important Outcomes of other Conferences of the Parties COP 4 to COP 15 under UNFCCC

May 23, 2011

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. No substantial outcome. 2000 – COP 6, The Hague, Netherlands A major ..

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