OSLO: Plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by big companies represent only a quarter of the amounts needed to limit global warming under targets agreed last year by almost 200 nations, a study sho

Research shows 94 of 900-plus groups have strategy to meet Paris climate accord goals

President Rodrigo Duterte has thumbed down the reduction of carbon emissions in the country, stressing that it’s the high-income countries that should cut back because they have the largest carbon

The World Bank and other global development lenders like the Asian Development Bank must help countries such as India to finance the shift of their coal production to more efficient technologies so

India on Saturday was among the 197 nations to sign a binding agreement in Rwanda's capital Kigali to phase out the use of hydrofluorocarbon or (HFC) gases, primarily found in air conditioners.

Climate experts and environmentalists from across the globe not only welcomed the HFCs phase down deal, reached at Kigali in Rwanda on Saturday, but also singled out India for its exemplary role of

The International Solar Alliance (ISA), a brainchild of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, announced at the climate conference in Paris (COP21), will be ratified at the forthcoming COP22 in Marrakech in

Environmental groups on Wednesday urged world leaders to come together for an ambitious deal to cut down heat-trapping super pollutants like hydrofluorocarbons and reaffirm their Paris commitment t

As per the Paris agreement, India has committed to ensuring that at least 40 per cent of its electricity will be generated from "non-fossil" sources by 2030.

Almost everyone believes the conference beginning today will reach a deal on HFCs. That will leave only one more loophole to plug — international shipping.