Now Pachauri is an auto company analyst too

Dr. Pachauri believes that companies who respond to the challenge of creating a low-carbon society will reap commercial success, but those who ignore it will struggle to survive.

“Look at General Motors. This was one company which did not read the writing on the wall, and as a result they are virtually in a state of bankruptcy. If they had only responded the way Toyota did seven, eight years ago, identifying and pursuing low-carbon opportunities, they would have been in a pretty

Citizen is full of hardships in Northern Vietnam due to cold weather

Similar areas in Lang Son province have seen temperatures drop below 2-3oC, with 20 buffalo freezing to death. Many cattle have also died in Cao Bang, Ha Giang and Yen Bai Provinces.

The current cold spell may cause damage to most of northern Vietnam's major winter-spring rice crop, Phan Duy Hanh director of Lao Cai Agriculture and Rural Development Department told Sai Gon Giai Phong.

He said temperatures in Lao Cai at that time are 6-7oC, Sa Pa’s temperature is below 0.8oC. Many people from the Department have come to suburban districts to help citizens implement measures to protect cows and buffalo from the severe weather.

According to statistics, at the beginning of 2008 nearly 50 percent of cattle in Lao Cai province died. The extreme cold has also influenced the sowing of rice.
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According to initial statistics by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), by the end of February 13, 2008 cold weather killed 70,000ha of rice and over 5,000ha of rice seeds in 16 northern and central provinces.

Thanh Hoa suffered the heaviest losses with 25,000ha, followed by Thai Binh 10,000ha, Nghe An 10,460ha, Phu Tho 7,400ha, Hai Duong 7,000ha and Bac Giang 1,500ha.

By February 13, over 8,200 cows and buffaloes in Northwestern Provinces had perished due to cold weather, with 1,458 heads in Son La and over 700 in Thanh Hoa.