Could a fresh row over airline emissions lead to a global trade war? That is the scariest prospect raised by China’s objections this week to the European Union’s new plan for controlling greenhouse-gas emissions from aeroplanes. The scheme, which came...

Rio de Janeiro in Brazil will have a different kind of carnival this year. From June 20 to 22, the city will host the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, which is expected to bring together heads of states, ministers, senior officials, r...

Ministers of South Africa, Brazil, China and India - the BASIC group - will meet here on February 13-14 to chalk out a joint strategy for the post-2020 global climate regime. The meeting of the group, which was the most prominent block of countries at Du...

Garhwal Himalayas - South Asian countries have apparently flunked the global Environmental Performance Index (EPI) examination for 2012, with India faring the worst for the quality of air that its 1.2 billion people breathe.India chokes on environmental s...

Maldives' ex-president Mohamed Nasheed, who today said he was forced to resign, is "at risk," according to climate change activists who have launched a global petition on his behalf.Deposed Maldives president 'at risk', say climate activists...

The world most's profitable companies are valued by their carbon reserves – never mind the resulting ruin to the planet. If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most prominent features at the moment woul...

A group of 20 students from International Climate Champions Program were in Jodhpur to study and experience climatic changes in the Thar Desert spread across western Rajasthan. Organised jointly by the British Council and Jal Bhagirathi Foundation (JBF), ...

India's environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan called for people-centred development to save India's biodiversity at a special session at the TERI hosted Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) 2012. The second day of the Delhi Sustainable Developme...

Deputy Director General (Education) of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education Omkar Singh said, “Climate change is a major challenge for developing countries like India which face large climate variability and are thus exposed to enhanced...

Many industrial estates in the city are setting up sewage and effluent treatment plants in an effort to promote eco-friendly practices and reduce burden on civic agencies. The industrial estate in Ambattur is the forerunner among the estates with two sew...

India recorded a net loss of 367 sq km of forests between 2009 and 2011 with Khammam district in Andhra Pradesh alone losing 182 sq km of green cover in the period, the latest 'state of forest' report has found. In all, AP lost 281 sq km of forests in two...

The 26th convocation of Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV), Akola, was held at the local university ground on Monday morning with Dr Arvind Kumar, deputy director general (education) Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) New Delhi, in ...

Bangalore is getting hotter than ever. “The city has seen a two-degree increase in temperature in the last 100 years, which is one degree more than the global temperature,” said J Srinivasan, chairman, Divecha Centre for Climate Change & professor of ...

After being part of entertaining films, Abhishek Bachchan is now keen to make a movie on climate change but says it is important to have the right story that can strike a chord with the audiences.Abhishek eyes a flim on climate change ...

A top climate scientist today asked India to adopt sustainable ways of farming which is under pressure due to water crisis caused by global warmingIndia should adopt sustainable ways of farming...

It is no secret that Indian agriculture is in doldrums. Lakhs of farmers have committed suicide. Millions supplant their meagre earnings from farming by working in local factories and brick kilns, or by migrating to cities to work as labour. Budget 2012:...

Agriculture provides much more than food. It is the source of livelihood for majority of Indians. It is an engine of growth for the larger economy. And it is at the forefront of environmental sustainability. New challenges are facing the sector. With each...

Praful Bidwai’s book The Politics of Climate Change and the Global Crisis: Mortgaging Our Future is written at a time of deep diplomatic despondency. It is brutally honest about what is at risk if no action is taken at the national and international lev...

The EU wants countries meeting at a conference in June under the UN's Rio+20 mechanism to double their share of renewable energy by 2030 under an international obligation. It also wants countries like India to agree to double its energy efficiency levels ...

In one of his most emphatic public statements reaffirming the return of 'equity' in India's climate change stance, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said global cooperation on climate change "must be based on the foundation of the right to development and the...