Focus on fine-tuning and implementing State Action Plan on Climate Change The government is preparing for broad-based discussions with civil society organisations, elected representatives, and stakeh ...More

The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Patricia Espinosa, announced on Sunday that 100 parties formally joined the Paris Agreement on climate ch ...More

Declining numbers of endangered Asian elephants, which play a key role in seed dispersal and maintain the diversity of forest ecosystems, may have negative, long-term consequences for sustenance of ce ...More

Tuesday's US Presidential election has cast a shadow on the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP22, that kicks off Monday, with a Trump victory threa ...More

A FRESH round of climate change talks will begin in Marrakesh, Morocco, on Monday, with the hope to build on the gains made in the last one year that saw not just the finalisation of the Paris Agreeme ...More

Expressing grave concern over Delhi witnessing an emergency situation due to alarming pollution level, Congress leader Ashwini Kumar on Sunday said the Arvind Kejriwal-led AamAadmi Party (AAP) Governm ...More

Drive your car 4,000 km (2,500 miles) and its greenhouse gas emissions will melt three square metres (32 square feet) of ice on the Arctic Ocean, according to a study on Thursday that found a direct l ...More

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PARIS: Diplomats gather next week for a fresh round of UN climate talks in Morocco, but all eyes will be on the US where presidential elections may determine the planet's future. Republican nominee D ...More

The world climate conference in Marrakech, Morocco, scheduled to open next Monday, will focus on the ways to implement the Paris Agreement after it entered into force on November 4, said a media repor ...More

Paris: The Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris have temporarily been lit in green as a reminder to the world to enact the Paris Agreement on climate change. The eco-colored warning on Paris ...More

India will push the agenda of sustainable lifestyle at the upcoming global climate conference at Marrakech in Morocco, apart from focussing on the issue of mobilising finances, which has been its “ove ...More

Even though evidence on an ever-worsening global climate keeps pouring in with alarming frequency, the last 12 months have, in fact, been a relatively good year for global climate policy. Next week, t ...More

London/Washington: A landmark global accord to combat climate change officially took effect on Friday, putting pressure on countries to take action to slash greenhouse gas emissions and limit global w ...More

China’s cabinet has issued a new climate plan targeting an 18-percent cut in carbon emissions by 2020 compared to 2015 levels. The State Council says coal consumption must be capped at about 4.2 billi ...More

NEW DELHI: The Paris Agreement, a global deal on climate change which is meant to save the world from catastrophic effect of global warming through various country-specific actions, entered into force ...More

JAIPUR: The Paris agreement, signed last December by all the world's functioning governments, comes into force on Friday. With this, the governments will have a commitment to reduce global warming and ...More

The Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris have temporarily been lit in green as a reminder to the world to enact the Paris Agreement on climate change. The eco-colored warning on Paris' mos ...More

STOCKHOLM: The Paris Agreement on climate change enters into force Friday - faster than anyone had anticipated - after a year with remarkable success in international efforts to slash man-made emissio ...More

Next time you are tempted to buy that beautiful ivory carved artifact, think again. You won’t be only buying a sculpture to adorn your beach house or a lampshade to illuminate your bedside table. You ...More