Global food security has clearly been under strain in recent years with fluctuating output, weather aberrations, rising production costs and of course food inflation that dilutes the nutrition intake ...More

AP According to a study, for every one degree Celsius of warming, there will be approximately a 10 per cent increase in lightning activity. Global warming could unleash more violent thunderstorms, f ...More

NEW DELHI: The meeting of BASIC countries - Brazil, South Africa, China and India — in Pretoria, South Africa, made a strong statement against EU's carbon tax on aviation at the end of two-day talks. ...More

AP According to a study, for every one degree Celsius of warming, there will be approximately a 10 per cent increase in lightning activity. Global warming could unleash more violent thunderstorms, f ...More

LONDON: The risk of flooding for many English homes and businesses could increase fourfold by 2035 if more action to deal with the impact of climate change is not taken, government advisers said on We ...More

GUWAHATI, July 11 – The possible reason for the recent floods in Assam is the changes taking place in climate, observes Prof Nayan Sarma of the IIT, Roorkee, who is involved in an Indo-German project ...More

Workers in the rain at the Farnborough international airshow. The Met Office has published research that showed recent extreme weather events were linked to man-made climate change. Photograph: Andy R ...More

LONDON: Glaciers nestling under the shadow of Diran and Rakaposhi, two towering peaks in the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan, remain impervious to global warming and have even grown slightly in r ...More

The move comes after the government told the Indian aviation sector not to provide data the EU had asked for as part of this new carbon tax regime. NEW DELHI: The trade battle with the European Unio ...More

WASHINGTON: The dramatic melt-off of Arctic sea ice due to climate change could lead to severe winter outbreaks, reveals a study. Charles H. Greene, professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at ...More

A medium-sized city with a population of 0.3 million, Yeosu is located at the centre of the south coast of South Korea, abundant in marine resources. It is located in the region where Korea’s leading ...More

Did you notice the paucity of news and comments about last week’s United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, the biggest event the UN has ever organised? Oh, you had not even rea ...More

AHMEDABAD: If the standing committee gives its final approval, citizens in Ahmedabad will be paid by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for taking care of the trees. AMC officials said that with a ...More

India will host the 45th Cocotech meeting of the Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC) here during July 2-6. The theme of the meeting is “Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development of the Cocon ...More

The Rio+20 meet re-establishes the principle of developed countries being primarily responsible for cleaning up the planet. The Environment Minister, Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, has reason to feel satisfi ...More

RIO DE JANEIRO: It ended with a bang, and not a whimper as predicted by some. On the day Hillary Clinton quoted Steve Jobs in support of "new thinking", and Hollywood stars Edward Norton and Dev Patel ...More

WASHINGTON: Sea levels are rising much faster along the US East Coast than they are around the globe, putting one of the world's most costly coasts in danger of flooding, government researchers report ...More

From providing broadband connectivity to DFOs to meeting expenses incurred on CAMPA workshop held in Hotel Ashok in Delhi to mitigation of electrocution of jumbos in Odisha by maintenance of power lin ...More

RIO DE JANEIRO: In a huge victory for emerging countries like India and Brazil, the world leaders adopted 'The Future We Want' declaration on sustainable development on Saturday, the final day of Rio+ ...More

NEW DELHI: UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon suffered a loss of face at the Rio Summitwith the G77 bloc of developing countries challenging the neutrality of the UNSG in deciding what global sustainabl ...More