Climate and Weather
Using water sustainably in agriculture: Increasing productivity and farm income
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 01:29 PMAgriculture is a vital sector in India with about 60% of the population engaged in agricultural vocations and contributing to about 30% of the GDP. It consumes about 80% of water used in the country and 76% of the net irrigated area in the country is from ground water sources.
Government of India's national action plan on climate change (NAPCC)
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 12:08 PMThis would lead to a drastic increase in GHG emissions. There is the need to make a choice for a low-carbon path, even if there is no mandated reduction in GHG emissions.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Constituents, working groups and compilation of resources relating to the IPCC
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 10:58 AMWhen climate change was first posited as "real" people all over the world realized that this issue encompasses the inter linkage of several other issues. The scope and magnitude of the consequences of climate change are also very far reaching.
The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice: A subsidiary body to the UNFCCC
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 10:37 AMSome of the issues the SBSTA is currently dealing with are land use, land-use change and forestry, adaptation, mitigation, research, systematic observation and bunker fuels.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 09:58 AMOver a decade ago, most countries joined an international treaty – the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – to begin to consider what can be done to reduce global warming and to cope with whatever temperature increases are inevitable.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: The Berlin Mandate
Posted on 28 Aug, 2009 05:43 PMThe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was opened for signature at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) conference known as the Earth Summit.
Films & video resources relating to the Kyoto Protocol
Posted on 28 Aug, 2009 05:36 PMAfter Kyoto
27 Minutes: English
Compilation of references on the The Kyoto Protocol
Posted on 28 Aug, 2009 05:25 PM1. Kyoto Protocol - Wikipedia
2. Encyclopedia of Earth - Click here
The Kyoto Protocol: Mandate, mechanisms and revisions
Posted on 28 Aug, 2009 04:57 PMMandated Quantified GHG Emissions Reduction
References of impact of climate change on health
Posted on 28 Aug, 2009 04:44 PM1. Climate change and diseases: A double Jeopardy