New Delhi: The Dalai Lama on Tuesday urged the world to protect Tibet from global warming, saying his Himalayan homeland was crucial to the health of the world. The exiled spiritual leader called on ...More

Tibet's exiled leaders, including the Dalai Lama, said on Tuesday two-thirds of the glaciers in their mountain homeland may disappear by 2050 because of climate change and demanded a stake in internat ...More

Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar said in a statement here today that the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign cannot happen without the wholehearted participation of mun ...More

AHMEDABAD: At a time when the lion population is increasing and now spread in an area of 22,000 sq km across Saurashtra, the Narendra Modi-led NDA government has denied funds under the Integrated Deve ...More

WASHINGTON: Climate change, increase in agricultural land use and population growth may lead to severe water shortage in Nepal in the coming decades, according to a new study. Using a sophisticated ...More

A jump in global average temperatures of 1.5 degrees Celsius to 2 degrees Celsius will see the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves and lead to hundreds and even thousands of years of sea level rise, a n ...More

Development Commissioner and ACS Forest and Environment UN Behera has called for a coordinated approach for tackling the climate change in Odisha. Addressing a workshop on the theme ‘Climate Change A ...More

A budget of over Rs 30,000 crore is required for implementing the second phase of Climate Change Action Plan in Odisha, covering the period 2015-20 to combat the challenges of climate change. As per ...More

The US has committed to only a fifth of its fair share and the European Union (EU) just over a fifth in the fight against climate change through its new targets, concludes a collective assessment by s ...More

Bareilly: High mortality of Indian elephants before puberty is worrying experts. According to a study, over 50% of Indian elephants are dying before puberty. To discuss the matter, a two-day internati ...More

Although Arctic areas have experienced the most rapid warming to date, climate-related threats to the Amazon basin's biodiversity will eclipse those in other regions by the year 2100, scientists have ...More

PARIS: Diplomats convene in Bonn Monday for the last five-day negotiating session before 195 nations try to ink a global climate pact in December. The UN talks have made progress toward an agreemen ...More

Global sea levels will rise substantially more than previously thought and almost irreversibly if greenhouse gas emissions continue, according to New Zealand-led research released on Thursday. An in ...More

MELBOURNE: Large parts of Antarctic ice-sheet may collapse, leading to a substantial rise in global sea-level in the future, if greenhouse gas emissions continue, scientists warn. An international ...More

New Delhi: The government on Thursday flagged off the ‘Science Express Climate Action Special’ train from Delhi, as part of its initiative to sensitize the masses, especially children and the youth, a ...More

NEW DELHI: Ahead of crucial climate change summit in Paris, Centre today flagged off 'Science Express Climate Action Special' (SECAS) train, being touted as world's first and largest on-wheel mass edu ...More

NEW DELHI: With countries across the globe gearing up for the crucial Paris climate summit, India on Thursday launched a massive awareness drive on the issue by flagging off a 'climate change special' ...More

NEW DELHI: With countries across the globe gearing up for the crucial Paris climate summit, India on Thursday launched a massive awareness drive on the issue by flagging off a 'climate change special' ...More

WASHINGTON: The US should work with India and China to address the challenges posed by climate change, leading Democratic presidential candidates have said. "This is a moral issue. We have got to ...More

The National Mission for a Green India (GIM) under the Ministry of Environment has approved annual plans for four states of the country. The National Executive Council (NEC) has given its nod to the P ...More