The world's poorest people, especially those living in tropical and sub-tropical regions ,will be worst hit by global warming, the World Bank Vice-President , Mr Ian Johnson, has said. "It is the
In the debate on global climate change it has long been a given that China, with its huge population and endless coal reserves, will overtake the United States early this century as the biggest
Japan's foreign minister, Makiko Tanaka, said that Tokyo would work "to the last moment" to persuade the United States to support the Kyoto Protocol to curb global warming. Ms. Tanaka's comments,
Why is George W. Bush so reluctant to do anything serious about global warming? Surely not, as some cynics suggest, because he is in the pocket of America's fossil-fuel industry. Yet this action (or
A new report from America's National Academy of Sciences confirms the reality of global warming. The NASA's conclusions, which include no new data, will come as no surprise to those working in the
Women from five States will gather at Bhikampura village in Alwar district of Rajasthan for three days from tomorrow to assess the role of water in their life. In the presence of experts they will
Karnataka, which is all set to take up the desilting of tanks across the State with the assistance of World Bank under the Jalasamvardhance scheme, has suffered a setback with the Central Water
Despite a recent decline in the sales of microchips, which might have been expected to produce a knock-on effect for companies supplying the industry, the market for water treatment equipment is
One of the premiere non-government organisations working on environment in the country, the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), has come out strongly against the remarks on global climate change