India’s top banks failing to tackle climate risk as threats growIndia's major banks are disclosing more climate data but not using it for lending decisions. Physical climate risks like floods and heat ar...
14 May, 2026, 09.59 AM IST
‘Zombie Worm’ awakens after 24,000 years: Scientists revive a frozen worm that can survive freezing, starvation and even reproduce without partner‘Zombie Worm’ revived by scientists: A 24,000-year-old microscopic worm, a bdelloid rotifer, has been revived from Siberian permafrost, ast...
13 May, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
Scientists thought this ancient ice sheet was stable until buried fossils revealed a lost forest beneath AntarcticaScientists discovered fossils revealing Antarctica was once a swampy temperate rainforest. This ancient forest existed around 90 million ye...
11 May, 2026, 05.34 PM IST
India submits its revised targets for 2031-35 to the UN's climate change bodyThe development comes after the Cabinet in March approved the nationally determined contributions (NDC) -- the non-binding, voluntary clima...
27 Apr, 2026, 09.36 PM IST
For Asian Paints, green is not just a colour, but a worthful way of lifeAsian Paints is embedding sustainability into core operations, linking it to long-term business survival. The firm, honoured at the Economi...
22 Apr, 2026, 01.26 AM IST
A decade of global climate caution is sealed by India’s wary goalsIndia has adopted a cautious climate strategy through 2035, focusing on reducing emissions intensity rather than absolute cuts, even as glo...
27 Mar, 2026, 02.48 PM IST
CO2 in the atmosphere up by record amount in 2024: UNThe increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere last year was the biggest ever recorded, the United Nations said Wednesday, ...
15 Oct, 2025, 07.28 PM IST
Greenhouse gases aren't harmful? Donald Trump administration likely to make shocking announcementSince 1970, the United States has emitted more vehicle-based greenhouse gases than the next nine countries combined, according to an analys...
26 Jul, 2025, 01.49 AM IST
Govt proposes greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for aluminium companiesLeading aluminium manufacturers in India, including Vedanta and Hindalco, face mandatory greenhouse gas emission reductions under draft rul...
22 Apr, 2025, 04.06 PM IST
Urban homes emit more greenhouse gases than industry: StudyThe domestic sector in seven cities was one of the highest contributers to greenhouse gases, which are responsible for global warming.
23 Mar, 2015, 11.45 AM IST
US greenhouse gas emissions down by 10 per cent since 2010: ReportGreenhouse gas emissions by US dropped 3.4 per cent in 2012 from previous year and by 10 per cent since 2005, according to official report.
16 Apr, 2014, 10.29 AM IST
- US greenhouse gas emissions down by 10% since 2010: Report
Greenhouse gas emissions by the US dropped 3.4% in 2012 from the previous year and by 10% since 2005, according to an official report.
16 Apr, 2014, 10.27 AM IST
- Greenhouse gas concentrations reach a record high: World Meteorological Organisation
World Meteorological Organisation, in a statement released on Tuesday revealed that the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reache...
20 Nov, 2012, 08.39 PM IST
- US should raise 2020 target for cutting emission: Ramesh
India urged the US to show greater ambition on reducing its emission of greenhouse gases.
08 Dec, 2010, 07.23 AM IST
- Cash-strapped rich nations shelving greenhouse projs: Assocham
Constrained for funds, the rich nations are holding back their plans to set up projects aimed at curbing greenhouse gases in developing cou...
13 Mar, 2009, 05.10 PM IST
- Japan to launch first Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite
In 2008 Japan would be sending into space the world’s first Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite which would not only specify the quantum o...
24 Dec, 2007, 01.20 PM IST
- Emissions of greenhouse gases on the rise, says UN
The industrialised world’s emissions of greenhouse gases are growing again, despite efforts under the Kyoto Protocol to cap them and stave ...
31 Oct, 2006, 12.59 AM IST