In its first week, the Durban climate change conference has progressed pretty much as expected, which is to say not much. The most notable news actually came from a report released on the conference s ...More

PRETORIA: The Himalayan region which is home to the world's tallest peaks, includingMount Everest, is particularly vulnerable as rising temperatures disturb the balance of snow, ice and water, threate ...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

It has now become traditional for climate change summits to open with a new, dazzling prediction of impending catastrophe. The UN Climate Conference under way in the South African coastal town of Durb ...More

Himachal has added yet another feather to its cap as it has become the first state in the country to prepare its green house gas emission inventory where it has calculated its total carbon emissions f ...More

India Inc is keeping fingers crossed as the first two days of parleys at the ongoing Durban climate summit are pointing at an enduring logjam. The debate in the South African city has hit a roadblock ...More

The ministerial declaration issued by India, Bhutan, Nepal, and Bangladesh addressing food, water, energy, and biodiversity concerns in the Himalayan region is a welcome initiative to protect this bio ...More

China is ready to offer legally binding commitments to limit its emission of greenhouse gases (GHG). If the offer, to come into effect after 2020, is made and accepted, it may rescue stalled global cl ...More

Britain and other rich countries are using aid money as a lever to bully developing countries over climate change, according to a new report by an anti-poverty pressure group. With international clim ...More

Even before the annual UN climate change negotiations are formally kicked off in Durban, India is warding off pressure to commit to legally binding CO2 emission cuts. Developed countries are threateni ...More

East Antarctica is experiencing a significant climate change, say scientists who claim to have found an increase of “bomb spikes” in the area. An international team says that chemical clues absorbed ...More

Countries most vulnerable to climate change are alarmed by recent proposals from rich and major emerging economies to delay a global deal to curb greenhouse gases until at least 2020, delegates and an ...More

As crucial climate talks begin in Durban, attention is focused on the likely role of the major country groupings. The outcome of the U.N. climate conference will be largely decided by the interplay of ...More

As the 12-day UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks got underway in Durban, South Africa, the twin foci are the future of the Kyoto Protocol that expires in end-2012 and staving off ...More

The U.N. weather office says world temperatures maintained a long-term upward trend and Arctic sea ice shrank to record low volumes this year. The report by the International Meteorological Organiz ...More

The most draconian projections of rising temperatures due to the doubling of atmospheric carbon are unlikely, says a new study. The rate of global warming may be less severe than projected by the Int ...More

The European Union’s demand for a road map leading to the next legally-binding global warming treaty raises a hurdle that may snarl negotiations at the United Nations climate conference this week. T ...More

Almost 200 nations began global climate talks on Monday with time running out to save the Kyoto Protocol aimed at cutting the greenhouse gas emissions scientists blame for rising sea levels, intense s ...More

Like the previous two international climate summits at Copenhagen and Cancun, the upcoming United Nations-sponsored meet at Durban, beginning today, too, is unlikely to deliver a consensus-based globa ...More

NEW DELHI: For India, the battle on Kyoto Protocol at the Durban climate talks beginning on Monday boils down to ensuring the global community does not impose an unjust tax on its energy and growth. ...More