It will be a mistake to welcome the agreement reached at the UN climate change talks in Poland since it is couched in vague terms whose sole purpose was to avoid a breakdown of the negotiations. As su ...More

SYDNEY: The Pacific region faces serious economic losses due to climate change and it is critical that nations causing the problem step in to help, the Asian Development Bank said on Tuesday. A new r ...More

WELLINGTON: A Pacific islander's bid to become the world's first climate change refugee failed on Tuesday, with a New Zealand judge describing his case as "unconvincing". Lawyers for Ioane Teitiota, 3 ...More

Western Ghats continue to be grab global attention of conservationists even as the State is fervently debating the proposals for conserving the ecosystem of the hill ranges. The hill ranges is one of ...More

SURAT: The vulnerability of Surat city to climate change will be assessed by a two-member team of Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) project. The team will be in the city for a we ...More

There is one group of creatures for whom global warming is a boon. Of all of the systems of nature, one of the most responsive to temperature changes is insects. Warming accelerates the breeding rates ...More

SURAT: Municipal Commissioner Manoj Das will represent Surat city in a one day meet to be held in New York on December 4. The meet is organized by Rockefeller foundation in which 100 selected city rep ...More

WASHINGTON: Climate change is shifting the landscape in the Arctic more rapidly than anywhere else in the world, US defence secretary Chuck Hagel has said. "Climate change is shifting the landscape i ...More

WASHINGTON: Climate change is shifting the landscape in the Arctic more rapidly than anywhere else in the world, US defence secretary Chuck Hagel has said. "Climate change is shifting the landscape ...More

Developing countries have lost out on all the key areas of UN climate change negotiations at Warsaw as the developed nations managed to shift the burden of reducing emissions on to the emerging econom ...More

Against the backdrop of the U.N. climate change negotiations in Warsaw, the United States Ambassador to India, Nancy Powell, says the U.S. was helping developing countries address climate change by am ...More

In Sweden, where I lived for many years, it can get pretty cold. Shocking news, right? As you might expect in a wealthy country with a high standard of living, housing is built to insulate against h ...More

WARSAW: Almost 30 hours of overtime and intense negotiations, the United Nations sponsored Warsaw climate change talks came to a close with a deal that failed to resolve key contentious issues on ad ...More

Fraught UN climate talks revealed growing frustration this week among vulnerable nations and observers with the political stance of emerging economies like China and India in the battle to stave off d ...More

Warsaw: Environment ministers from around the world including India on Friday began a final push at the UN climate summit to lay the groundwork for a deal that is expected to be in place in two years ...More

WARSAW: Hitting out at developed countries for backtracking on their commitments to fight climate change, India on Thursday used the UN climate talks' platform to tell the rich nations not to treat ...More

The annual United Nations climate change conference, which was held at Warsaw, Poland from November 11 to 22, started with an emotional appeal from the Philippine negotiator Yeb Sano, who declared tha ...More

WARSAW: In a last ditch effort to save the climate talks from being collapsed, head of delegation of key countries on Friday stepped up their behind the scene parleys to commit something on financia ...More

AMRAVATI: If wildlife is being dislodged from forests, it is also struggling to find space in media. Wildlife deserves due attention especially while reporting human-wildlife conflict incidents, said ...More

A helpline established by the Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) for citizens to air their grievances and clarify doubts about the report of the High-Level Working Group (HLWG) on the conservation ...More