New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) Warning that climate change and global warming pose an "unprecedented situation" before a developing country like India, a Parliamentary panel has asked the government to step up R&D efforts in agriculture.Climate change poses an u...

New York, Aug 31 (IBNS) Hotels will be able to contribute to climate change mitigation while also increasing their profits under a new United Nations-backed ‘green’ scheme offering an online toolkit to evaluate energy consumption, find renewable sourc...

Climate change may trigger a surge in asthma-related health problems in children and more emergency room (ER) visits in the next decade, according to a new study.Climate change to worsen childhood asthma...

ABB (India), a subsidiary of Swiss engineering major ABB, has been buying or investing in companies to expand its Indian footprint, says Bazmi Hussain, who recently took over as its managing director. But ABB also wants to get into businesses such as rene...

It is a well-known fact the transport sector is the largest source of climate change emissions. And at a time when India is witnessing surge in public transport projects, experts gathered in the city on Monday emphasised that the action plan for the tr...

BERLIN: India will receive a loan of 200 million euros from the European Union to finance private sector projects for the development of renewable energy resources.  India to receive 200 bn euro loan from EU...

During a workshop for women organized by South African’s Department of Energy, Deputy Minister of Energy, Barbara Thomson said that government initiatives in renewable energy resources will assist women both find employment and help them underwrite new ...

Jon Huntsman Jr., a former Utah Governor and Ambassador to China, isn't a serious contender for the Republican presidential nomination. And that's too bad, because Mr. Hunstman has been willing to say the unsayable about the G.O.P. — namely, that it is ...

PATNA: Power-starved Bihar is yet to take off in solar energy. Although, of late, the Bihar government is serious about solar energy as an alternative source of energy. Less than a percent of the total population has an access to solar power.Solar energy ...

Balvinder Singh, MD, Uni-Liais Private Limited, offers his views on Supply Chain & Preservation and Renewable Energy In India - in the former he looks at supply chain and preservation aspects in the Indian context and in the latter deals with what is r...

nuit hunters fighting to continue their traditional lifestyle in the melting Arctic have turned to Colorado scientists for help. In the Arctic, cracks have opened unexpectedly in sea-ice routes the Inuit rely on to track polar bears, caribou and other ani...

The Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to generate renewable energy from solid wastes. Around 200 tonnes of solid wastes are generated in the town every day.BMC to set up first waste-to-energy plant in state...

Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited floats RFP for 80 Mw hybrid solar power projects.The Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL), a state-owned nodal agency for promotion of renewable energy, has floated a request for proposal (R...

LUCKNOW: Climate change will adversely affect the impact of pests, diseases and weeds. In addition the quality of grains and nutrient-use ability may be seriously affected. While some crops may benefit from the increase in carbon dioxide level in the atmo...

NEW DELHI: The BASIC quartet - Brazil, South Africa, India and China - have sent out the message that agreeing on the second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol is "the central priority "for the year-end climate change meet at Durban, South Africa. �...

The “responsible production framework” evolved under the United Nations Environmental Programme would be of immense help to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Tamil Nadu, Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly D.Jayakumar obser...

A two-day meeting of Asian Forum for Polar Sciences (AFoPS) was inaugurated by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat at the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) at Headland Sada, Vasco, on Wednesday. Digambar Kamat inaugurates meeting on polar...

The ‘responsible production framework' evolved under the United Nations Environmental Programme will be of immense help to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Tamil Nadu, Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly D. Jayakumar said here o...

Alarmed by crop failures and reduction in yields due to climate change, the Central government has selected six districts in Andhra Pradesh to study crop and production patterns and introduce remedial measures.Andhra Pradesh gears up for climate change  ...

The power ministry in West Bengal has invited bids for the largest renewable energy project in the country in Sunderbans, which is expected to see an investment of above Rs 90 crore, a top ministry official said here on Thursday. Sunderbans renewable e...