Climate Himalaya Initiative NEWS Series
News and Articles 1-15 May 2010 [Series-VI]
Categories: 1.Biodiversity and Climate Change 2. Climate Himalaya News 3. Climate Science 4. Disaster and Climate Change 5. Ecosystem and Climate Change 6. Energy and Climate Change 7. Forest and Climate Change 8. General News on Climate Change 9. Glaciers and Climate Change 10. Global Warming and Climate Change 11. Governance and Climate Change 12. Government Policies and Climate Change 13. Hydropower Projects and Climate Change 14. International Agencies and Climate Change 15. IPCC News 16. Opinion on Climate Change 17. Pollution and Climate Change 18. Water and Climate Change
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1. Biodiversity and Climate Change
Faced with challenges on multiple fronts, civil society groups within Himachal Pradesh are … more →
OUR FOREFATHERS were very wise and generous men, who always respected and worshipped the elements of … more →
Gangotri, Valley of Flowers and othe … more →
2. Climate Himalaya News
Since industrialization, the anthropogenic influx of greenhouse gas emissions has significantly altered the climate system. By the end of the century, the global mean te… more →
Heat wave conditions have abated from Rajasthan and Haryana … more →
3. Climate Science
His Eminence, Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, seems like a nice guy. This … more →
According to a study from Montreal, Canada, “The impacts of climate change on medium-term rese … more →
Temperature rise in the Himalayas is reported to be many folds higher than … more →
U.N. climate panel under review: no stranger to controversy The U.N. panel of climate scientists cam … more →
New Delhi India’s greenhouse emissions have increased by 41.66 per cent betwee … more →
Andrew Glikson, Earth and paleoclimate scientist, Australian National University “We’re … more →
G-Online Confused by conflicting reports on global warming? Get the facts on climate … more →
4. Disaster and Climate Change
It was the clamshells that were the most startling. Larger than my hand, they lay whole on the parched earth, presenting… more →
5. Ecosystem and Climate Change
By Darryl D’Monte Can you put a price-tag to nature and biodiversity? Unfortunately, we may have to, as all decision-makers today base their choices on economic considerations. Which is why ther… more →
6. Energy and Climate Change
India, one of the biggest markets for alternative energy technologies, is looking towards Germany for technological assistance and knowledge transfer in the field of renewable en… more →
BBC News, Jakarta Indonesia is hosting what is being called the world’s b … more →
7. Forest and Climate change
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch dedicated satellites for monitoring green house gases and forest cover by 2012 and 2013 re… more →
8. General News on Climate Change
Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh announced his intention to introduce a Bill related to the setting up of a new National Environment Protection Authority (Nepa) in the 2010 … more →
The first summits of the spring season on Evere … more →
9. Glaciers and Climate Change
A glacier in Greenland slides up to 220 percent faster toward the sea in summer than in winter and global warming could mean a wider acceleration that would raise sea levels, accordi… more →
Climate Himalaya wrote 1 week ago: Special Correspondent, NEW DELHI, May 3 – The Ministry of Environment and Forest in India hinted tha … more →
10.Global Warming and Climate Change
Sale of carbon credits depends on developed countries’ commitment to cut emissions. By Padmaparna Ghosh New Delhi: Three companies had promised Rajeev Sadanand that they would invest in a scheme… more →
India has released its first greenhouse gas emissions inventory since 1994 — showing a 30 per cent f … more →
AS Eamon Gilmore and others lambaste the Government for not giving adequate protection to those most … more →
11.Governance and Climate Change
Wearing a white-peaked cap, 76-year old Dophu picked up a stem of bamboo (paksh … more →
Long distance runner Sanjay Pandit began his 200-km race from Jiri to Kathmandu o … more →
The ruling Congress in Arunachal Pradesh has aired its strong oppos … more →
The Department of Science & Technology, Government of Assam h … more →
12.Government Policies and Climate Change
A brainstorming workshop was organized by the State Government for preparation of State Action Plan on Climate Change on Sikkim in collaboration with German Technical Cooperat… more →
Refusing to take any questions on the controversy that he allegedly generat … more →
China’s profile as the South Asia’s leading interlocutor highlights India’s inabil … more →
Amid the deepening political crisis in Nepal, time may be running out for its bickering l … more →
