Renewable sources such as solar, wind and hydropower could fulfill almost 80 percent of the world's energy demand by 2050 with the right policies, according to a U.N. report which won backing from governments on Monday.

The 26-page study, by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), broadly matched a draft written by scientists.

New Delhi: Nearly 80% of the world

Renewable energies such as wind or solar power are set to surge by 2050, and expected advances in technology will bring significant cost cuts, a draft United Nations report showed on Wednesday.

The most comprehensive U.N.

Renewable energies such as wind or solar power are set to surge by 2050, and expected advances in technology will bring significant cost cuts, a draft United Nations report showed on Wednesday.

The most comprehensive U.N.

Quickening climate change in the Arctic including a thaw of Greenland's ice could raise world sea levels by up to 1.6 meters by 2100, an international report showed on Tuesday.

Such a rise -- above most past scientific estimates -- would add to threats to coasts from Bangladesh to Florida, low-lying Pacific islands and cities from London to Shanghai.

Experts meeting under the National Mission for a Green India warn that ten years down the line India

Scientists argue that cloud formation modulated by galactic cosmic rays has an impact on climate change.

IN January, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) issued a discussion paper authored by the space scientist U.R.

A non-governmen Jan.

Physicist U.R. Rao says carbon emission impact is lower than IPCC claim