An agreement by almost 200 nations to curb rising greenhouse gas emissions from 2020 will be far more costly than taking action now to tackle climate change, according to research published on Wedn

The coldest weather in northern India for at least 44 years has killed more than 100 homeless people, an aid group said on Thursday.

The Siachen Glacier has been reduced by 5.9km in longitudinal extent between 1989 and 2009 because of rising temperatures, says a study published recently.

Bone chilling cold and dense fog rang in the New Year in the capital today as mercury plummeted to the season's lowest of 4° C. Today, the minimum temperature recorded as three notches below normal and down from the yesterday's minimum of 5.5° C, which was the previous lowest for the season.

The condition improved a bit as the day progressed, but with maximum temperature dipping five degrees below normal to stay at 15.3° C, people were forced to wrap themselves up in more woollens.

PANJIM: Human induced climate change is inevitable and will take place in the next two to three to four to five decades, the chairman of the intergovernmental panel on climate change R K Pachauri has said.

Speaking at the NIO Foundation Day lecture, Dr Pachauri, whose IPCC had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, warned that both adaptation as well as mitigation are necessary for the human race to survive the onslaught of climate change. “Neither adaptation nor mitigation along can avoid all climate change impact, however they can complement each other and together can significantly reduce the risks of climate change,” Dr Pachauri said quoting his IPCC report adding that some of the effects of climate change have already.