New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Do not expect anything much from next month's climate summit in Copenhagen, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Thursday, reiterating that India is not going to accept any ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Do not expect anything much from next month's climate summit in Copenhagen, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Thursday, reiterating that India is not going to accept any ...

Washington, November 17 (ANI): Scientists believe that plans to be discussed at the forthcoming UN climate conference in Copenhagen to cut deforestation in developing countries could save some species from extinction, but ...

Beijing, Nov 14 (IANS) A Sino-US exchange on climate change issues will boost the global negotiations in the long run, but are unlikely to substantially contribute to any possible deal at ...

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday said India had differences with developed countries over funding to tackle climate change, but left it to the UN Framework Convention ...

London, Nov 9 (IANS) Rich nations must "contribute substantially" to funds that will help developing countries in the global fight against climate change, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said. "Developed countries will have ...

New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) India's stand of asking developed countries to bear the burden for combating global warming was "not unreasonable", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday ahead of the ...

Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct 24 (IANS) Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Saturday issued a joint statement on climate change and adopted a declaration on strengthening education cooperation at ...

New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) There should be "something like a a global Marshall Plan" to spread green technologies in the developing world, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said here Friday as the ...

New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) With just five days of formal negotiations left before a crucial climate summit in Copenhagen, "clear and ambitious emissions reduction targets from industrialised countries" was the first ...

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) State-run oil explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has registered its fifth clean development mechanism (CDM) project with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The ...

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) India will never agree to the elimination of the distinction between developed and developing countries as far as binding commitments on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are ...

New Delhi, Oct.14 (ANI): India and Argentina on Wednesday recognized that climate change is a global challenge with strong economic, environmental and social dimensions. The leaders of the two countries said climate ...

By Joydeep Gupta Bangkok, Oct 9 (IANS) The schism between industrialised and developing countries over a global climate treaty widened here Friday as preparatory talks for this December's summit in Copenhagen concluded. Dismayed ...

By Joydeep Gupta Bangkok, Oct 8 (IANS) "Time is running out for Copenhagen," the UN climate chief said here Thursday, exactly two months before the start of the summit that is expected to ...

By Joydeep Gupta Bangkok, Oct 7 (IANS) "When I have only one pair of shoes, it makes sense to stay with that pair." With these words, UN climate chief Yvo de Boer Wednesday ...

By Joydeep Gupta Bangkok, Oct 7 (IANS) Talks to finalise a climate treaty in time for December's Copenhagen summit are still stuck over key issues of the extent to which industrialised countries will ...

By Joydeep Gupta Bangkok, Oct 6 (IANS) The World Bank has estimated that industrialised countries will have to pay developing nations $100 billion a year from now till 2050 to battle climate change. ...

By Manish Chand New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Spurred by improving relations with China, Taiwan, recognised by barely two dozen countries, is flaunting its eco-friendly polices to seek support of the international ...

Bangkok, Sep 28 (IANS) India, China and Japan are now leading the world to reach a deal this December that will be effective in tackling climate change while EU and the US ...

Bangkok, Sep 28 (IANS) The penultimate round of negotiations in preparation for a global climate deal in Copenhagen this December started here Monday, with a fresh impetus given to the process ...

By Naveen Kapoor Pittsburgh, Sept 25 (ANI): Amid mounting pressure from the developed countries to take emission reduction target before December's Copenhagen climate change meet, India has stated that while its emission ...

By Joydeep Gupta New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A global warming of two degrees Celsius -- the minimum the world is likely to experience -- could result in permanent GDP reductions of four-five ...

New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, whose country is a pioneer in promoting green technologies, Friday virtually endorsed India's stand on climate change but hoped that all ...

New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) "India considers China its most important ally in Copenhagen negotiations," Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here Friday. Negotiations for the UN Framework ...

By Arun Kumar Washington, July 18 (IANS) Given the US standpoint that a global solution to climate change would require significant participation by developing countries like India and China, Secretary of State Hillary ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) India is hopeful that the issue of climate change will move forward with the G8 countries, the group of the world's most developed nations, ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) The G8 or the world's most wealthy and developed countries have remained non-committal on setting targets for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, a demand ...

L´AQUILA, Italy (BNO NEWS) -- "We, the leaders of Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, the United ...

By Joydeep Gupta New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is "absolutely right" when he says that "climate change as we know it today has been caused mostly by ...