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China and other large countries. However, diagrams that illustrated this were deleted by governments in the final version, which was adopted at a weeklong IPCC session in Berlin. “The problem for the governments was that they felt that these different perspectives can cause harm for them because they can be made at different scales responsible for the emissions,” Edenhofer told The Associated Press. The graphics divided the world into four categories — low, lower-middle, upper-middle and high income countries. Participants in the closed-door session said many developing countries objected to using such income categories. In UN climate negotiations, only two categories are used — developed and developing countries. The former want to scrap that firewall, saying China and other fast-growing economies can’t be compared to the least developed nations and must face stricter emissions cuts, while most developing countries want to keep it. It’s a major sticking point in the U.N. talks, and it spilled over into the IPCC session, participants said. Diego Pacheco, the head of Bolivia’s delegation in Berlin, said develop-
We need to move away from business as usual, says IPCC Developing countries concerned with IPCC categorization
In this February 25, 2008 photo, the tower of a church is pictured between the smoke billowing chimneys of the brown coal power plant Frimmersdorf in Grevenbroich near Duesseldorf, Germany. After concluding that global warming is almost certainly man-made and poses a grave threat to humanity, the U.n.-sponsored expert panel on climate change is moving on to the next phase: what to do about it. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, will meet next week in Berlin to chart ways in which the world can curb the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say are overheating the planet. (AP Photo)
ing countries worried that graphs with four income groups in the authoritative IPCC document would open the door for industrialized countries — whom they see as historically responsible for climate change — to reframe the discussion on
how to share the burden of climate action. “This is the first step for developed countries of avoiding responsibilities and saying all countries have to assume the responsibility for climate change,” he told AP.
Counting all emissions since the industrialized revolution in the 18th century, the U.S. is the top carbon polluter. China’s current emissions are greater than those of the U.S. and rising quickly. China’s historical emissions are ex-
‘education on conservation required’
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BerliN, April 13 (Ap): The U.N.’s expert panel on climate change on Sunday highlighted the disconnect between international goals to fight global warming and what is being done to attain them. Emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases must drop by 40-70 percent by 2050 to keep the global temperature rise below the 2-degree C (3.6-degree F) cap set in U.N. climate talks, the “Former defense minister is up next for kicking his rival Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said. unconscious.” The opposite is happening now. On average global The Morung Express emissions rose by 1 gigaton POLL QUESTIOn a year between 2000 and Vote on www.morungexpress.com 2010, outpacing growth in SMS your answer to 9862574165 previous decades to reach “unprecedented levels” deAre you satisfied with the way spite some efforts to contain Nagaland State Government is addressing the Assamthem, the IPCC said. Nagaland border issues? “There is a clear message from science: To avoid dangerous interference Yes no Others with the climate system, we Are naga institutions and churches need to move away from doing enough to nurture value based leadership in the society? business as usual,” said Ottmar Edenhofer, one of three Yes 10% co-chairs of the IPCC work73% no ing group looking at ways to 17% Others fight climate change. Details on page 7 Leaked drafts of that document showed the biggest reason for the rising emissions is the higher energy needs resulting from Dear Subscribers, population growth and exPlease inform us if The panding economies in the Morung Express is not developing world, mainly in being delivered to you on a regular basis by your paper hawker. Contact us directly at: 9856230555. The Morung Express Kiphire, April 13 (MexN): Kiphire Wildlife Division (KWD), in collaboration with the Nagaland Pollution Control Board (NPCB), Dimapur, today organised a workshop on ‘Sensitisation and EnviNew Delhi, April 13 ronment Education Tech(iANS): Two youth were niques for Biodiversity arrested in New Delhi on Conservation’ at Pungro. Sunday for passing a racist The event was held in supremark against a student port of the Fakim Wildlife from the northeast, po- Sanctuary, located in Punlice said. Amit Kumar (22) gro subdivision. and Akash Kumar (23), Kamdi Hemant Bhasboth residents of Bihar’s kar, Wildlife Warden, KWD, Chhapra, were arrested expounded on the issue of after Hemang Haokip (25) sanctuary management. He complained against them informed that 6.4 square kifor the racist comment lometre of sanctuary area is made at midnight. The in- not sufficient for managecident took place in Mau- ment of a viable wildlife poprice Nagar area in north ulation, in the long run. He Delhi near Delhi University viewed that practices in connorth campus. “The victim sistency with biodiversity and the two accused are neighbours and reside in rented accommodations,” said a police official. lONDON, April 13 (pTi): India is facing a cancer crisis, with smoking, belated diagnosis and unequal access to treatment causing large-scale problems, experts said. DiMApUr, April 13 Every year in India, (MexN): The Special around one million new Olympics Nagaland has or- cancer cases are diagganized a Mass Awareness nosed and around 600,000 Campaign through a ‘Torch to 700,000 people die from Run—Flame of Hope’ on cancer in India, with this April 15. The Run has been death toll projected to organized to “show respect rise to around 1.2 million and acceptance to those deaths per year by 2035, a who are living with disabil- new report on cancer care in India published in The ity and to recognize their Lancet Oncology reported. special abilities.” It will The new report has kick-off from City Tower been compiled by Profeshere at 9:00am and pro- sor Richard Sullivan and ceed towards the DDSC, Professor Arnie PurushoGolaghat Road, ending at tham from King’s Health 11:00am. The Governor of Partners Cancer Centre Nagaland, Dr. Ashwani Ku- at King’s College London mar will be the Chief Guest with the help of senior Infor the occasion. Everyone dian colleagues including interested has been invited Professor CS Pramesh and Professor Rajan Badwe at to the Run.
