Daily Tiger News On the eve of an international conference on climate change, a top U.N. official is again calling for $30 billion in fast-track aid to help poor countries ramp

Planet Tiger On 5 December, Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, Director General of the International Union of Railways (UIC), the initiator of this special train, together with Achim Steiner, the Executive Director of

Planet Tiger Dr. George V. Safonov, who is  Director Center for Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, State University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow, has written an illuminating article. Visit the

(itsafineday) Planet Tiger The accusation came after emails leaked from British university were posted on the Internet. Climate change proponents say leak intended to derail talks at next week's Copenhagen Conference. The U.N.

(itsafineday) Planet Tiger Robert Zoellick says rich countries need to appreciate developing needs of poorer countries The World Bank wants the issue of climate change to be connected to strategies of growth and

Planet Tiger Demonstrators want world leaders to reach tough new deal on cutting emissions Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through London demanding action at this week's Copenhagen Climate Conference.  Their ultimate

Planet Tiger India is one of the world's biggest emitters of carbon dioxide - a greenhouse gas blamed for global warming. The government recently pledged to cut emissions by 20 to

(world66) Planet Tiger News The 192 members of the UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change are under increasing pressure to come up with an agreement to set targets for controlling emissions of

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(ajyg)         THE ANTARCTIC Planet Tiger Scientists from Nature Geoscience have published a study about the Eastern and Western Antarctic ice-sheets. The Eastern Antarctic ice-sheet has lost billions of tons