Business Leaders Urge Climate Negotiators to Link Water, Energy & Climate Change

The report, which includes 25 case studies illustrating how businesses are attempting to address water, energy and climate issues in an integrated fashion, lays out five policy recommendations for climate negotiators to consider in the run-up to the IPCC meeting in Copenhagen in December:

- Provide reliable climate change risk data, models and analysis tools...

I-T dept mulls tax on carbon credit [scam] - Carbon Offsets Daily

New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) The Income-Tax department is mulling tax on carbon credit trade, estimated to yield for the exchequer an estimated Rs 1,000 crore.

The I-T department’s preliminary study has found that large companies listed on stock exchanges are not making tax provisions against the profits out of the sale of carbon credits and are putting the money thus earned in other businesses.

India is the largest producer of carbon credits in the world.

India eNews - India sees opportunities in Obama's climate change agenda

Even as he was speaking, a delegation from the US government and industry was touring India, seeking partnerships and trade in the field of solar energy. It was the first trade delegation sent to India by the Obama administration.

Forest guy: Reducing deforestation is cheapest way to arrest global warming

'Forest clearance and wood burning have emerged as a major cause of global warming over the last few decades. Deforestation alone contributes over 25 percent gases responsible for global warming,' Michael Kleine of International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) told IANS. The UN however estimates it contributes around 20 percent.