Kilafasru Kilafasru, from the island of Kosrae in Micronesia, helped build his island's first defensive sea wall in 1971. Fifteen years later he worked on a new, larger one because the water kept risi ...More

An attempt by rich nations to side-track concerns of developing countries on how to combat climate change in long term was stonewalled by India, China and African countries, which lodged their protest ...More

Emissions in China and India grew by 9.9 and 7.5 per cent, respectively, in 2011, while those of the US and the European Union decreased by 1.8 and 2.8 per cent. LONDON: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emission ...More

Islands most vulnerable to rising sea levels are pushing for a climate-damage insurance program, adding to pressure on industrial nations to boost aid committed to fight global warming past $US100 bil ...More

Political will, international talks, serious action and market changes show we are determined to rise to the guardian.co.uk, Monday 3 December 2012 16.18 GMT As things stand, the world is plainly no ...More

An attempt by rich nations to side-track concerns of developing countries on how to combat climate change in long term was stonewalled by India, China and African countries, which lodged their protest ...More

LONDON: Rich countries spend five times more on fossil-fuel subsidies than on aid to help developing nations cut their emissions and protect against the effects of climate change, the Oil Change Inter ...More

The pace of progress in cutting global greenhouse gas emissions is recklessly slow, experts have warned. On current projections, global emissions of CO2 will plateau at around 50 billion tonnes durin ...More

NEW DELHI: Increased use of information and communication technology such as video conferencing and smart building management could cut global greenhouse gas emissions by up to 16.5% by 2020, says a n ...More

Carbon dioxide emissions from industry rose an estimated 2.6% this year, according to a study of global carbon emissions. The research by the Global Carbon Project, an annual report card on mankind's ...More

NEW DELHI: With no breakthroughs in the first week of the Doha climate talks on extending the Kyoto Protocol, Indian industry lobby CII Monday called for starting the Protocol's second commitment peri ...More

Using satellite data, scientists reveal 'definitive' study that claims sea levels are rising, writes Naomi Seck. The melting of polar ice caps raised sea levels by nearly 11 millimetres in the past t ...More

Emissions of t he most significant greenhouse gas from burning fossil fuels are projected to have risen by 2.6 per cent on last year's levels to a high of 35.6 billion tonnes, analysis from the Global ...More

Ahead of UN Climate Summit in Doha, a new research published today has come up with its data which says India has managed to control carbon emissions in comparison to other economies like China, the U ...More

In future, when the history of negotiations to limit climate change is written, one point will certainly stand out. Historians will wonder how during the entire process there was no link between the r ...More

Hyderabad Tribunal ruling on carbon credit transfers makes it clear that it is non-taxable. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an international treaty on environment, ...More

Heat, carbon dioxide and air pollution are already having significant effects on trees, plants and crops, and for most plant scientists, the debate over climate change ended long before the arrival of ...More

NEW DELHI: The combined rate of melting for the ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica has increased during the last 20 years says a landmark study published Thursday in the journal Science. The ...More

Ed Davey, the energy and climate change secretary, has warned supporters of shale gas that it may take many years for substantial exploration in the UK, and predicted it would not lead to an era of ch ...More

The latest round of U.N. climate change negotiations kicked off this week in Doha, Qatar, launching a 10-day slog that, as usual, faces low expectations. That doesn't mean it can't be productive, thou ...More