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Placards with slogans at Rheinaue park during the COP23 UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. (Photo: AFP)

Climate CrisesParis to Marrakesh to Bonn

With the US threatening to chuck Paris Agreement, the two countries that would have to scale up their commitments are...

7 Nov 2017 8:00 PM

World

China, India committed to climate action when others are failing': UN...

Guterres said UN has very solid commitment' for climate action, and African nations were the biggest victims of changing...

13 Jan 2018 2:10 PM

Economic equality is key to solving environmental challenges to achieve the SDGs especially Goal 10, if India wants to achieve its ambitious climate goals in line with the Paris Agreement. (Photo: ANI)

Business

Economic equality is key to achieve India's climate goals: Experts

The conference was organized by the Department of Policy Studies at the TERI School of Advanced Studies.

10 April 2018 9:20 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazils President Michel Temer and Russian President Vladimir Putin get ready for a group photo at the Brics Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday. (Photo: AP)

Opinion

Amid a changing world, can Brics find new role?

A British economist had coined the acronym Bric in 2001, identifying four high-growth economies that could dominate...

20 Nov 2019 8:52 PM

Newsmakers

Greta inspires European youth to fight climate change

Greta Thunberg along with hundreds of students march in Paris for climate action.

23 Feb 2019 10:18 AM

India will on Monday import its first ever cargo of LNG from Russia under a long-term deal as the worlds fourth-largest buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) diversifies its import basket to meet its vast energy needs.

Business

India LNG demand journey to be shaky, slow due to infrastructure...

Government aims to run all LNG terminals at full capacity by 2022 as it works to complete entire pipeline grid, said Oil...

15 March 2019 5:49 AM

$The Bolsonaro administration has consistently decalred climate change to be a \secondary\ issue, reaffirming its lack of interest in participating in international efforts to fight global warming. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)$ Life

Amazon forest's systematic destruction under Bolsonaro

Here's how the rainforests of Amazon in Brazil have suffered under the leadership of their current president, Jair...

15 May 2019 9:19 AM

Extinction Rebellion climate change protesters held up banners as they briefly blocked the road near the Bank of England, in the City of London recently. Extinction Rebellion created blockades at various locations in the British capital for 10 days. (Photo: AP)

Life

UK becomes first country to declare a climate emergency'

On Wednesday night a bipartisan UK Parliament passed an extraordinary measure: a national declaration of an environment...

2 May 2019 12:10 PM

President Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP)

World

Biden signs 15 executive orders, reversing Trump's key policies

The orders ranged from rejoining the Paris agreement, halting US' withdrawal from WHO, and stopping construction of...

21 Jan 2021 6:04 AM

The 10-year average rate of increase also set a record, now up to 2.4 parts per million per year. (Representational Photo:AFP)

Life

Carbon dioxide levels hit 50% higher than preindustrial time

It has taken only 42 years, from 1979 to 2021, to increase carbon dioxide by that same amount

7 Jun 2021 6:48 PM

On Tuesday, the central government had released Rs 600 crore to flood-hit Kerala as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Rs 500 crore) and Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Rs 100 crore) during their visits to the state. (Photo: AP)

World

Citing Kerala floods, UN chief says climate change nearing point of no...

In his message, Guterres highlighted the huge economic costs of climate change and the opportunities presented by...

11 Sept 2018 5:41 AM

People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville. (Photo: AP)

World

President's arts council quits over Donald Trump's Charlottesville...

Noting that art is about inclusion and the humanities include a vibrant free press, the members alleged that Trump had...

19 Aug 2017 5:19 AM