The much awaited India-China agreement on cooperation on Himalayan glaciers has been … more →
The startling situation of Action by the Government of India on National Action Plan for Climate Cha … more →
Ramesh Prasad Bhushal The 16th Summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC … more →
National Planning Commission (NPC) has made efforts to address climat … more →
Right to Information queries reveal that the government of India has no strategy or plan of action t … more →
The Centre’s scrapping of three dams in BJP-ruled Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh has raised th … more →
A half day executive level workshop was organised by the Sustainable Land Management Project (SLMP) … more →
New Delhi, India : Hon’ble Speaker, Hon’ble Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh returned … more →
To develop “green” habits among children, the Himacha … more →
13.Hydropower Projects and Climate Change
Arunachal Pradesh is witnessing a gold rush, and how. Impounded water is gold in this hill state that sits, unfortunately, safe from a media glare that dims east o… more →
Hydro is high on the global agenda as nations look to energize their economies, bring power to remot … more →
The Centre has given the go ahead for partial wor … more →
Concerned Citizens and Environment Action groups of Palampur have submitted detailed objections on t … more →
Avimukteshwaran and Saraswati stands on the banks of the Gan … more →
14.International Agencies and Climate Change
A dozen eminent scientists began reviewing the work of the Nobel-winning U.N. science body on climate change Friday, determined to eliminate errors that have bolstered sk… more →
Scientists in Bangladesh posed a fresh challenge to the UNs top climate change panel Thursday, sayin … more →
Thimphu in Bhutan and Petersberg in Germany are milestones … more →
Harold T. Shapiro, a former president of Princeton University and the University o … more →
15. IPCC News
The Chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has stated that the organization requires learning from latest criticisms and modernizing its workings.He said that regardless of making a mi… more →
“Now that we’re in the kitchen, we ha … more →
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s chief has spoken frankly about the human faili … more →
Head of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change admits error but defends use of ‘grey litera … more →
16.Opinion on Climate Change
Peak Generation Resource collapse is bigger than peak oil, and bigger even than the projected depletion of natural gas, coal and uranium – it encompasses each and every … more →
Ishtiaq Ahmed With a population of over one and a half billion and continuous, composite civilisatio … more →
Temperature anomaly and the radiative forcing (Watt/m2) due to the rise in greenhouse gases, du … more →
17.Pollution and Climate Change
Nitin Sethi, TOI Crest, May 15, 2010 Geetika Narang walks around Connaught Place in Delhi, asking random people two simple questions: “Where do you get your water from and where does your shit g… more →
18.Water and Climate Change
The myth goes that when King Bhagirath asked Ganga to come down to earth, she put her foot down and said no. Then Vishnu intervened. He promised that all the sins accumulated by mortals would dissolve… more →
All journalists going in search of a story have to wade through muddy waters to reach the truth. Thi … more →
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting ( … more →
The ‘war’ over water between India and Pakistan can jeopardize joint efforts to conserve … more →
The Rig Veda, no doubt, is the most ancient epic in the world. A large fluctuations … more →
The studies conducted by the Geological Survey of India indicate that the glaciers of Himalaya are r … more →
Climate Himalaya Partners:
The Beej Bachao Andolan (BBA), or Save the Seeds movement began in the late 1980s in Uttarakhand mountains of India, led by Vijay Jardhari, that drew links between the erosion of agricultural biodiversity and rural livelihoods in promoting traditional agriculture and crop varieties. The first step was to discontinue the cultivation of chemical-dependent seeds. To a casual onlooker the method of cultivation seemed like a maddening range of crops grown on a small piece of land. But what the farmers here are doing is avoiding monocultures. The method is called baranaja (12 grains), where a number of cereals and legumes are intercropped. The diversification is security against drought and crop failure, so climatic extremes. Different crops are harvested at different times of the year and ensure year-round supply of food. Today BBA has about 100 varieties of paddy, 170 varieties of kidney beans, eight varieties of wheat, four varieties of barley and about a dozen varieties of pulses and oil seeds.
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