New Delhi, Nov 17 : The first Indo-German Environment Forum programme begins on Tuesday.

It aims to strengthen cooperation in the field of environment. It will focus on issues relating to climate, energy, water and waste policies.

The main purpose of this forum is to share the lessons through extremely fruitful engagement and to widen the scope of commonly, agreed environmental agenda of both the countries.

Bonn, Germany - Industrialized countries are continuing to emit more greenhouse gasses despite goals set by the Kyoto agreement to curb carbon pollution, a UN body said Monday.

The UN Climate Change Secretariat said planet-warming gases released by 40 industrial states that signed up the Kyoto framework increased an average 2.3 per cent between 2000-2006.

Berlin - Germany are expected to hand out some new caps in the friendly international against England in Berlin on Wednesday.

Coach Joachim Loew, who has called up three newcomers for the match in the Olympic Stadium, said Monday he wanted to test some or all of his trio of novices.

"The intention is to learn something new against strong opponents but I can't say yet exactly how it's going to look," Loew said.

"However I do want to give the one or other player a chance."

Wolfsburg, Germany - Volkswagen reported a drop in sales in October but predicted it would sell more cars in 2008 than it did last year.

Europe's largest automaker said it delivered 502,600 vehicles last month, a drop of 5.1 per cent from a year ago. Sales in the first 10 months of 2008 were up 2.8 per cent to
5.29 million.

VW said increased sales in emerging economies like China and Brazil helped offset a slump in demand in western Europe.

Bonn, Germany - Greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized countries have continued to rise despite goals set by the Kyoto agreement to curb carbon pollution, a UN body said Monday.

The UN Climate Change Secretariat said planet-warming gases released by the 40 industrial states that signed up the Kyoto framework had increased an average 2.3 per cent between 2000-2006.

Munich - Bayern Munich's French defender Willy Sagnol is considering en