Sharma earned a postgraduate law degree from Harvard University, was a history enthusiast, and even co-authored a few books ...

A 1974-batch IAS officer, who served as the Environment Secretary and then as Chief Information Commissioner, Sharma died in ...

The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission ...

Vijai Sharma, a key architect of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and India's former chief climate negotiator, has passed away at the age of 75.

The Kyoto Protocol, the first international treaty to set legally binding targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, was adoped 25 years ago, on 11 December 1997, in Kyoto, Japan.

If U.N. climate talks drag on and Kyoto isn't extended, a major issue is what happens to the CDM after 2012, since the whole notion of binding emissions caps drives the market for the offsets.

The Kyoto Protocol changed this by setting targets. These initially added up to an average 5 percent reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to 1990 levels to be carried out between ...

The Kyoto Protocol, the first international treaty to set legally binding targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, was adoped 25 years ago, on 11 December 1997, in Kyoto, Japan.

“Kyoto’s supporters often blame non-signatory governments, especially the United States and Australia, for its woes. But the Kyoto Protocol was always the wrong tool for the nature of the job.

First, although the Kyoto Protocol alone will not prevent a world that is 4 degrees Celsius (World Bank estimate) to 6 degrees Celsius (International Energy Agency estimate) warmer—a world we ...

A new play from the writers of “The Jungle” dramatizes the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, a landmark climate agreement preceded by years of arguments over its wording. By Alex Marshall El cambio ...

Australian Ratifies Kyoto Protocol Kevin Rudd, the new prime minister of Australia, said that he had signed paperwork to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. By The Associated Press Dec. 3, 2007 ...