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conservation in surrounding village areas can provide an essential additional buffer space for spread and migration of animals. He explained that the populace can be educated on environment education techniques with the token seed money, provided by NPCB to all schools in Nagaland. Deenbandhu Panda, DEO, Kiphire, stressed on the importance of environmental education in Naga society. “Only education is a grass root solution to social problems. Once it is done then very little recurrent efforts are required,” he stated. Responding to the calls for economic assistance, Chompen Ezung, EAC, Khongsa, reminded that “awareness starts
with the individual and spreads to the community through family.” Already scarce financial resources are not always required to be spent, he stated. He stressed on the need for the community to step up and play a proactive role. S Tainiu, ADC, Pungro, was the Chief Guest for the event. She explained the legalities of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and appealed for all to adhere by the law. She cautioned that there are stringent provisions in the said act, which prescribes punishment of imprisonment upto seven years for illegal hunting. Pastor K. Yimto from Pungro Town Baptist Church iterated the “stewardship given to humans.” He emphasized on what he
said are “Biblical teachings about conservation.” “God created the world with different life forms in it and saw that it was good. Now you and I are no one to degrade it from good to a worse condition. When we praise the beauty of mountain, its greenery and animal diversity there; we praise the creation of the Lord and ultimately the Lord himself.” He further stressed on the need to discourage indiscriminate cutting/burning of trees and hunting of wild animals. The workshop was attended by 135 participants, comprising of teachers and village authorities from Pungro subdivision and frontline staff of KWD. A group activity on awareness education plans for their
areas was conducted. The activity focused on developing eco gardens and avenue plantation; conducting monthly awareness service at churches and village level seminars; displaying hunting ban signboards and formation of eco clubs at every village by student unions. An idea to set up an Inter-Village Co-ordination Committee to maintain good practices in area surrounding the Sanctuary was also discussed. TY Among, President, Saramati Awung Conservation Area Management Society (SACAMS), shared his experiences of prolonged conservation work with community. The programme concluded with a vote of thanks by Kiusang, RFO, KWD.
pected to overtake those of the U.S. in the next decade. Oswaldo Lucon, a Brazilian scientist involved in the report, regretted that the diagrams were taken out, saying they are relevant to the “big picture.” He said China, India, Brazil and Saudi Arabia were among the countries opposing using them in the summary. Underlying the arguments“wasawholehistoryof discussions on who was going to foot the bill of environmental damage,” Lucon said. Another IPCC report, released last month, warned that flooding, droughts and other climate impacts could have devastating effects on economies, agriculture and human health, particularly in developing countries. The IPCC said the goal of keeping the warming below 2 C by 2100 would require a significant shift in the energy system, away from oil and coal, which generate the highest emissions. That would mean a near-quadrupling of energy from zero- or low-carbon sources such as solar and wind power. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called it a global economic opportunity. “So many of the technologies that will help us fight climate change are
far cheaper, more readily available, and better performing than they were when the last IPCC assessment was released less than a decade ago,” Kerry said Sunday. Current pledges by governments in U.N. climate talks to reduce or curb emissions by 2020 are setting the world on a path of 3 degrees C (5.4 F) of warming, the IPCC said. U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres, who is leading those talks, urged countries to raise their collective ambition. “The only safe path forward is to arrive at a carbon neutral world in the second half of this century,” Figueres said. To meet the 2-degree target the world may have deploy new technologies to suck CO2 out of the air, the IPCC said. The most advanced right now is socalled bioenergy with carbon capture and storage. That means growing crops that absorb CO2, then burning them for energy, while capturing the CO2 emissions. The CO2 is then stored deep underground, resulting in a net removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. “We have the technologies,” said U.S. scientist Leon Clark, one of the authors of the report. “But we really have no sense of what it would take to deploy them at scale.”
