Why India is getting hotter by the year

  Scientists at the India Meteorological Department warn that not only has India turned hotter in the last two decades, but that heat waves are projected to become more intense, have longer......

UN rules out inquiry into allegations against Pachauri

The United Nations has ruled out an inquiry into the allegations against former chair of the UN’s panel on climate change Rajendra Pachauri and said a new head will be elected later this......

The dangers of India's water policy

A global water report promotes privatisation narrativewhich could be disastrous for India and the world, says Gopal Krishna. Ahead of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development being......

Time to act on global warming is now: scientis

Scientists dealing with climate change have expressed concern at the pace with which global warming is taking place and have warned that the world is already half way to the two-degree centigrade......

Carbon threshold crossed

While long term solution depends on each one of us altering our consumption patterns, the future depends on next generation technologists and entrepreneurs creating business models that naturally......

Climate change killing 150,000 a year: WHO

Climate change has begun to affect human health, leading to a rise in cases related to stomach ailments and vector-borne diseases like malaria and dengue. This has been indicated in a report in......

World leaders back embattled Pachauri

Embattled UN climate panel chief R K Pachauri found support on Friday from world leaders attending the climate change conference in New Delhi as they contended that some mistake in the IPCC report......

G8-G5 summit: World powers accept warming limit

Developed and developing nations have agreed that global temperatures should not rise more than two degrees Celsius above 1900 levels, a G8 summit declaration in L'Aquila, Italy, said. That is the......