Brisbane: The world’s most powerful economies urge “strong and effective action” on climate change, catapulting the issue up the G20 agenda in a new boost for campaigners after a surprising Sino-US ...More

Endorses need for transparency and disclosure of tax info Brisbane (Australia), November 16: Leaders from the G20 group of nations agreed on Sunday to boost flagging global growth, tackle climate ...More

The world's most powerful economies urge "strong and effective action" on climate change, catapulting the issue up the G20 agenda in a new boost for campaigners after a surprising Sino-US breakthrough ...More

NEW DELHI: For India, a small yet important success has come in the form of the G-20's endorsement of energy efficiency as important to ensuring sustainable development and growth, and the push to ind ...More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Sherpa' at the G-20 Summit, Suresh Prabhu, on Sunday said India's concerns on issues like climate change and food security were discussed at the event. "The G-20 has a ...More

Leaders of the Group of 20 countries on Sunday agreed to take a variety of measures to add an extra $2 trillion or 2.1 per cent to world economic output and create millions of jobs by 2018. Despite ...More

The World Wildlife Fund’s recently published Living Planet Report 2014 brings some alarming news: wildlife numbers have halved over the last four decades. In response to the growing number of species ...More

If there is an area of policymaking that just involves hot air, it has to be climate change. The amount of rhetoric that is expended by countries on this issue would be amusing if it were not for th ...More

LIMA | NEW DELHI: India has claimed victory at the Lima climate talks, with the final agreement restoring a difference in the manner in which rich and poor countries made efforts to tackle climate cha ...More

Leaders from the G-20 group of nations agreed on Sunday to boost flagging global growth, tackle climate change and crack down on tax avoidance but ties between the West and Russia plummeted to a new l ...More

New Delhi, Nov 15: In the wake of the ground-breaking deal on reducing emissions signed earlier this week between the US and China, a top UK official today said that her country wants to “see In ...More

New Delhi, Nov 15: In the wake of the ground-breaking deal on reducing emissions signed earlier this week between the US and China, a top UK official today said that her country wants to “see In ...More

BRISBANE: The world's most powerful economies Sunday urged "strong and effective action" on climate change, catapulting the issue onto the final statement of G20 talks despite pressure from Australia ...More

The US-China carbon deal has already started putting pressure on New Delhi to spell out its emission cut targets. The United Kingdom (UK) on Saturday asked India to take a “lead role” in global ef ...More

BHUBANESWAR: Mauritius president Rajkeswur Purryag on Saturday expressed concern over global economic crisis, impact of climate change and suggested policy intervention for greater social justice. He ...More

The US-China carbon deal has already started putting pressure on New Delhi to spell out its emission cut targets. The United Kingdom (UK) on Saturday asked India to take a “lead role” in global ef ...More

COLOMBO: Commonwealth leaders are to wrap up a summit in Sri Lanka on Sunday, looking to put on a united front after talks dominated by a bitter dispute over war crimes allegations. Leaders were expe ...More

BRISBANE: The world's most powerful economies Sunday urged "strong and effective action" on climate change, catapulting the issue onto the final statement of G20 talks despite pressure from Australia ...More

India on Friday was not too impressed by the "mutual" climate deal reached between the US and China, saying it was "not so ambitious" but welcomed the American decision to cut carbon emissions with im ...More

The Union Territory’s climate change action plan has been finalised and the development and use of solar energy will have a major role to play in achieving the goals, said M. Dwarakanath, Director, De ...More