Kendrapara: The British High Commission in New Delhi has produced a 52-minute documentary film, Climate's First Orphan, which is based on the impact of climate change and global warming in Satabhaya, ...More

New Delhi June 16: In an effort to persuade developing economies like India and China to draft their national action plan on climate change in a manner that can be included in an international treaty ...More

NEW YORK: The World Bank has approved $ 12.5 million loan to assist Maldives to effectively manage environmental risks to fragile coral reefs and other marine habitats. The Environment Management ...More

WASHINGTON: Experts have said that vehicle idling is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, as it wastes about 4 per cent of a car’s gasoline. “That’s just a complete waste. It’s e ...More

BRDO PRI KRANJU: US President George W. Bush said Tuesday that a global climate change deal was possible before he leaves office in January 2009. "I think we can actually get an agreement on globa ...More

BANGALORE: The real estate markets around Asia and the world will transform quickly and adopt “green building practices,” both in developing new buildings and improving existing ones, as new governmen ...More

WASHINGTON: The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) urges the US Government to make creation of a comprehensive climate change bill for the United States a top priority, adding that provisions to comb ...More

WASHINGTON: The international fight to control climate change heads to a new arena in June when the Senate is to debate a bill that could cut total US global warming emissions by 66 per cent by 2050. ...More

London: Soaring summer temperatures could sound the death knell of wine-making in parts of southern England by 2080, according to a book launched on Monday. If temperatures continue to rise, the T ...More

New Delhi: The latest Red List of threatened species of birds by International Union for Conservation (IUCN) has established that climate change has "accelerated" factors that are putting many bird sp ...More

SHILLONG: India would have to cope with an influx of environmental refugees from neighbouring countries, including Bangladesh, in the coming 50-100 years following rise in sea level, erosion and effec ...More

KOBE: Japan urged rich countries on Sunday to take the lead in the fight against global warming by setting bold national targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions by well over 50 percent by 2050. Mi ...More

WASHINGTON: Oceans have mitigated the effects of climate change by absorbing a third of total carbon dioxide emissions worldwide -- but this intake, caused largely by fossil fuel burning, is turning t ...More

NEW DELHI: Climate change is not just a threat but also a huge opportunity for green businesses in developing countries through the sale of certified emission reductions (CER), a group of experts said ...More

OSLO: Wild relatives of crops such as wheat, rice and potatoes are "dangerously vulnerable" and areas where they grow need more protection to aid world food supplies, the WWF conservation group said o ...More

TOKYO: Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Japan should introduce a market for trading greenhouse gas emissions in five to 10 years to help the country fight global climate change, the Nikkei business da ...More

LOS ANGELES: About 45 minutes north of downtown Los Angeles, a machine the size of a small truck flattens tons of food scraps, paper towels and other household trash into the side of a growing 300-foo ...More

NEW DELHI: Pointing that there are now just 12 crops and 14 animal species that provide most of the world's food, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has asked countries to protect genetic divers ...More

MUMBAI: Navin Fluorine International Ltd has received 795,455 carbon credits from a United Nations agency, the agency's Web site showed on Wednesday. Navin, which makes chemicals and refrigerant g ...More

BRUSSELS: Global temperature rises should be kept well below the European Union's target of 2 degrees Celsius to avoid costly damage to people and their lifestyles, according to a European Parliament ...More