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 actio ...More

CANCUN: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh late Friday likened Mexican foreign secretary Patricia Espinosa to a "goddess" as she won rave reviews for brokering a deal on climate change. At a l ...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 interna ...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: Negotiators from nearly 200 countries are struggling to finalise the outcome of the two-week Climate Change conference that has been enlivened by India's call for emission cuts by countries ...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

To sensitise people about the impact of environment and climate change on the endangered species within the country, Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni on Friday released the 2011 C ...More

CANCUN: Negotiators from nearly 200 countries are struggling to finalise the outcome of the two-week Climate Change conference that has been enlivened by India's call for emission cuts by countries ...More

CANCUN: Environment minister Jairam Rameshlate Friday likened Mexican foreign secretaryPatricia Espinosa to a "goddess" as she won rave reviews for brokering a deal on climate change. At a lat ...More

Even as UN climate talks here were almost deadlocked over contentious issues like a legally binding pact on emissions cut, India today sought an 'EverGreen Revolution' that will trigger innovations in ...More

CANCUN: The world's largest solar-powered boat has made a port call at the Caribbean resort of Cancun as negotiators from around the world struggle to work out a package of measures to curb global w ...More

Under attack from opposition parties and NGOs back home, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today admitted to ''nuancing'' of the Indian position that it will not accept internationally legally bi ...More

Even as the climate change conference began preparing for an inevitable inglorious end, India seemed to have tied itself in several knots, with a vaguely-worded one-liner from Environment Minister Jai ...More

In a dramatic move that will alter India's climate change policy irrevocably, Jairam Ramesh, speaking at the ministerial summit at Cancun, said India was willing to commit to legally binding commi ...More

Unless there is a breakthrough in the next couple of days, the ongoing negotiations at Cancun are not expected to yield significant progress on tackling the global climate challenge. By now, we have ...More

CANCUN: The world's largest solar-powered boat has made a port call at the Caribbean resort of Cancun as negotiators from around the world struggle to work out a package of measures to curb global w ...More

CANCUN: As the climate change conference here winds down, India is coming under immense pressure to accept a "legally binding agreement" on climate change, which is causing rift within developing ...More

CANCUN: As the climate change conference here winds down, India is coming under immense pressure to accept a "legally binding agreement" on climate change, which is causing rift within developing co ...More

Under attack from Opposition parties and NGOs back home, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday admitted to "nuancing" of the Indian position that it would not accept internationally legally bin ...More

CANCUN: If the logjam on Kyoto and a legally binding long-term treaty were not enough to throw Cancun talks into disarray, the G20 has now stepped in to strip the UN Framework Convention on Climat ...More