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Aman Sethi

The North India Bureau of Frontline magazine. Based in New Delhi. Covers climate change issues. Graduated from Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, and Chennai and Delhi University, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, India.

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Need for review of offsetting mechanisms

By: Aman Sethi on December 12th, 2007

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With less than a month to go for the clauses of the Kyoto Protocol to come into effect, the fact that 16 out of the 36 countries that took on binding emission-reductions are unlikely to meet their targets has brought the issue of “offsetting emissions” back into focus at the UNFCCC Conference on Climate Change.

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Experts see thorny road ahead for deforestation negotiations

By: Aman Sethi on December 12th, 2007

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As the UNFCCC World Climate Change Conference crossed the 10,000-attendee mark, delegates braced themselves for what could be one most difficult and divisive issues of what could constitute “The Bali Breakthrough.” “The working group on Reduction of Emissions by Deforestation (and Degradation) in Developing Countries (REDD) was constituted and has begun work today,” stated UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer.

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