Ethiopia has set targets to slash carbon emissions by two-thirds within the next 15 years, the most ambitious goal so far presented to an upcoming UN climate change conference in Paris.

Tap water polluted with faecal matter could be the cause of mystery stomach problems, according to new research.

Climate change means rain is returning to previously drought-stricken areas of Africa exactly 30 years since Live Aid raised £150million to help starving people there, a new study has revealed.

The sudden boom in diesel cars and trucks in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) has escalated the level of ozone gas in the air.

The Capital continues to choke even six months after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered a ban on all petrol and diesel vehicles over 15 years of age in Delhi-NCR.

Breastfeeding children in their first four months helps protect them against air pollution from traffic and factories, a new study has found.

The Prakash Javadekar-led Environment Ministry, which was earlier on a spree of clearing forests in the name of development, is now thinking of reviving forests lying in degraded condition in the c

There is increasing concern that a weather event in the Pacific will bring bitter winter conditions to the UK and northern Europe.

A day after being criticised by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for preparing a report that “lacked data and analysis”, IIT-Delhi scientists who authored the study came out in support of it.

China has accelerated plans for a railway through the heart of the Amazon rainforest - prompting fury from environmentalists.