Rio 20 years later: Pollution up, forests downAs diplomats discuss climate, sustainability and biodiversity, here is Earth by the numbers since 1992:
21 Jun, 2012, 03.41 PM IST
- India's major policy concerns to be addressed at Rio 20+ conference
Indian officials say the agreement by government leaders at the Rio 20+ conference on sustainable development addresses their major concern...
21 Jun, 2012, 04.08 AM IST
Featured content: Opportunity to make a difference at Rio+20 summitSuzlon’s 17 years in the wind energy sector across the world have shown that renewable sources contribute not only to increase access to en...
20 Jun, 2012, 03.19 PM IST
- Manmohan Singh, Barack Obama meet on sidelines of G20 summit
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama had a brief informal interaction during the G-20 Summit.
19 Jun, 2012, 07.41 PM IST
Green groups worried as Rio+20 pact is dilutedThe draft deal put forward by the summit hosts "is a more streamlined text, more likely to be agreed, less likely to deliver sustainable de...
19 Jun, 2012, 02.58 PM IST
Rio+20 summit: Business chiefs pledge to value earth's natural assetsSome 39 chief execs of banks, investment funds and insurance firms pledged at Rio+20 business forum to integrate Earth's natural capital in...
19 Jun, 2012, 01.55 PM IST
- PM Manmohan Singh leaves for G-20, Rio+20 summits
Manmohan Singh left for a eight-day tour of Mexico and Brazil to attend the G-20 and Rio+20 summits.
16 Jun, 2012, 12.53 PM IST
- Manmohan Singh leaves for G-20, Rio+20 summits tomorrow
On a eight-day foreign tour, Singh will attend the seventh summit of the G-20 starting in the Mexican resort town of Los Cabos on June 18 .
15 Jun, 2012, 06.12 PM IST
Rio+20 summit: India to oppose Europe’s terms, but will help BrazilThe government has prepared the grounds to help ‘friendly’ Brazil but not accept the adverse conditions that Europe is keen to impose at th...
15 Jun, 2012, 08.05 AM IST
Rio+20: UN environment summit opens, but prospects grimRousseff, president of host nation Brazil, called on "all countries of the world to commit" to reaching an accord that addresses the most p...
14 Jun, 2012, 05.45 AM IST
Earth Summit: India for upholding Rio principlesIndia will push for upholding the principle of common but differentiated responsibility while addressing the issue of sustainable developme...
08 Jun, 2012, 04.46 PM IST
Rio+20 Summit: No progress in climate change goals, says UNEPThe Global Environmental Outlook has held that while there is considerable success in ozone layer replacement, little progress has been mad...
08 Jun, 2012, 04.34 PM IST
Rio Summit: Consumption driving 'unprecedented' environment damage, says UNPopulation growth and unsustainable consumption are driving Earth towards "unprecedented" environmental destruction, the UN said in a repor...
08 Jun, 2012, 03.43 PM IST
Earth Summit: UN leader Ban Ki-moon seeks to head off Rio summit tragedyThe summit will touch on just about every social and environmental problem facing the world ranging from food security, global health, liva...
08 Jun, 2012, 03.37 PM IST
Earth Summit: China stresses economic needs ahead of UN environment summitThe comments added to signs that the June 20-22 meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, might face political obstacles to any significant agreem...
08 Jun, 2012, 03.16 PM IST
Rio+20 summit to get maximum security: State officialThe Rio+20 gathering, the fourth major summit on sustainable development since 1972, is to be attended by 115 global leaders and 50,000 par...
08 Jun, 2012, 02.58 PM IST
- Earth Summit: India for upholding Rio principles
India will push for upholding the principle of common but differentiated responsibility while addressing the issue of sustainable developme...
07 Jun, 2012, 04.30 PM IST