Prakash Javadekar said India's tax was highest in world and developed countries should follow suit

The Japanese government formally decided Tuesday to sign the Paris Agreement, a long-sought international framework negotiated with the aim of making efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions legall

DENR Secretary Ramon Paje is heading to New York to represent President Aquino in the formal signing of the Paris Agreement and to deliver the Philippine statement at the United Nations (UN) Headq

The US and China are leading a push to bring the Paris climate accord into force much faster than even the most optimistic projections – aided by a typographical glitch in the text of the agreement

BRASÍLIA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As at least 130 countries prepare to sign the Paris climate agreement in New York later this month, environmental experts have warned that enthusiasm for cli

Many nations are pushing for swift ratification of a Paris agreement to slow climate change and lock it in place for four years before a change in the White House next year that might bring a weake

Expressing concern over lack of adequate financial and technology support to fight climate change, BASIC countries including India today asked developed nations to "scale up" their level of financi

After decades of talks, 195 nations adopted an ambitious deal in Paris last December to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and strive to prevent dangerous impacts of climate change.

The BASIC countries - Brazil, South Africa, India and China - are opposed to any move of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) on carbon emission tax on airlines in the garb of offse