India’s agricultural crisis from land degradation needs swift action, stresses COP16 Presidency Advisor Osama Faqeeha.

Global environmental challenges such as global warming, biodiversity loss, desertification, and plastic pollution will be the focus of upco...

Ricky Kej, the three-time Grammy Award-winning composer, has been awarded the UN Goodwill Ambassador plaque in recognition of his environme...

"Land restoration is one of the proven strategies that can put us on a pathway to green recovery. It can create jobs, uplift rural communit...

According to the final communique, the Group of 20 leaders also agreed to end public financing for coal-fired power generation abroad, but ...

The project intends to counter climate change and desertification and is inspired by Africa's “Great Green Wall” from Dakar to Djibouti.

The highest number of such identified wetlands are in Uttar Pradesh (16) followed by Madhya Pradesh (13), Jammu & Kashmir (12), Gujarat (8)...

Designated seats of two Pakistani representatives remained vacant during the plenary on inaugural day.

The 11-day conference is being held with delegates from 196 countries.

India is hosting the Conference of Parties (COP) 14 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) from September 2-13.

"India will lead by example and cooperate with the world. We will make all necessary contributions in the matter," Javadekar said.

Union minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday assured that the central government will extend all possible support to any scheme for enhancing t...

For this to happen, all critical stakeholders— ministries of environment, agriculture, water resources and land resources— have to work tog...

Javadekar said that the objective of land degradation neutrality is to maintain or improve the condition of land resources via sustainable ...

The UN has started a drive to improve the ability to forecast changes in climate and cope with extreme weather patterns, such as desertific...

United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon has warned that the twin scourges of desertification and climate change are impeding the achi...