New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) While the global community displayed an unprecedented speed in ratifying the Paris Agreement, the same is not visible in meeting the climate finance obligations, an Indian discussion paper released at…
Kolkata, Dec 4 (IANS) Around 1,800 million people would be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity by the year 2025, when two-thirds of the world population could be under stress, an expert…
Agra, Dec 4 (IANS) The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has served a notice to a NGO running an elephant rescue facility in Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh, questioning its legality. CZA Member Secretary D.N. Singh…
Katowice (Poland), Dec 4 (IANS) The world’s advanced economies will see an uptick in their carbon dioxide emissions this year, bucking a five year-long decline, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday. Based on…
Kolkata, Dec 4 (IANS) Around 1,800 million people would be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity by the year 2025, when two-thirds of the world population could be under stress, an expert…
Katowice (Poland), Dec 4 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called upon the nations to redefine their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to mitigate climate effects and to achieve goals under the Paris Agreement that…
Katowice (Poland), Dec 4 (IANS) Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka and Dominica were hardest hit in 2017, the year with the highest weather-related losses ever recorded, the Global Climate Risk Index, published by Germanwatch, said on…
Dehradun, Dec 4 (IANS) A quake measuring 3 on the Richter scale was felt in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand early on Tuesday forcing residents to rush out of their houses, officials said. The tremors were…
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) It was a misty morning in the national capital on Tuesday that witnessed ‘very poor’ air quality as the minimum temperature was recorded at 8.6 degrees Celsius, the season’s average,…
Srinagar, Dec 4 (IANS) Minimum temperatures continued falling across Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday with Srinagar recording its coldest night of the season so far at minus 3.2 degrees Celsius, a weather office said. The…
Chandigarh, Dec 3 (IANS) Authorities in Punjab are targeting a 90 percent reduction in stubble burning cases next year, a senior official said here on Monday. “Stubble burning has reduced by as much as 50…
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) At the 24th meeting of Conference of Parties (COP-24) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on Monday, Union Environment Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan reiterated India’s solar and…
Katowice (Poland), Dec 3 (IANS) European Union (EU) leaders of Austria, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Spain attending the UN climate summit on Monday recognised further climate action was necessary to reach the 1.5 degrees…
Katowice (Poland), Dec 3 (IANS) Indian Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday said the high level of greenhouse gas emission was a major concern and reaffirmed that India would play a “positive, constructive and balanced…
Mumbai, Dec 3 (IANS) A massive fire erupted in the thick forests of Aarey Colony in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) precincts, near Goregaon suburb of north-west Mumbai, here on Monday evening, officials said….
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) With quality of air oscillating between “poor” and “very poor”, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday asked the Delhi government to deposit Rs 25 crore with the Central Pollution…
Katowice (Poland), Dec 3 (IANS) The greatest threat in thousands of years is the climate change. The world is facing a man-made disaster and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the…
Jammu, Dec 3 (IANS) Police used batons and tear smoke to disperse protesters on Monday after cow vigilantes torched a truck carrying bovine animals in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district — after setting them free….
Katowice (Poland), Dec 3 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said the world was in deep trouble and not doing enough or moving fast enough to prevent irreversible and catastrophic climate disruption. “Climate change…
Canberra, Dec 3 (IANS) Heat and wind on Monday were fuelling over 110 forest fires that have been burning for two weeks in Australia, where the authorities have also been alerted to a tropical cyclone…