Under the spell of Kangchendzonga
Posted by deborahchan on Oct 14, 2009
One of the many natural beauties Kangchendzonga has to offer.
From lush tropical forest, postcard-pretty trails to snow-capped peaks, Sikkim has it all. Little wonder, the natives call their home the ‘earthly paradise’.
When I told friends and family that I was going to Sikkim, the response was, “Huh? Where on earth is Sikkim?” Well, it’s in India and it is also part of the Indian Himalayas.
Most people associate the Himalayas with Nepal. But the Great Himalayan Range actually stretches from Pakistan’s Nanga Parbat (8125m) in the west, across Nepal, and over 2000km to the peaks framing Sikkim and Bhutan in the east. Read more of this article…
Wild Asia
Airline chief warns governments not to squander opportunity for a global sectoral solution for aviation
Posted by JLow on Oct 8, 2009
This week saw the Greener Skies 2009 conference being held in Hong Kong, where airlines came together to discuss the ways forward for the aviation industry in tackling climate change and policies on carbon emissions.
General sentiment is that while on the surface it appears logical that respective nations’ governments should be imposing their own policies on carbon emissions, since the nature and operations of the aviation sector is cross-border, requiring individual airline companies to comply with respective carbon policies of the countries to which they fly creates a whole myriad of complexities in terms of regulations, taxes, and maybe even carbon prices.
Below is the reproduction of a recent article update on the conference from GreenAirOnline. It summarises the united front of the sector in preparation of the Copenhagen summit in Dec 2009, calling for the global policy makers to consider a holistic single approach for the aviation industry, instead of leaving it to individual nations and their respective, and potentially differing, policies for a global sector such as the aviation sector.
John Low
Malaysia Airlines
