Taking a tough stance against the European Union (EU)'s emission norms for airlines, the environment ministry has indicated that it would approach the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) ...More

India and USA discussed a host of prickly issues, including cyber security and climate change during their two-day summit held at a California resort on 7-9 June 2013.The nations also committed to wor ...More

The winter migratory birds appear to be adapting to the climate change in a big way and this year despite Delhi witnessing a harsh summer, a large number of them have stayed back at the Okhla Bird San ...More

BANGALORE: Rainy and windy weather for the past two weeks has brought down the sizzling temperature, much to the relief of Bangaloreans. But the climate change has left mango growers a worried lot, pr ...More

Environmental issues weren’t always discussed with the kind of urgency as they are now. Clean drinking water, good air, hygienic living conditions, effective waste disposal, etc, were the only require ...More

With climate change resulting in erratic monsoon leading to abnormal distribution of rainfall worldwide, the farming communities are now forced to use techniques that help them cope with the new condi ...More

The recent announcement by climate watchers that carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere has crossed a psychologically significant barrier of 400 parts per million raised all the intended alarm bells w ...More

PARIS, 9 JUNE: Rising carbon emissions will place parts of India, China, Southeast Asia, East Africa and the northern Andes at a higher risk of extreme floods, a study published today says. Global w ...More

President Obama and President Xi Jinping of China said they were building "a new model" of co-operative relations after 40 years of diplomatic ups and downs as they wound down a second day of talks Sa ...More

WASHINGTON, June 9 (Agencies): For the first time, the US and China, the world's top two greenhouse-gas emitters, have agreed to work together and with other countries to phase down the consumption an ...More

The US and China today agreed to work together to phase down the consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) or "super greenhouse" gases as part of their joint effort against climate chang ...More

More than 60 per cent of Hyderabadis are not happy with the quality of air they breathe and water they get to drink in the city. The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri)’s Environmental Survey 2013 ...More

The Canadian government's promotion of the tar sands industry is setting the world on a course of catastrophic climate change, a group of climate scientists and economists have warned. In a letter ma ...More

ACCRA: Nearly 700,000 people in Ghana are staring at hunger as climate change has started taking a toll on food security in this West African nation of 25 million people, a survey shows. The phenomeno ...More

The figure exceeded the estimates of the 2011 census There are more Royal Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans than was earlier thought. Exceeding the estimates of the 2011 census, West Bengal’s Forest De ...More

PUNE: A recent study undertaken by environmentalists in the city recorded 191 species of butterflies belonging to 117 genera and six families from the Western Ghats. The maximum number of species was ...More

UNITED NATIONS: Science plays a key role in finding new ways to combat climate change, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday, stressing that governments must use scientific data to mobilis ...More

Chennai: “Large marine mammals are now avoiding the Chennai coast due to pollution and if you don’t see whales or turtles soon, don’t be surprised,” warn marine biologists worried about the impact of ...More

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's oft-repeated claim that the city is among the world's greenest capitals has been questioned by none other than the Centre's apex body on regional planning. T ...More

TURA, June 8 – Tura town woke to the sound of the Environment Day bugle here on Wednesday. The meeting was held in a mission mode, led by DC West Garo Hills Pravin Bakshi. The Day was a day to save th ...More