Asia chip makers powered by coal and gas imperil climate goalsThe Greenpeace report focused on companies based in East Asia, home to over a third of the semiconductor manufacturing industry’s market sh...
20 Apr, 2023, 09.34 AM IST
Action, voice for the planetary kutumbIndia has been a prime mover on zero-carbon targeting. This has been possible due to GoI's recognition that upping the game in terms of env...
24 Mar, 2023, 11.49 PM IST
Denmark backs India's push to phase out all fossil fuels"We have been one of the proponents and front runners in arguing that we should actually expand the formulation so that it's not only an ai...
16 Feb, 2023, 12.04 AM IST
Global emissions can be halved by 2030 with major transitions in energy sector: IPCC report"Limiting global warming will require major transitions in the energy sector. This will involve a substantial reduction in fossil fuel use,...
04 Apr, 2022, 10.05 PM IST
Talks on new UN climate report going down to the wireThe latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a UN-backed science body, is meant to show the paths by which the world...
03 Apr, 2022, 06.11 PM IST
Literally an ecosystem that needs nurturingGeographic areas listed as forests in government records such as reserve and protected forests are referred to as recorded forest areas. Ar...
05 Mar, 2022, 12.23 AM IST
Emissions to add 15 inches to global sea level rise by 2100: NASA-led studyGreenland and Antarctica's ice sheets could together contribute more than 38 centimetres to global sea level rise by 2100, if greenhouse ga...
18 Sep, 2020, 05.55 PM IST
Climate talks in Paris: The need for an ambitious but equitable agreementParis needs to arrive at an effective and ambitious agreement to reduce emissions and to keep the world below the 2°C rise guardrail – an i...
30 Nov, 2015, 12.44 AM 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
UN panel: GHG emissions increased despite green stepsIn its report, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said the emissions grew more quickly between 2000 and 2010 than in...
14 Apr, 2014, 02.12 AM IST
Unchecked climate change to lower food productionClimate change, scientists warn, will slow down economic growth, impact poverty reduction, lower food production and drive up food prices.
06 Nov, 2013, 10.39 AM IST
We should now prepare a carbon budgetIndustrialised countries were concerned that the climate negotiations would now focus on how to allocate the remaining carbon budget fairly...
04 Oct, 2013, 04.30 AM IST
- IIM-A plans for green Ahmedabad in 2050
By 2050, Ahmedabad city will grow to over four times its present size. From its size of 190sqkm in 2005 with a population of 4.7 million, A...
29 Jun, 2011, 11.16 PM IST
- UN to review its top climate panel IPCC
The United Nations has launched an independent review of the functioning of its top climate change body IPCC, headed by Rajendra Pachauri, ...
11 Mar, 2010, 12.22 PM IST
Sunderbans will drown in 60 yrs: WWFThe WWF has warned that days are numbered for much of the sensitive Sunderbans eco-system and in 60 years vast tracts of the rare mangrove ...
23 Feb, 2010, 12.57 AM IST
- Recession of Himalayan glaciers part of natural process: Govt
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh said the recession of Himalayan glaciers was part of the natural cyclical process which could be attribu...
09 Dec, 2009, 07.35 PM IST
- Average temperatures not increased for last 11 years: Research
Amid stepped up efforts to curb global warming, a recent research has revealed that average temperatures have not increased for over a deca...
19 Oct, 2009, 10.24 PM IST