EU carbon tax will have significant impact on air-fares: Sources - The Economic Times

NEW DELHI: The impact of carbon tax on fares of all Indian flights to and from Europe would be "quite significant" if it is imposed by the EU, official sources said today.

India has joined the US, Russia, China and several other major nations in opposing the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) which requires the carriers flying to or from Europe to pay for emitting carbon in European skies.

Japan to put new [voluntary] global warming scheme into full swing

BANGKOK (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government plans to put into full swing in fiscal 2013 a new mechanism to tackle global warming, under which Japan will receive emission rights from developing countries in exchange for providing them with energy-saving technologies, government officials said Saturday...

Although Japan will not commit to the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol starting in 2013, it has pledged to address global warming on a voluntary basis.

Odisha: P.K. Dhal meets Al Gore [in San Francisco], discusses on climate change, Orissa Current News

During the conference, Mr Dhal shared his ideas on climate with former US vice president and Noble laureate Al Gore.
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It may be mentioned here that Mr Dhal, who was awarded the Environmentalist the Year of Award by Odisha Environment Society in 2011, was among the six environment experts invited from India for the prestigious summit.

Climate change “to cripple” ASEAN 2015 economic integration « My Lucid Intervals

Bangkok, Thailand, August 31, 2012. Climate change will cripple the ASEAN goal of economic integration by 2015. The warning was issued today by ASEAN for a Fair, Ambitious and Binding Climate Deal (A-FAB), a regional coalition led by Greenpeace Southeast Asia and Oxfam, during a press conference at the UN climate change talks in Bangkok.

A-FAB is calling on leaders of Southeast Asian nations to champion the fight to save the climate and infuse much-needed urgency into the ongoing talks.