HYDERABAD: As the official machinery grapples to ascertain the extent of damage caused by the recent cloudburst and flash floods in Leh district that claimed close to 200 lives, experts are stressing ...More

New Delhi, Aug 18: India, one of the four BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India, China) countries, will play an important role in the process of arriving at a consensus at the UN Climate Change Summit at ...More

NEW YORK: The wine industry may be among the very few in which a leading figure will smile broadly when asked about climate change and declare, "I love it." Egon Müller, owner of the famed Schar ...More

NEW DELHI: Pragmatism is a key word for the Mexican hosts of the next major United Nations conference on climate change this December. “We do not need to sacrifice our level of ambition, we do not ne ...More

NEW YORK: The wine industry may be among the very few in which a leading figure will smile broadly when asked about climate change and declare, "I love it." Egon Müller, owner of the famed Scharzh ...More

New Delhi, Aug 16 Mexico today sought India's sustained political guidance and support for an ambitious outcome at the forthcoming global climate change summit at Cancun. Ms Patricia Espinosa, the M ...More

Kozhikode: The Indian Phytopathological Society, South Zone, in association with the Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) here, is holding a national symposium on various aspects of climate chan ...More

Sydney: Thousands of Australians protested against inaction on climate change on Sunday, converging on major cities to voice their discontent ahead of this week's national polls. Thousands gathered ...More

Speaking at the award-giving ceremony of a State-level debate competition organised here on Friday by three power distribution companies, Nesco, Wesco and Southco, School and Mass Education Minister P ...More

MOSCOW: Deaths in Moscow have doubled to an average of 700 people a day as the Russian capital is engulfed by poisonous smog from wildfires and a sweltering heat wave, a top health official said Monda ...More

Mandi, August 9 Coming to terms with the climate shift and climate change in the Himalayan region, GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development (GBPIHED) is setting up 14 high-tech “cli ...More

MOSCOW: Deaths in Moscow have doubled to an average of 700 people a day as the Russian capital is engulfed by poisonous smog from wildfires and a sweltering heat wave, a top health official said Monda ...More

New Delhi: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has set up a high level panel on global sustainability headed by the presidents of Finland and South Africa and including Union environment and forests mini ...More

Shimla, August 9 The Rs 2,700-crore Renuka Dam project will be the first in the country to implement the concept of “payment for eco-services” (PES) with the Forest Department earmarking an amount of ...More

The Minister for Corporate Affairs and Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid has said that officers of the Indian Forest Service face various challenges like the need for striking balance between developme ...More

Karnal, August 7 With no government land available for plantation along highways, the Haryana Government has embarked upon an innovative scheme to plant saplings on farmers’ land along the state’s 9, ...More

Researchers and scientists are turning to comparative physiology - an approach gives the scientific community a "crystal ball" for predicting the effects of global warming. According to George N. Som ...More

The waste-pickers who scour the world's rubbish dumps and daily recycle thousands of tonnes of metal, paper and plastics are up in arms against the U.N., which they claim is forcing them out of work a ...More

The waste-pickers who scour the world's rubbish dumps and daily recycle thousands of tonnes of metal, paper and plastics are up in arms against the U.N., which they claim is forcing them out of work a ...More

The failure of a climate bill in the U.S. Senate is likely to weigh heavily on international negotiations that begin Monday on a new agreement to control global warming. The decision to strike the bi ...More