A two-day national seminar titled “Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities: Responses to Climate Change”, was organised by St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama (Nagaland). The governor of Nagaland Nikhil Kumar, gracedthe occasion as the chief guest. The inaugural session was chaired by the convenor of the event, Fr. Abraham Lotha. Welcoming the chief guest, the college principal, Fr. Isaac Padinjarekuttu, said that the seminar is part of the college’s silver jubilee celebration. The governor mentioned that the topic was of importance and termed it the order of the day. Mr. Probir Bose, of The Climate Change Project, delivered the keynote address. He spoke and showed the audience several interesting slides on different aspects of climate change and global warming.
Various resource persons presented papers in the afternoon session that was chaired by Dr. Sushmita Dasgupta of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. In the course of the session, Mhonlumo Kikon spoke about the politics of carbon emission and its impact on indigenous communities in non-metropolitan places such as Nagaland. Following this, Dr. Dolly Mathew, enlightened the audience about the carbon budget, emission and its stabilisation steps, which included a description of procession farming. Speaking on the occasion, Zuchamo Kikon, additional director of agriculture, government of Nagaland, spoke at length about sustainable jhum cultivation and its effects in Nagaland.
The media partners for the seminar are Morung Express and Panos South Asia.
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It is one of the most significant conference that I have ever attended. Being one of the co-convener of the conference, I has benefited me in so many ways... Climate change is profoundly an issue of fairness. It is caused mainly by the burning of fossil fuels in the wealthiest countries, especially the United States, and in the rapidly growing economies of China and other middle-income countries. Yet, it will hurt most the poorest of the poor, who lack the resources to adjust and who live in the areas most affected by the increased drought, flooding, and water-borne disease that come with a warmer climate. Even in America, Hurricane Katrina showed us how natural disasters can fall most heavily on the poor. We cannot attribute any one storm to climate change, any more than we can attribute any one person's heart attack to our national epidemic of obesity. Nevertheless, warmer oceans are expected to increase the intensity of tropical storms. Katrina is, therefore, an example of the kind of disaster that is likely to become more common with global warming. It is an image of how the world's poor will pay for the lifestyles of the wealthy.
• Does it promote goodwill?
Fair solutions to climate change are essential to international goodwill. Climate change, and how to share the responsibility for minimizing it, are already the subjects of rancorous disputes among Europe, the United States, China and developing nations.
Climate change may already have exacerbated the drought and famine that fuel the violence in Darfur. Two other climate-change effects, sea level rise and increased seasonal flooding, have driven refugees from Bangladesh into Northeast India, sparking an often-violent conflict with the Assamese already living there.
Further warming is likely to bring wars over water, instability due to hunger and disease, and social conflict due to the movement of millions of climate refugees. Such problems are likely in many regions that already have ongoing conflicts, including North Africa, the Sahel, Southern Africa, South Asia, Central Asia, the Caribbean and the Amazon. Climate change is a threat to our own national security, according to a recent report by eleven retired admirals and generals including former U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gordon Sullivan and former Commander of the U.S. Central Command Anthony Zinni. As the United Nations Environment Program puts it, "Combating climate change will be a central peace policy of the 21st century.
ULFA steps up strikes a week before its foundation day. A BSF man was injured when ULFA militants ambushed a patrol party in Goalpara district of Assam on Friday.
The ambush took place at Dudhnoi in the evening. The patrol party was attacked by the anti-talk faction of ULFA while on the way to the BSF camp. The injured BSF man was shifted to the Goalpara Civil Hospital.
Assam seems to have improved on a few vital fronts. According to the provisional census data released in Guwahati on Friday, 44.1% of households avail banking services, as against 20.5% as reported in the previous Census. In the rural areas, 38.3 % people avail banking services and figure in urban areas is over 75%.
Over 66 percent of households resided in homes having walls made of grass, thatch or bamboo. But, 74.2% houses had roofs made of GI, metal or asbestos sheets.
