Climate change is likely to create new food insecurities by further pushing up the already rising prices and bringing down the world agriculture GDP by 16 per cent by 2020, the International Food Poli

Three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government for missing the deadline to list the polar bear as a threatened animal under the Endangered Species Act.

As the sudden fog over Delhi and NCR on Sunday stumped most people, environmentalists and meteorological experts said this was possibly the outcome of extremely high levels of pollution.

The 2008 Union budget must be remembered. Not because it heralds the news of an early election. But because it comes at a time when the world is battling four different but linked developments.

Scientific evidence on climate change leading to drying up of rivers in Gujarat is overwhelming, as it points to significant risks of water scarcity.

Public health experts stressed the urgent need to address global warming and its dangerous effects on health at the recently concluded three-day long 52nd National Conference of Indian Public Health A

Gujarat is a waterstressed state going by the definition of such areas as those having water availability below 1700 cum/ca/annum (cubic meter per capita per year).