The world must eliminate emissions from burning fossil fuels in the second half of this century to lower the economic cost of climate change, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Developm

Climate change may increase the incidence of diarrheal disease in Botswana, according to a recent study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Zambia has agreed to a $50 million loan from the World Bank for water projects including the construction of small dams to help moderate damage from drought and floods in the southern African natio

More than 5,500 people had been affected by the prevailing drought in the Polonnaruwa District, Asst. Director of the Disaster Management Centre Upul Nanayakkara said.

Pakistan’s largest metropolitan and the worlds third most densely populated city suffers from severe pollution due to a lack of interest by successive governments in tackling environment degradatio

The Kerala government has decided to appeal against two national green tribunal orders that said that the government should take note and adhere to the recommendations of the Western Ghats Expert Ecology Panel (WGEEP) report while approving private and commercial development in eco-sensitive zones. Read more in this September 2013 edition of the Monthly India State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.

As per a leaked UN report, CO2 emissions have gone up to 95% from 90% in '07.

An NGO has opened a special cell here to promote water harvesting in 11 districts through its volunteers. The NGO aims to carry out around 5,000 water harvesting projects.

A comprehensive law is on the anvil in Tamil Nadu to regulate groundwater resources.

Even as a large part of Bihar is to come out of the threat of flood the state cabinet on Wednesday declared 33 out of 38 districts as drought-hit while situation in the rest five––Arwal, Banka, Roh

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