The French presidency of the COP21 (21st conference of parties) on Thursday night came out with a new and slightly shorter version of the draft text of the Paris agreement.

PARIS: Negotiators huddled through Wednesday night and most of Thursday, racing against the clock to resolve key differences between the rich and developing nations in an attempt to stitch together

The draft outcome was barely sufficient to justify the time and effort expended at Paris.

As negotiators raced against time to clinch a key accord at the climate talks that has been marked by a divide between developed and developing countries, US President Barack Obama telephoned Prime

PARIS: Just as the climate conference presidency was about to release the first review of the draft Paris agreement, US secretary of state John Kerry kicked off hectic parleys outside the negotiati

PARIS: Hours after the French presidency of the climate summit (COP21) came out with the first draft of the Paris agreement, India on Wednesday said that there were "many points of departure" in th

PARIS: Hours after India, as part of the BASIC group reiterated its stand on the ongoing climate negotiation, the US secretary of state John F Kerry met India's environment minister Prakash Javadek

PARIS: Seeking to take the innovation route to solve the crisis of climate change, a coalition of countries including India came together with private investors to pledge an increase in investment