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A new report by Mckinsey and company estimates that US can reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by half at a manageable cost,
The United States could reduce GHG emissions in 2030 by 3.0 to 4.5 gigatons of CO2e using [...]

As expected, the Nobel peace prize for 2007 has been awarded for raising awareness about global warming to Al Gore and the United Nations Intergovernmental panel on Climate changed headed by Indian scientist Rajendra Pachauri.
The IPCC came out this year with its fourth report which categorically established global warming as a phenomenon which is inevitable. [...]

An interesting story illustrates how global warming can change economic fortunes,
Every four years or so, killing spring frosts hit Quebec, nearly obliterating the year’s harvest around St.-Jean Lake, while Down East Maine, some 563 kilometers, or 350 miles, southeast, reliably produced millions of kilograms a year for use in jams, pie fillings and muffins.
But temperatures [...]

An interesting new article in Foreign Policy argues that it might be too late to stop global warming and the world should be prepared to live with its effects,
A realistic look at climate change suggests that it is time to change the debate. In 2005, a paper published by the U.N. Environment Program put [...]

Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has warned that climate change can lead to decrease in food production in India,
Climate change is likely to trigger a “risk of hunger” in India by affecting cereal production by as much as 18% because of floods and droughts, a UN agency has warned.Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said India [...]

In an op-ed in the Indian Express, the chairman of Shell India, Vikram Mehta argues,
Will the fact that growth (or rather the limitations on growth) is the peg on which India is hanging its objections at the international level sidetrack it from taking appropriate domestic measures to weaken the link between economic growth and atmospheric [...]

Despite some disagreements among scientists, there is little doubt that climate change is an ongoing process and represents a monumental challenge. With rapid development of India and China–the latter has recently replaced United States as the world’s biggest carbon emitter, the situation can only get worse.
In an op-ed in the Hindustan times, Praful Bidwai argues [...]

I have wondered previously, in the context of global warming, about how energy efficiency and carbon cutting measures might be of economic benefit. This Economist article talks about an interesting study undertaken by Vattenfall, a Swedish power utility, to quantify the economic costs of various emission control measures. (via)

The measures below the horizontal [...]

A new UN report claims that the war in Darfur is due to climate change,
The UNEP investigation into links between climate and conflict in Sudan predicts that the impact of climate change on stability is likely to go far beyond its borders. It found there could be a drop of up to 70% in crop [...]

Shahidul Mullah has not even heard of global warming. He has no electricity or telephone or any of other modern comforts being blamed for global warming. But he lives in coastal Bangladesh, and he and others like him would bear brunt of global warming.
Thanks to climate change, however, Shahidul’s life is being derailed. Serious [...]