LONDON: The Dead Sea had almost disappeared once some 120,000 years ago and the way it's water levels are declining, the giant lake may not survive another significant period of drought in the Middle ...More

DURBAN: The US today made clear that the target of keeping the global average temperatures from rising more than two degree above pre-industrial era - when catastrophic climate change kicks in - w ...More

DURBAN: The US today made clear that the target of keeping the global average temperatures from rising more than two degree above pre-industrial era - when catastrophicclimate change kicks in - was no ...More

LONDON: The Dead Sea had almost disappeared once some 120,000 years ago and the way it's water levels are declining, the giant lake may not survive another significant period of drought in the Middl ...More

Remember the embarrassing controversy a few years ago about whether or not Himalayan glaciers are retreating due to global warming? Finally, the foundation for a thorough scientific study and monitori ...More

DURBAN: It was BASIC countries' day at Durban on Tuesday with the ministers of South Africa, India, Brazil and China forcefully restating their joint position on a new legally binding deal to a packed ...More

DURBAN: It was BASIC countries' day at Durban on Tuesday with the ministers of South Africa, India, Brazil and China forcefully restating their joint position on a new legally binding deal to a packed ...More

The U.N. Environment Programme chief says a treaty on climate change wouldn’t be enough to avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures, and countries need to voluntarily make deeper cuts in carbon e ...More

Millions of people are under threat from melting of Himalayan glaciers, according to scientists carrying out the most comprehensive ever assessment of climate change in the region. The findings, pu ...More

Remember the embarrassing controversy a few years ago about whether or not Himalayan glaciers are retreating due to global warming? Finally, the foundation for a thorough scientific study and monitori ...More

NEW DELHI: Union environment ministerJayanthi Natarajan stepped into the high pressure Durban talks with a series of closed door bilateral meetings with US, China and Europe even as she took stock of ...More

Global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel burning jumped by the largest amount on record last year, upending the notion that the brief decline during the recession might persist through the ...More

Glaciers in the Himalayas have shrunk by as much as a fifth in the last 30 years, scientists have claimed in the first authoritative confirmation of the impact of climate change on the region. The fi ...More

India may go green in the face insisting that its position in the Durban climate change talks is a progressive one. But truth be told, we have gone back to the drawing board after seemingly moving tow ...More

As climate change negotiations continue at Durban, it is becoming increasingly clear that finding a perfectly democratic and equitable burden-sharing framework is not going to be easy. Views are still ...More

Global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel burning jumped by the largest amount on record last year, upending the notion that the brief decline during the recession might persist through the ...More

Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have gone up by 49 per cent over the last two decades to reach a staggering 10 billion tonnes in 2010. Contributions to such emissions grow ...More

NEW DELHI: Union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan stepped into the high pressure Durban talks with a series of closed door bilateral meetings with US, China and Europe even as she took stock of ...More

The Heaviest and the smallest members of the bustard family – the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and Lesser Floricans – finally have some hope. The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has come up w ...More

DURBAN: Several animal species including gorillas in Rwanda and tigers in Bangladeshcould risk extinction if the impact of climate change and extreme weather on their habitats is not addressed, a UN r ...More