NICOSIA: Cyprus runs the risk of desertification by the end of this century as it feels the brunt of climate change and drought, an expert warned. Studies project a rise in summer temperatures on ...More

PUNE: It's a sign of the country's increasing eco-awareness. A recent voluntary carbon emissions disclosure programme had 51 companies participating, of which more than 40 per cent were from Maharasht ...More

Kakinada: By consuming more than their due share of natural resources, human beings have brought about dramatic climate changes that are now posing a serious threat in the form of global warming. Temp ...More

Vinay Jaju and Huub Dekkers, who will cycle to Delhi for a green cause. Picture by Sanat Kumar Sinha From Calcutta to the capital on two wheels, powered by two legs and the drive to clean up the ...More

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile: Prince Albert of Monaco said on Thursday there were alarming signs of damage to the Antarctic environment and called for more scientific research into threats such as global warmi ...More

PARIS: A cold front is sweeping across Europe after gripping swathes of North America last month, but the deep freeze does not mean the threat of global warming has abated, caution scientists. "Th ...More

MELBOURNE: Australia's carbon emission policies and use of coal are reasons for "destruction of much of the life on the planet," a leading NASA scientist has written in a letter to US President-elect ...More

TOKYO: Japan aims to expand the "green business" market and create up to 1 million new jobs, the environment ministry said on Wednesday, to simultaneously fight climate change and boost the economy am ...More

CANBERRA: Climate change and rising sea levels pose one of the biggest threats to security in the Pacific and may also spark a global conflict over energy reserves under melting Arctic ice, accord ...More

For a while it seemed that Shell had stopped pretending. The advertisements that filled the newspapers in 2006, featuring technicians with perfect teeth and open-necked shirts explaining how they were ...More

BHUBANESWAR: Rajendra K. Pachauri, who received Nobel Prize as chairperson of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), called for a change in lifestyle and reform in government regulations re ...More

BANGALORE : A group of individuals from across India and around the world have set out on a journey for the cause of environment, eco solutions and empowerment of youth as part of a campaign again ...More

LONDON: Coral growth since 1990 in Australia's Great Barrier Reef has fallen to its lowest rate for 400 years, in a troubling sign for the world's oceans, researchers said on Thursday. This could ...More

SYDNEY: Saving the planet by eating kangaroos and wild camels may seem like pie in the sky, but the offbeat menu comes with a scientific stamp of approval in Australia. The aim in both cases is to ...More

SYDNEY: Ocean acidification and rising temperatures are gradually killing off the biggest and most robust corals on the Great Barrier Reef since 1990, the "tipping point" year, says a new study. T ...More

CHENNAI: The Indian Youth Climate Network set out on its 4,000 km ‘Climate Solutions’ road tour from the University of Madras on Saturday. The IYCN members are going on a tour of 20 cities across ...More

Shillong, Jan. 4: The region today found a new mantra for conservation — evergreen revolution. The father of India’s green revolution, M.S. Swaminathan, also described as the Father of Economic Ecolo ...More

CHENNAI: The Indian Youth Climate Network set out on its 4,000 km ‘Climate Solutions’ road tour from the University of Madras on Saturday. The IYCN members are going on a tour of 20 cities across ...More

Shimla, January 2 Switchover to clean processes, fuel-efficient vehicles, energy-saving devices and other such steps will not be enough to avoid the catastrophic consequences of climate change. The d ...More

Shimla, January 2 The Himachal Government will soon formulate an environment master plan to effectively address sensitive ecological issues and pave the way for sustainable economic development in th ...More