Posted on 06 February 2010 by admin
The embattled head of the United Nations’ climate change panel clocked up more than half a million miles of air travel in a year and a half as he travelled the world warning of the global warming threat, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. Continue Reading
Posted on 30 January 2010 by admin
The United Nations’ expert panel on climate change based claims about ice disappearing from the world’s mountain tops on a student’s dissertation and an article in a mountaineering magazine. Continue Reading
Posted on 21 January 2010 by admin
ISLAMABAD: Water flows in Chenab declined by 40 per cent to about 6,000 cusecs on Wednesday from a 10-year average of about 10,000 cusecs, mainly because of construction by India of over a dozen hydropower projects upstream, reduction in rainfall and diversion of river waters. Continue Reading
Posted on 19 January 2010 by admin
An official prediction by the United Nations that the Himalayan glaciers will melt by 2035 may be withdrawn after it was found to be based on speculation rather than scientific evidence. Continue Reading
Posted on 19 December 2009 by admin
World leaders missed the best chance they are ever likely to get to stop global warming escalating out of control as the Copenhagen climate conference fizzled to a close. Continue Reading
Posted on 19 December 2009 by admin
Posted on 19 December 2009 by admin
The “historic” climate change deal at the Copenhagen climate summit has descended into chaos after some developing nations rejected the plan for fighting global warming championed by US President Barack Obama. Continue Reading
Posted on 18 December 2009 by admin
President Barack Obama has given warning that the Copenhagen climate conference is “running out of time” amid fears that the meeting could yet end in failure. Continue Reading
Posted on 18 December 2009 by admin
Dozens of young people stood in a line inside the Bella Center, the venue of the on-going United Nations Climate Change Conference, with a strong message that leaders must commit themselves to ensuring a successful outcome. Continue Reading
Posted on 16 December 2009 by admin
1824 : French physicist Joseph Fourier describes for the first time the Earth’s “greenhouse effect”. Continue Reading