[Global Change: 3793] Fwd: [Climate Himalaya Initiative] Quarterly News and Article Series-VI, 1-15 May 2010
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Subject: [Climate Himalaya Initiative] Quarterly News and Article Series-VI, 1-15 May 2010
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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
Why Himachal (India) should remain GM-Free
Faced with challenges on multiple fronts, civil society groups within Himachal Pradesh are … more →
Mommy, where have all the birds gone?
OUR FOREFATHERS were very wise and generous men, who always respected and worshipped the elements of … more →
India Eyes Pact with China to Save Tigers
Uttarakhand (India) to Restrict Tourists in Eco-Sensitive Zones
Gangotri, Valley of Flowers and othe … more →
2. Climate Himalaya News
Climate Change Risk Assessment for India
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 Abates in North-West
Heat wave conditions have abated from Rajasthan and Haryana … more →
3. Climate Science
Rex Murphy: Getting lectured by Ban Ki-moon
His Eminence, Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, seems like a nice guy. This … more →
CLIMATE CHANGE; New findings from University of Quebec describe advances in climate change
According to a study from Montreal, Canada, “The impacts of climate change on medium-term rese … more →
Climate change in Mustang: Early symptoms
Temperature rise in the Himalayas is reported to be many folds higher than … more →
UN Climate Panel Under Review: No Stranger to Controversy
U.N. climate panel under review: no stranger to controversy The U.N. panel of climate scientists cam … more →
Carbon Emission Intensity Registers Decline in India
New Delhi India’s greenhouse emissions have increased by 41.66 per cent betwee … more →
Good PLANETS are Hard to Come by
Andrew Glikson, Earth and paleoclimate scientist, Australian National University “We’re … more →
Climate Science: Fact From Fiction
G-Online Confused by conflicting reports on global warming? Get the facts on climate … more →
4. Disaster and Climate Change
Chinese province parched by drought
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
Putting a Price-Tag to Nature
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 Looking to Germany for Assistance in Renewable Energy Technologies
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 →
Indonesia Hosts World's biggest Geothermal Energy Forum
BBC News, Jakarta Indonesia is hosting what is being called the world’s b … more →
7. Forest and Climate change
Dedicated Satellites to Monitor Green House Gases, Forests-India
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
Wait for a green signal-National Green Tribunal Bill INDIA
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 →
First Summits of the Year on Everest
The first summits of the spring season on Evere … more →
9. Glaciers and Climate Change
Greenland Glacier slide Speeds 220 Percent in Summer
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 →
Glacier Shrinkage may affect Brahmaputra River
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
Future of Trading in Carbon Emission Reductions Uncertain
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 →
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fell by 30% During 1994-2007
India has released its first greenhouse gas emissions inventory since 1994 — showing a 30 per cent f … more →
Carbon Tax is an Expensive Fraud
AS Eamon Gilmore and others lambaste the Government for not giving adequate protection to those most … more →
11.Governance and Climate Change
Bamboo Riverbank Protection in Bhutan
Wearing a white-peaked cap, 76-year old Dophu picked up a stem of bamboo (paksh … more →
Pandit Sets off on Long Distance Race for Climate Change Awareness-Nepal
Long distance runner Sanjay Pandit began his 200-km race from Jiri to Kathmandu o … more →
Arunachal Cong Opposes Chinese Dam
The ruling Congress in Arunachal Pradesh has aired its strong oppos … more →
Cell on climate change to be set up at ASTEC
The Department of Science & Technology, Government of Assam h … more →
12.Government Policies and Climate Change
State Govt Sikkim (India) Gears up for State Action Plan on Climate Change-GTZ Supports
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 →
Avoiding comment on China fiasco, Ramesh (India Minister) says Satellites to monitor Greenhouse Gases, Forests
Refusing to take any questions on the controversy that he allegedly generat … more →
China breaks the Himalayan barrier
China’s profile as the South Asia’s leading interlocutor highlights India’s inabil … more →
Time Running out for Nepal to Meet Constitution Deadline
Amid the deepening political crisis in Nepal, time may be running out for its bickering l … more →
'Bureaucratic Reasons' Delaying Glaciology Agreement: Jairam Ramesh
