Sept. 25: In a blow to US hopes of reaching an international deal to fight global warming, environment minister Prakash Javadekar yesterday said that India would not offer a plan to cut its greenhouse ...More

Far off America’s shores, an ocean preserve flush with rare seabirds, turtles and marine mammals will grow to roughly three times the size of California under a memorandum that U.S. President Barack O ...More

United Nations: World leaders on Tuesday urged ambitious action to combat climate change, but pledges remained well short of goals, with a year to go for an accord. At a UN summit held after tens of t ...More

NEW DELHI: As the much awaited Climate Summit opened in New York on Tuesday with a strong appeal from UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon for action from one and all to protect the world, India is expect ...More

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for establishment of the Clean Ganga Fund (CGF). The following broad activities will be financed from t ...More

NEW YORK: India will take action on climate change not "at somebody's dictation" but on its own volition, environment minister Prakash Javadekar has said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "very muc ...More

On the eve of India on the United Nations Secretary General (UNSG)'s climate summit in New York, India told the Major Economies Forum on Monday that the developing countries' determination towards cli ...More

NEW DELHI: As the much awaited Climate Summit opened in New York on Tuesday with a strong appeal from UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon for action from one and all to protect the world, India is expect ...More

UNITED NATIONS: Challenged by the United Nations chief to set a new course for a warming globe and reverse the rise of heat-trapping gases, world leader after world leader Tuesday made promises of bil ...More

Union Minister of State for Environment Prakash Javadekar has stressed on the responsibility of developed countries to finance climate mitigation actions. Speaking at the Major Economies Forum in Ne ...More

Dozens of protesters were arrested on Monday during a demonstration in New York City to denounce what organizers say is Wall Street's contribution to climate change. Hundreds of protesters had earli ...More

New Delhi: As leaders from the world overgather in New York for the UN Climate Summit, India has asked the developed nations to work towards further reducing their greenhouse gas emissions and enhance ...More

UNITED NATIONS: US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday a new global agreement on climate change must include strong commitments from emerging economies and move past the rich-poor country divide th ...More

NEW DELHI: India has made it clear that the global climate compact cannot ignore the fact that developing countries need more time, financial and technological support to deal with climate change. ...More

BANGALORE: With an aim to do some bit for the environment, Bangalore-headquartered Wipro has adopted a variable pay component depending on employees' carbon footprints B - the lesser the carbon footpr ...More

With climate change and changing weather patterns having an impact on crop cycles, the University of Agricultural Sciences in Dharwad (UAS, Dharwad) is trying to hand-hold farmers through the diffic ...More

NEW DELHI: As leaders from the world over gather in New York for the UN Climate Summit, India has asked the developed nations to work towards further reducing their greenhouse gas emissions and enha ...More

Seeking to literally "cement ties" between the two countries, premier institutions from India and Switzerland have partnered as part of a consortium of researchers that has produced a "new type" of ...More

Television news tends to focus on disasters such as droughts or floods in covering scientific findings about climate change, an approach that may exaggerate pessimism about the subject, according to ...More

LONDON: India, China, US and the EU are the largest emitters of carbon dioxide, the main contributor to global warming, with the countries together accounting for 58 per cent of emissions, scientist ...More