Two Indian companies, one from Gujarat and the other from Haryana, both in the business of refrigerants, are leaders in the world of carbon trading that goes under the Clean Development

Gletsch Switzerland To hear the locals tell it, you would think they were referring to a loved family member declining in old age. "It hurts, it hurts," Philipp Carlen said of his feeling toward the

Australia will begin a major drive to tackle global warming, Prime Minister John Howard said Monday, as the country battles its worst drought in more than a century. The initiative was announced as

Rising temperature due to global warming is a serious threat to rice production in the country. Field trials across the world predict that we may be worse, with increased level of carbon dioxide in

This year's ozone hole over Antarctica is bigger and deeper than any other on record, US scientists said. The Ozone shields Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays and the layer thins out over

Britain and the Netherlands will today attempt to force climate change to the top of the EU's agenda, warning that the world is only 10-15 years away from a catastrophic tipping point. Tony Blair,

leaders from 25 European and 13 Asian nations have adopted a declaration to fight global warming, among other things, at the sixth Asia-Europe Meeting Summit held at Helsinki on September 10-11,