The much awaited India-China agreement on cooperation on Himalayan glaciers has been … more →
Climate Science Monitoring and Dissemination Within Government-INDIA
The startling situation of Action by the Government of India on National Action Plan for Climate Cha … more →
SAARC focus on climate change, for a green, happy South Asia
Ramesh Prasad Bhushal The 16th Summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC … more →
NPC Working on Climate Change-NEPAL
National Planning Commission (NPC) has made efforts to address climat … more →
Right to Information Shocker: Govt. Admits No Strategy To Push West on Climate-INDIA
Right to Information queries reveal that the government of India has no strategy or plan of action t … more →
Congress Finds a new ploy to Harass BJP-India
The Centre’s scrapping of three dams in BJP-ruled Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh has raised th … more →
Half Day Executive Level Workshop on SLM and & DrukDIF held
A half day executive level workshop was organised by the Sustainable Land Management Project (SLMP) … more →
Suo Motu Statement by Minister of External Affairs Shri S.M. Krishna in Parliament on ‘Prime Minister’s visit to Bhutan for the 16th SAARC Summit’
New Delhi, India : Hon’ble Speaker, Hon’ble Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh returned … more →
To save environment, Himachal (India) schools take pledge
To develop “green” habits among children, the Himacha … more →
13.Hydropower Projects and Climate Change
Dam the Money
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 →
A World of Opportunity-Hydropower
Hydro is high on the global agenda as nations look to energize their economies, bring power to remot … more →
Centre Nod to Dam: Jairam (Environment Minister) overruled in INDIA?
The Centre has given the go ahead for partial wor … more →
Why Neogal Hydropower Project in Palampur (HP, India) does not deserve Carbon Credits
Concerned Citizens and Environment Action groups of Palampur have submitted detailed objections on t … more →
Priests’ Dam Protests Curtail Hydropower for Tata Motors, Bajaj
Avimukteshwaran and Saraswati stands on the banks of the Gan … more →
14.International Agencies and Climate Change
Head of UN panel on climate defends scientists Despite Errors, but Welcomes review of Work
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 →
Challenge to IPCC’s Bangladesh Climate Predictions
Scientists in Bangladesh posed a fresh challenge to the UNs top climate change panel Thursday, sayin … more →
From Cochabamba Through Thimphu to Petersberg
Thimphu in Bhutan and Petersberg in Germany are milestones … more →
12 Experts to Review U.N. Climate Panel’s Work
Harold T. Shapiro, a former president of Princeton University and the University o … more →
15. IPCC News
IPCC’s Pachauri: Climate Body Should Learn
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 →
IPCC Review: Friend or Foe?
“Now that we’re in the kitchen, we ha … more →
Pachauri on Himalayas, IPCC Structure and Non-Peer-Reviewed Studies
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s chief has spoken frankly about the human faili … more →
Rajendra Pachauri Says Glaciers mistake in IPCC Report was 'Human Failure'
Head of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change admits error but defends use of ‘grey litera … more →
16.Opinion on Climate Change
Peak Soil: It's Like Peak Oil, Only Worse
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 →
Let us Seize this Opportunity
Ishtiaq Ahmed With a population of over one and a half billion and continuous, composite civilisatio … more →
A planet on the backburner
Temperature anomaly and the radiative forcing (Watt/m2) due to the rise in greenhouse gases, du … more →
17.Pollution and Climate Change
Dying Rivers: Washed Away by our sins-India
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
1% Ganges-The Ganges at Varanasi (India) is no more
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 →
Talking Water Treaties-India and Pakistan
All journalists going in search of a story have to wade through muddy waters to reach the truth. Thi … more →
Monsoon may reach Andaman Sea next week
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting ( … more →
Not A Single Drop to Drink
The ‘war’ over water between India and Pakistan can jeopardize joint efforts to conserve … more →
Rise and fall of the river Saraswati
The Rig Veda, no doubt, is the most ancient epic in the world. A large fluctuations … more →
Water flow in Rivers likely to be Affected
The studies conducted by the Geological Survey of India indicate that the glaciers of Himalaya are r … more →
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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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