in Cancun was a "big step" that exceeded expectations, a top UN official on climate change has said, asking nations to get to the task of quickly implementing the measures with credible accountability ...More

AMSTERDAM: The agreements reached at a global conference this month to help poor countries cope with climate change exceeded expectations but need to be followed up, the UN's top climate official said ...More

in Cancun was a "big step" that exceeded expectations, a top UN official on climate change has said, asking nations to get to the task of quickly implementing the measures with credible accountabili ...More

SACRAMENTO,Calif: Hoping other states will follow suit, California regulators overwhelmingly approved the nation's most extensive system giving owners of power plants, refineries and other major pol ...More

OSLO: The United Nations urged governments on Monday to make deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions quickly, saying the world will otherwise overshoot a ceiling for global warming agreed this month ...More

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's first book in English, on the issue of climate change, will be released in Ahmedabad Tuesday. The 250-page book titled "Convenient Action: Guj ...More

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's first book in English, on the issue of climate change , will be released in Ahmedabad Tuesday. The 250-page book titled "Convenient Action ...More

The US has hailed India's ''constructive role'' at the UN climate change conference in Cancun and says Washington will not make legally binding commitments until countries like India and China d ...More

India played a "constructive role" to bring solutions to difficult issues at the recently concluded UN climate change conference while remaining "faithful" to its own national interests, the United St ...More

CANBERRA/SINGAPORE: Australia's fragile government is under increasing pressure to deepen its target to cut carbon emissions after UN climate talks in Mexico ended with an agreement to step up the f ...More

CANBERRA/SINGAPORE: Australia's fragile government is under increasing pressure to deepen its target to cut carbon emissions after UN climate talks in Mexico ended with an agreement to step up the f ...More

CANCUN: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has been praised for his role as a bridge-builder on contentious issues at the UN climate conference here which ended with a deal to curb global warming, i ...More

CANCUN, Dec 11 – The UN climate conference here today reached a “compromise” to set up a US$ 100 billion ‘Green Fund’ to fight global warming, a decision India described as an “important step forwa ...More

GUWAHATI, Dec 11 – Current policies are responsible for the loss of biodiversity, said Prof Udo Schickhoff of Germany, who is the chairman of the International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission ...More

Cancun, December 11 The UN climate conference here today reached a "compromise" to set up a $100 billion “Green Fund” to fight global warming, a decision India described as an "important step forward ...More

CANCUN: Bolivia will not support any agreement that does not have legally binding emission cuts, its chief negotiator Pablo Solon told an informal plenary session at the United Nations Conference on C ...More

CANCUN: The world's governments approved a modest plan on Saturday to combat climate change, including a new fund to help poor nations, despite objections by Bolivia. "This is a new era of int ...More

NEW DELHI: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh was on Friday criticised by his party colleague and predecessor Saifuddin Soz for offering to accept legally-binding responsibilities with regard to emi ...More

CANCUN: India on Saturday said that the BASIC countries were "very happy" with the two draft texts prepared by climate negotiators from almost 200 nations on the Kyoto Protocol and a long-term act ...More

CANCUN, Mexico: UN-led climate negotiations in Mexico on Saturday approved a deal after two weeks of talks and a final two days of virtually non-stop diplomacy. Major powers including the United ...More