Days after the Copenhagen climate summit, one of the world’s top climate analysts has predicted that a new legally-binding emission-curbing treaty will emerge at the 2010 summit in Mexico City to re ...More

DHAKA: Back from the Copenhagen climate summit, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has mooted a new law that would deny bail to people responsible for rampant tree felling. The prime minister ...More

NEW DELHI: India's reliance on coal means the country is heading for an energy crisis unless it diversifies its sources of power, the chairman of the UN's top climate change panel predicted on ...More

New Delhi, December 22 Even as the government came under attack from the Opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha today over the climate change accord in Copenhagen, Union Environment Minister Jairam ...More

Dec. 22: Terming the Copenhagen Accord as a "dubious document which affects India’s sovereignty," Opposition parties on Tuesday charged the government of "consciously diluting" country’s stand in the ...More

Dismissing the US claims that India's domestic climate actions can be challenged, top environmentalist R K Pachauri today made it clear there was no power granted to America in the Copenhagen accord f ...More

LONDON: It's a climate deal that has Europe feeling left out in the cold. The continent that used to take the lead in advocating climate action is now taking the lead in climate complaining. And ...More

BEIJING: China condemned claims ascribed to Britain's climate change minister that it had "hijacked" negotiations in Copenhagen, saying on Tuesday the accusations were a scheme to sow discord amon ...More

LONDON: It's a climate deal that has Europe feeling left out in the cold. The continent that used to take the lead in advocating climate action is now taking the lead in climate complaining. And ...More

BEIJING: China condemned claims ascribed to Britain's climate change minister that it had "hijacked" negotiations in Copenhagen, saying on Tuesday the accusations were a scheme to sow discord among ...More

Shimla, December 21 “The carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology being pursued by the developed company to reduce emissions is not suitable for a country like India, instead it should focus on mo ...More

GUWAHATI, Dec 21 – Harsh climatic condition is affecting production of muga, the organic golden silk of Assam. This climatic condition has affected particularly, the aharua (June-July) and bhadiya ...More

NEW DELHI: Even though the final document in Copenhagen contained no legally binding commitments by anybody, US officials are claiming the right to unilaterally verify or review what India and other c ...More

British Environment Minister Ed Miliband speaks during a news conference at the climate summit in Copenhagen.British Environment Minister Ed Miliband has accused China, Sudan, Bolivia and other left-w ...More

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the Copenhagen accord was 'a good deal' for India. Even though the Copenhagen accord is not legally binding, the United States would not only "review" its impl ...More

Dec. 20: Flyovers and landfill sites in the capital are responsible for high emission of poisonous methane gas according top a report on carbon emissions in the city. The transport sector accounts fo ...More

GANGTOK, Dec 20 – Contrary to the claims of Sikkim Glacier Commission that there has been no significant decrease in glaciers in Sikkim due to global warming and climate change, an international ...More

GUWAHATI, Dec 20 – At a time when the impact of global warming and human activities have been recognised as threats to Northeast India, a report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has emphasised ...More

Copenhagen, December 19 The UN climate summit finally passed the Copenhagen accord Saturday after two days of intense negotiations and backroom manoeuvres. The accord, proposed by India and four othe ...More

The Copenhagen summit will be remembered for a collapse in diplomatic relations and the inability of world leaders to reach a consensus on climate change, writes Ketaki Saksena Climate change may b ...More