After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that the country won’t take binding targets for carbon emission reduction, Rajendra K Pachauri, chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, asks if we don’t do it, what is the basis for our demanding that developed countries take action on climate change.
Climate Change
The next round of climate change talks in Bonn hang on who will commit and to how much cuts in GHG emissions? Who will pay developing countries for emission cuts and how much? How can cleantech be transferred from developed to developing countries?
If climate change is on top of the agenda worldwide today, it’s because of the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chaired by Rajendra K Pachauri.
If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. The saying has been used aptly by strategic thinkers Andrew Hoffman and John Woody in ‘Climate Change: What’s Your Business Strategy’ to explain why businesses need to engage with governments on environmental issues
A crucial round of global climate change talks begins between high officials of 170 countries in Bonn in the run up to the UN Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen.
India’s climate change agenda would be tracked closely against its compulsions to push the GDP growth, which is sure to raise its carbon footprint.
While some b-schools are launching programmes on sustainability, others are starting courses in climate change, CDM and carbon trading.
Though Earth Day falls on April 22, there is a growing interest worldwide to make every day earth day to cope with the two biggest challenges of our times — the economic slowdown and climate change.
Leading Indian companies are joining the global community in observing Earth Hour to focus the attention on the need to take action to combat climate change.
New Delhi was the centrestage last week for giving an impetus to the global fight against climate change with Indian business leaders playing a prominent role.