- World losing high-stakes fight against alien species
Invasive species that wreck crops, ravage forests, spread disease, and upend ecosystems are spreading ever faster across the globe, and hum...
04 Sep, 2023, 06.22 PM IST
UN 'survival guide' report an urgent warning on climate20 Mar, 2023, 11.18 PM IST
The next ESG frontier is genetically modified foodThe need to feed an expanding population while cutting agriculture’s high greenhouse gas emissions means farming must become more efficient.
03 Feb, 2023, 09.38 AM IST
COP27: Talks on carbon market rules off to slow startCarbon offsets allow countries or companies to pay others to cut greenhouse gas emissions to offset their own. While companies are already ...
14 Nov, 2022, 11.49 AM IST
France back in coronavirus lockdown as US surges to daily recordFrom midnight, France's 65 million population were largely confined to their homes, needing written statements to leave, in the latest dras...
30 Oct, 2020, 10.33 AM IST
India to host key meet on conservation of migratory species of wild animalsThe thirteenth meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) being hosted by India is the ...
17 Feb, 2020, 11.32 AM IST
Improving material use and resource efficiency can reduce greenhouse gas emissions: UN science panelAccording to the International Resource Panel, emissions from the production of materials as a share of global greenhouse gas emissions inc...
13 Dec, 2019, 11.39 PM IST
World comes together to slow down land degradation and desertificationThe fortnight long meeting will focus on practical measures to recover degraded land areas, critical gaps in land management and planning.
02 Sep, 2019, 10.20 AM IST
Making planet Earth's greenland mainstreamThe report makes clear that human beings are responsible for wrecking the very ecosystems that sustain life on earth.
18 May, 2019, 10.08 AM IST
Ministries pooling data to account for environmental damage in GDPThe work has just started on the system which can eventually yield benchmarks such as sustainability index and biodiversity index.
20 Aug, 2016, 07.15 AM IST
Environmental loss in Sundarbans worth Rs 1290 crore: World BankUN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects an increase in sea level and intensification of present climatic variability.
22 Feb, 2015, 11.21 AM IST
- UN-sponsored meeting: Countries likely to promise fulfilling biodiversity targets
The UN-sponsored meeting on biodiversity may agree on a political statement that all countries are committed towards fulfilling biodiversit...
17 Oct, 2012, 08.30 PM IST
- Government resists UN pressure on Western Ghats; not to implement Unesco report, a must for heritage tag
The government has warded off pressure from Unesco to implement the controversial Western Ghats report as a pre-condition to the ‘World Her...
11 Jul, 2012, 12.25 PM IST
- India would do well in retooling its workforce for a green economy
India would do well to take into account the priorities identified by the Foresight Process of the United Nations Environment Programme.
20 Feb, 2012, 06.58 PM IST
- Losing wild species at rapid pace, warns UN
The world is failing to stop the alarming loss of the Earth's species and habitat, a UN summit was warned on Wednesday amid multinational b...
24 Sep, 2010, 04.48 AM IST
- Climate negotiations at Cancun headed nowhere: Ramesh
India said that the international community should not expect much from the upcoming Climate Change summit in Cancun and underlined that th...
20 Sep, 2010, 02.10 PM IST
- Many Species, One Planet, One Future
Addressing a national seminar on International Biodiversity Day in New Delhi, Jairam Ramesh said, "We need to bring about convergence betwe...
23 May, 2010, 11.00 AM IST