The greatest problem facing India is global warming. War, internal subversion and a global economic meltdown are all very serious threats, but they can be stopped or contained. Global warming, on the ...More

Jammu, January 4 Governor NN Vohra today emphasised the importance of involving students and NGOs in organising painting and essay writing competitions and other relevant programmes in educational ...More

NEW DELHI: If not kissing the frog, at least appreciating their 'croak' may lead to some headway in to climate research . For the first time frog song is being monitored using automated sound record ...More

KOLKATA: Renowned environmentalist Dr R K Pachauri said he would soon set up a unit of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in West Bengal to work on climate change impact. Pachauri, who ...More

NEW DELHI: If not kissing the frog, at least appreciating their 'croak' may lead to some headway in to climate research . For the first time frog song is being monitored using automated sound recorder ...More

Shimla, January 1 A centre to monitor the impact of change in climatic conditions in different zones will be set up in the state soon. Stating this here yesterday, Chief Minister PK Dhumal said the s ...More

Ahead of its 17th Conference of Parties in Durban late-November, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has registered for carbon credits the Rs.365-crore Himachal Prades ...More

The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) has set up a task force to work on revision of forest types in the country. According to the Director General of the ICFRE, Dr VK Bahugu ...More

India will not sign any legally binding global agreement for emissions reduction, as the country needs to eradicate poverty through economic growth, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said on Tue ...More

The three-day Second Odisha Environment Congress (OEC) celebrating the International Year of the Forest being organised by the Human Development Foundation concluded Saturday. During the event, Min ...More

LONDON: Scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have come up with a method to identify wildlife populations likely to experience drastic changes when faced with extreme events such as ...More

LONDON: Scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have come up with a method to identify wildlife populations likely to experience drastic changes when faced with extreme events such as ...More

NEW DELHI: Information and communications technology (ICT) can play a major role in combating climate change by encouraging adoption of green practices, experts said Thursday. "ICT could help in c ...More

LONDON:The European Union plans to charge agreen tax on flights to the US from Jan 1. The move is part of a carbon-trading rule on airlines using EU airports. A family of four now faces an extra ...More

KOLKATA: Spiritual guru Sohom Baba, one of the UN appointed observers at the recently concluded climate summit at Durban, South Africa, Thursday called for imposing carbon taxon the industrial secto ...More

NEW DELHI: Information and communications technology (ICT) can play a major role in combating climate change by encouraging adoption of green practices, experts said Thursday. "ICT could help ...More

KOLKATA:Spiritual guru Sohom Baba, one of the UNappointed observers at the recently concluded climate summit at Durban, South Africa, Thursday called for imposing carbon tax on the industrial sector ...More

LONDON:The European Union plans to charge agreen tax on flights to the US from Jan 1. The move is part of a carbon-trading rule on airlines using EU airports. A family of four now faces an extra c ...More

Is Haryana’s diversion of much of the Yamuna waters at the Hathnikund barrage to blame for the drying up of the Yamuna downstream during the non-monsoon months? And is this phenomenon endangering the ...More

NEW DELHI: India has not undertaken legally binding commitments to take absolute greenhouse gas emission reduction targets at Durban, Union environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan informed ...More