AP poll shows that events like superstorm Sandy are succeeding with climate sceptics where scientists have been failing • Suzanne Goldenberg US environment guardian.co.uk, Homes left in the wake ...More

NEW DELHI: Even as one in four deaths worldwide in 2010 was caused by heart disease or stroke the top two killers that have remained constant for the past 40 years human mortality caused by climate ch ...More

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Elephant and Rhino poaching surged to record levels in 2011 and an increase in illegal tiger hunting makes the species' extinction a real near-term threat with only about 3,200 o ...More

The Cabinet of the Ghana government has approved a revised forest and wildlife policy to enable the country to consolidate and maximise benefits derived from products and services of the forest and wi ...More

The Doha round ensured that the all countries 'reaffirmed' their commitment to limit climate change but failed to provide a concrete and meaningful plan of action Typhoons Pablo and Bopha hit the Ph ...More

A ski lift at Mount Sunapee in Newbury, N.H., where cold weather in late November allowed the resort to open. But higher temperatures quickly returned, melting the resort’s manufactured snow. NEWBUR ...More

KOLKATA: The Centre has approved the state's plan to take immediate steps against climate change. It will be executed by the state government once the funds are released. The funding agency, however, ...More

Elephant and rhino poaching surged to record levels in 2011 and an increase in illegal tiger hunting makes the species’ extinction a real near-term threat with only about 3,200 of the big cats left in ...More

Malta’s first National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan has been published by the Tourism Ministry. The national strategy, which is themed “Working hand-in-hand with Nature”, defines a comprehen ...More

Doha event is not going to save world from climate change impact, it has at best managed to keep negotiations alive Gas-to-liquid (GTL) diesel buses with the posters “Share the ride, cut the carbon ...More

November 2001, Doha hosted trade talks over intellectual property and public health. The discussions resulted in the landmark Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health. The Doha Declar ...More

Dr Aled Jones, director of the Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge UK, has been invited to join an initiative spearheaded by former US president Bill Clinton ...More

THE most prominent political climate sceptics see no reason to change their minds, despite the welter of studies over the past fortnight showing forecasts of global warming were correct or underestima ...More

Add to the economic costs of climate change the $12 billion winter tourism industry. A new report from the nonprofit groups Protect Our Winters and the Natural Resources Defense Council indicates th ...More

Superannuation funds and other long-term investors are handling their climate change risks with “reckless mismanagement”, according to the compilers of an international climate investment index. A su ...More

DOHA/NEW DELHI: The lack of an aggressive effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and financial support for developing countries at Doha notwithstanding India has cause not to be dissatisfied with i ...More

ROC Environmental Protection Administration Deputy Minister Yeh Shin-cheng spoke on Taiwan’s policies in response to global warming during the annual meeting of the Climate Parliament Dec. 7 at the 20 ...More

It has been estimated that by 2017 India will be water stressed and per capita availability will decline to 1600 cubic meters. The available annual utilisable water in our country (surface plus ground ...More

Declining prices of carbon credits along with the lower probability of Annex 1 or developed countries agreeing to binding commitments after the expiry of first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ...More

The United Nations climate talks in Doha ended in overtime, in what can be best described a nail-biting finish. This was the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Conven ...More