India and China are likely to sign an agreement for joint research on Himalayan glaciers by the end of October this year, Union Forests and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday.

COUNTERING the highly exaggerated predictions by some developed countries for India's greenhouse gas emissions in near future, new studies have revealed that, if managed well, the country's per capita emissions can be contained within 3 to 3.5 tonnes by 2050, roughly the same level that the developed world would reach if they make drastic cuts from their present levels.

Ananth Krishnan

Joint expert working group to combat global warming through reforestation

BEIJING: India and China have agreed to set up a joint expert working group on the environment, which will explore how the two countries can combat global warming through reforestation.

People from nearly 8,500 dwellings, who are facing the axe on account of the CRZ notification, will get a platform to make their voices felt at a public consultation to be attended by Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh at Fr Agnel Ashram in Verna on Sunday, August 30, between 2 pm and 6 pm.

Jairam Calls For Emulating Beijing On Emission Control

Beijing: China has agreed to include India in a three-nation (China, Japan and South Korea) joint mechanism on climate control, minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday.

After holding the Mayawati government in Lucknow guilty of giving a go by to environmental norms for the statue complex in Noida, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has now given it a clean chit. In a reply to the Supreme Court