China has kept its promise to stop funding overseas coal, but loopholes are helping coal expandChinese President Xi Jinping's 2021 pledge to halt overseas coal financing is being challenged by ongoing energy demands. While China has c...
26 Sep, 2026, 11.53 AM IST
UN General Assembly: Iran talks, Ukraine ceasefire and AI among key takeawaysWorld leaders gathered at the United Nations to discuss ongoing conflicts in Iran and Ukraine. Diplomatic talks between US and Iranian offi...
26 Sep, 2026, 10.50 AM IST
Antonio Guterres calls for global unity, cooperation ahead of 'last UNGA' as UN Secretary-GeneralGuterres' remarks come as the UN General Assembly is set to bring together leaders from across the world for discussions on pressing global...
20 Sep, 2026, 08.21 PM IST
Google agrees biggest carbon-removal deal yet, aims to scale new modelSpanning more than 200,000 hectares in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, it is the largest enhanced rock-weathering project to date,...
16 Sep, 2026, 05.35 PM IST
Philadelphia installed white roofs on about 340 low-income seniors’ homes from 2001–2003; ceiling temperatures fell 4–5°F, and air-conditioning electricity use fell by 560 kWh per yearIn Philadelphia, the initiative to paint roofs white resulted in a remarkable decrease in home temperatures and energy consumption. This co...
16 Sep, 2026, 01.28 PM IST
BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitionsBRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th summit, reaffirming their commitment to cooperation, multilateralism and a more...
14 Sep, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
Singapore diplomat, Myanmar activist, Bangladeshi aid giver win Magsaysay awardsThree Asian individuals received the Ramon Magsaysay Awards for their significant contributions. A Singaporean lawyer led the adoption of t...
31 Aug, 2026, 05.33 PM IST
MIT built a three-layer passive cooling panel of aerogel, hydrogel and reflective material; tests cooled it 9.3°C below ambient and suggested up to 40% longer food storage in humid conditionsResearchers have created a passive cooling system that uses natural processes. This innovative device cools significantly below ambient air...
26 Aug, 2026, 03.20 PM IST
Five takeaways from the UN’s latest 3,000-page climate reportKeeping to the 1.5°C or even 2°C warming limit will be increasingly difficult without going into what scientists call "overshoot," or surpa...
05 Apr, 2022, 03.40 PM IST
Global warming must not exceed 1.5° CThe report released ahead of the UN General Assembly, the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Rome and the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow will shape the c...
09 Aug, 2021, 11.31 PM IST
Five things to know about the new UN report on climate changeThe report's 200-plus authors looked at five scenarios and concluded that all will see the world cross the 1.5-degree threshold in the 2030...
09 Aug, 2021, 02.47 PM IST
India gifts solar panels to UN, one each for 193 member statesThe solar panels, which are valued about a million dollars and gifted to all the UN member states in a symbolic gesture, are powered up to ...
13 Sep, 2019, 09.20 PM IST
Pachauri: IPCC future not tied to Paris climate dealThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading UN body for the assessment of climate change, will continue its work, no ...
30 Dec, 2014, 04.46 AM IST
'South Asia needs to unite on climate change'"The world has all kinds of drivers of stress and drivers of conflict. With the climate change, these are likely to get accentuated further...
02 Apr, 2014, 05.04 AM IST
- Climate change may lead India to war: UN report
The UN report indicates a possible armed conflict over fresh water resources in South Asia and China (Himalaya river basins) by middle of 2...
01 Apr, 2014, 03.26 AM IST
- UN panel on climate change presents gloomy picture for Asia in its fresh report
Both India and China will have to see "negative impacts on aggregate wheat yields", impacting overall food security in the continent, a UN ...
31 Mar, 2014, 10.19 AM IST
- 'Global warming & natural disasters not wrongly linked'
IPCC has presented a robust defence of its claim that the world had "suffered rapidly rising costs due to extreme weather related events si...
27 Jan, 2010, 04.47 AM IST