Once known as the world’s most polluted city, Beijing shed the dubious tag by showing political resolve and implementing innovate measures to provide its citizens cleaner air to breathe. Delhi — whic ...More

With a view to help the environment and mitigate the impact of climate change, the National Green Tribunal, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, FICCI and the Indian Law Institute are organi ...More

KOLKATA: US ambassador to India Richard Verma on Wednesday said that India and the US are destined to be a force for regional and global change. He was delivering the keynote address on the second d ...More

Victoria, Seychelles: Climate change poses serious threat to island nations like Seychelles as terrorism to the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said as he expressed India's deep commi ...More

KOLKATA: The US Ambassador to India Richard Verma today said that the intersection ofclimate change, migration and governance will present new challenges for south Asian nations. "Climate change a ...More

Observing that economic impact of climate change will be profound on South Asia, US envoy Richard Verma said on Wednesday that India was projected to face an annual loss of 2.2 percent of GDP by 2050 ...More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the world needs to combat the ill-effects of climate changein the same way as it is combating terrorism. "The world has to combat the ill-effects of clim ...More

The Centre has sent a proposal to the UP government asking it to install advanced devices for online monitoring of the pollution level in Ganga. These devices are proposed to be installed at 57 differ ...More

Rising waters have submerged many areas of Cherikadavu Though the threat of global warming still feels distant for many, it is at the doorstep of those residing at Cherikadavu area of Thevalakara pan ...More

PUNE: A drastic reduction in the budgetary allocation for environment and related sectors has prompted city based NGO Jividha to launch a campaign titled 'Re 1 for environment'. The campaign, which wa ...More

MUMBAI: In a study that identifies a new, "direct fingerprint" of human activity on Earth, scientists have found that agricultural crops play a big role in seasonal swings of carbon dioxide in the atm ...More

KOLKATA: Climate scientists and experts have urged city planners in Kolkata and policy makers in Bengal to get out of the Five-Year Plan psyche and take a real long-term view. Or else, they warn Kolka ...More

The Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL) will now have to ensure that there are continuous monitoring stations to determine pollutants in the air as well as usage of mobile stations for measuri ...More

India must implement good practices to rein in its escalating energy use in buildings -- projected to increase seven-fold by mid-21st century, the author of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chang ...More

The Indian government has made a notable and innovative claim of late, one which might upturn the standard assumptions by which climate-change negotiations are held. It has pointed out that India has ...More

Kolkata: Climate experts will put their heads together in the city on Monday to discuss the fifth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The fifth assessment rep ...More

Several scientific studies have linked armed conflict to changes in climate, but there has been none establishing the correlation between weather and an ongoing strife. However, a new study has sugges ...More

NEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to extend its flagship rural jobs scheme to include afforestation as part of a move to create more durable assets through the programme that Prime Minister Narendra M ...More

CAIRO: Ahead of the UN climate conference in Paris later this year, India and Egypt have decided to form a 'joint working group' for "cooperation in environment and climate change". "The joint wor ...More

Study: Deforestation in high latitudes could lead to a 12% decline in rains In the near future, it may just be metaphorical dark clouds that hover over the country, rather than rain-bringing ones. A ...More