Rajendra Pachauri
latest news & developmentsRich states ‘failing to lead on carbon emissions’
Developing countries, including China and India, are unwilling to sign up to a new global climate-change pact to replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2012 because the rich world has…
Climate-change ‘quantum leap’ expected from US
Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk has called on the United States to assume a ”fair share of responsibility” in reducing world greenhouse-gas…
Squabble over emissions targets at Bali meeting
Developing countries led by China squabbled with the West over mandatory emission cuts at the Bali climate-change conference, as activists accused Canada on Saturday of…
UN climate talks agree blueprint for action
A United Nations climate conference agreed on Friday a blueprint for fighting global warming and said governments have only a few years to avert some of the worst impacts.…