Indian Army apprehends six cadres in Manipur iMphAl, April 13 (NNN): Troops of the Red Shield Division apprehended six cadres, in four different operations from April 11 to April 13, informed the PIB Defence Wing. On April 11, NSCN (K) Regional Council Member, Khubung Rongmei was apprehended. On April 13, in a search operation launched at Khumji III, two NSCN (K) cadres, Second Lt Thuanjin Gangmei and Pvt Philip Phaomei were held along with one 9mm pistol and four 9mm live rounds. In another operation on April 13, two cadres of the Kuki National Front (KNF-N) were apprehended from general area Awlmun and Khu-
bong. They were identified as Pvt Angom Santa and Cpl Angom Tomba Singh. One 9mm pistol with magazine, two 9mm live rounds, one 9mm SMC with magazine and four 9mm live rounds were recovered from their possession. In a separate incident on April 13, a KYKL cadre, identified as Cpl Sorokhibam Boacha was apprehended from general area Mayang Langjing, along with one 9mm Pistol with magazine and three live rounds. All the apprehendees along with the recovered arms were later handed over to the respective Police Stations on the same day, the Defence Wing stated.
india facing a cancer crisis Reforms to IMF hit serious deadlock: G20 official
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the Tata Memorial Cancer Centre, Mumbai. “Access to affordable cancer treatment and care in India lags behind other parts of the world; making such treatment and care accessible will require addressing its causes, while also developing affordable treatments,” Professor Sunil Khilnani, Director, King’s India Institute, King’s College London, said. Although India has a relatively lower incidence of cancer (around a quarter of that in the USA or Western Europe), the rate of deaths from cancer, adjusted for age, is similar to that seen in high-income countries, the report said. Less than a third of patients with cancer in India currently survive for more than five years after diagnosis. Around 95 per cent of the medical colleges in
India do not have comprehensive cancer care services, comprising Surgical, Medical and Radiation Oncology departments, in the same campus. Currently there are around 2,000 medical and radiation oncologists in India – one per 5000 newly diagnosed cancer patients – and in almost all remote or rural areas even the most basic cancer treatment facilities are non-existent, it said. As a result, urban cancer centres are overcrowded and under-resourced, leading to long waiting times, delayed diagnoses, and treatment that comes too late for many patients. “The need for political commitment and action is at the heart of the solution to India’s growing cancer burden,” said Mohandas Mallath, a professor at the Tata Medical Centre in Kolkata.
wAShiNgTON, April 13 (reUTerS): Reforms to the International Monetary Fund have hit a deadlock despite a declaration from global financial chiefs that they would move forward without the United States if it fails to ratify the changes by year-end, a G20 official said on Sunday. The inability to proceed with giving emerging markets a more powerful voice at the IMF and shoring up the lender’s resources appeared the most contentious issue for officials from the Group of 20 leading economies and the representatives for all IMF member nations who met over the weekend. In a final communique, G20 finance ministers and central bankers said they were “deeply disappointed” with the U.S. delay. “Some said that we need to give the U.S. more space,” the official, who partici-
pated in the G20 talks and spoke on conditions of anonymity, said. “I say we are at a dead end.” Any attempt to break the package of reforms, proposed by the G20 in 2010, would be disastrous not only for the United States, but for the whole group, he said, because most countries have already gone through the ratification procedures. “If you pull the 2010 package apart, you will have to start anew,” the official said. “And this factor cannot be overcome. Nobody wants to go again through this process for the second time.” Other officials were not immediately available for comment. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? Emerging markets, most handicapped by the lack of reforms, expressed exasperation over the weekend that a four-year wait for the reforms is asking too much of
them. But it is unclear what moves could be taken to overcome the impasse. There could be some ad hoc measures taken to achieve at least some of the governance overhaul for the global lender without formal U.S. approval. Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said developing nations may demand changes to the IMF’s emergency borrowing mechanism if the United States does not approve the overhaul. Most of the solutions, however, giving the structure of decision making at the IMF, could not be implemented without the U.S. approval. U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said President Barack Obama’s administration would do its best to push IMF quota reforms through the U.S. Congress this year. Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, said it is too early to talk about alternatives.
“Plan A is going to be explored to the end, and in depth, but if that plan A doesn’t work, then we will worry about plan B.” For now, the G20 official said, there is no plan B. The impasse in the reforms has already had some side effects, including the increase in regional funds that act on a smaller scale, but which altogether could potentially undermine the role of the IMF in the future. At the G20 meeting over the weekend, officials tried to stay optimistic that the U.S., despite complaints from some Republicans have that the changes would cost too much at a time Washington was running big budget deficits, will come forward. But the prospects are not promising, the G20 official said. However, “At a time when the world has become multi-polar, why should one country have the veto power?”
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