European Union states agreed on Friday on a fast-track, joint ratification of the Paris accord to combat climate change, pushing the landmark global pact to the brink of entering into force. The 2015 ...More

As India plans to ratify the Paris agreement on climate change, tomorrow, let us take a look at what COP21 was all about and what India’s action plans are... On September 25, Prime Minister Narendra ...More

INDIA WOULD not need to make any substantial alterations to its existing laws or policies to fulfill its commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change, Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave ...More

CHENNAI: The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to reply to an appeal filed by an NGO against the environmental clearance granted ...More

Brussels: The European Union's environment ministers on Friday approved the ratification of the landmark Paris climate change pact, paving the way for the agreement to take effect in November. "It's ...More

A team of top scientists is telling world leaders to stop congratulating themselves on the Paris agreement to fight climate change because if more isn't done, global temperatures will likely hit dange ...More

“It’s a very, very interesting period,” said David Nabarro, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, at a press briefing at UN Headquarters in New Yor ...More

On 2 October a year ago, India moved to allay any international scepticism about its commitment to combating climate change by announcing its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). Indi ...More

Global warming is on track to breach a 2 degrees Celsius threshold by 2050 unless governments at least double their efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Thursday. Plans by al ...More

DEHRADUN: Scientists of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) have claimed to have spotted a new species of sand fox and five unknown species of dragon flies in the Bhagirathi basin of Uttarakhand whi ...More

Global warming is on track to breach a 2 degrees Celsius threshold by 2050 unless governments at least double their efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Thursday. Plans by al ...More

GURGAON: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has issued notices to manufacturing units of polythene carry bags to increase the thickness of these bags and adhere with other provisions of ...More

The cabinet approved on Wednesday the ratification of the Paris agreement on climate change on 2 October, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. “Today, the Union cabinet approved the ratification ...More

Paving the way for bringing the historic Paris agreement into force, the government on Wednesday approved its ratification which will be formalised on 2 October, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandh ...More

NEW DELHI: The Centre has given its approval to ratify the Paris agreement on climate change, a move that will bring the global deal into force early November. But it has toughened its stand on negoti ...More

Climate change could aggravate threats posed by land use changes Vembanad Lake, the hub of backwater tourism in Kerala and the largest wetland system in the country, may cease to exist in another 50 ...More

NEW DELHI, SEPT 28: The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the government’s decision to ratify the Paris climate change deal. India will officially ratify the deal and submit details of the instruments ...More

Human-induced changes have caused westerly winds to shift southwards towards the Antarctica, scientists have said in a study published today but rued that a shortage of data about the inhospitable reg ...More

NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the country's move to formally join the Paris Agreement on climate change by giving its green signal for its ratification. As announced by Prime M ...More

Air pollution has assumed alarming proportions. So serious is this problem and so lethal is the air that we breathe that it has become a major public health hazard worldwide. A World Health Organisati ...More