For 37.1 % households electricity was the main source of lighting, up from 25 % in 2001 Census. But kerosene remained the major source of light for 61.8 % households and 0.8% were using solar power.
Only 54.8% of...
The month long Assam Assembly’s budget session adjourned sine die on Friday a day after Speaker Pranab Gogoi met the Opposition party members to end the stalemate.
The opposition members joined the House proceedings as soon as the question hour began at 9 in the morning where panchayat and rural development minister Rockybul Hussain replied to the questions posed by the members.
The Assam police accountability commission has tabled its report on the floor on the last day of the session which began on March 1.
The Electronic Media Forum Assam (EMFA) has raised voices for more dignified space for working journalists on duty to cover the proceedings of State Legislative Assembly at Dispur. Submitting a memorandum to Pranab Gogoi, Speaker, Assam Assembly today (March 31, 2012), the organization argues that the journalists, photo-journalists and camera persons belonged to both print and television media have increased their number in recent years and often it is observed that ‘the assigned media persons have to cover the Assembly sessions’ with lot of difficulties due to ‘non-availability of any specified space for them inside the Assembly campus’.
The forum urges for a...
For the third consecutive day, the Opposition parties continue to boycott the proceedings in the Assam Assembly. But the House proceedings are going on in the absence of the Opposition members.
The House proceeding began at 9 in the morning. But the Opposition members staged silent demonstration outside the House demanding withdrawal of “unparliamentary” word slammed against AIUDF members by Speaker Pranab Gogoi.
The 500 hour long economic blockade continues to disrupt movement of traffic between Assam and Meghalaya through Boko for the second consecutive day.
Convened by a number local organizations, hundreds of protesters blocked Hahim where hundreds of coal laden trucks are remaining stranded.
The protestors alleged that the neighbouring state has been trying to occupy Langpih in view of its rich natural resources.
The Income Tax department continues to conduct raid on a section of private nursing hospitals across the state. Senior IT officials conducted raids at Aditya Hospitals in Dibrugarh and Sivasagar on Thursday morning.
Notably, they conducted similar raids at the GNRC Hospitals in Guwahati on Wednesday. The raid began at 2-30 in the afternoon and continued till midnight.
Good news for Assam. The state would soon have representation in the Supreme Court.
A panel of judges set up to recommend Supreme Court judge has recommended Justice Ranjan Gogoi’s name as judge in the country’s apex court.
Justice Gogoi, the son of former Assam Chief Minister Keshab Gogoi is now in a stint as Chief Justice with Punjab and Haryana High Court has been recommended by the Collegium of Judges — headed by Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia — for elevation to the Supreme Court.
Justice Gogoi, who became a permanent judge of the Gauhati High Court on February 28, 2001, was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on September 9, 2010. He...
The newly raised HQ 22 Sector Assam Rifles symbolically unfurled its flag at Haflong Assam Rifles garrison. The flag was hoisted by the DIG, Brig Gajinder Singh, the first Commander of the newly raised Sector in the presence of Addl DIG, Col R Nair, Officers, JCOs, WO s and other ranks of the Sector HQ.
Speaking to the media, Brig Gajinder Singh said that the newly raised Sector HQ would shortly take over the responsibility of Dima Hasao Dist. He emphasized that HQ 22 Sector Assam Rifles would work in close cooperation with the Autonomous Council, civil administration, Assam Police, and the media for creating a safe and secure environment for the people of Dima Hasao district. He...
Three city based journalists have been selected for the next GNRC Media Fellowship programme, who are expected to start their activities from early next month. Selected fellows namely Nituparna Rajbongshi (Asomiya Pratidin), Prafulla Kumar Das (Ajir Dainik Batori) and Azhar Alam (Pratah Khabar) will study and report about the healthcare facilities and its accessibility to common people in northeast India. “We are planning to start the fellowship program from the first week of April. The selected fellows will receive a monthly stipend of Rs 10,000 /- each for three months,” informed Dr NC Bora, CMD of GNRC Hospitals. The GNRC Media Fellowship programme is run by the management...
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