Climate talks in trouble as green groups walk out

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 08:51

Exasperated green groups walked out of faltering UN climate talks in Warsaw on Thursday.

Mere 90 companies behind major part of man-made climate change

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 19:37

The climate crisis of the 21st century has been caused largely by just 90 companies.

Britain to join US in ending coal power support abroad

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 11:56

Britain said Wednesday it would join the United States in a charge to curb financial aid for building coal-fired power plants abroad.

Environment ministers face off on climate finance in Warsaw

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 09:31

Rich and poor countries squared off at climate talks in Warsaw on Wednesday as UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for "much bolder" action to stave off an existential peril.

Typhoon Haiyan revives compensation row at UN climate talks

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 13:10

The devastation wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan has become a rallying cry at UN climate talks, where the Philippines and other developing nations are demanding aid guarantees for future damage from global warming.

India among biggest emitters of greenhouse gases: Study

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 09:53

India and China are among the world`s biggest contributors to fossil fuel emissions with India`s carbon dioxide discharge increasing by a whopping 7.7 per cent last year, a new study said today.

UN chief `deeply concerned` over lacking climate action

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 09:48

United Nations leader Ban Ki-moon said today he was "deeply concerned" that countries were not doing enough to limit global warming.

Top climate diplomats ask nations to act on global warming

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 09:43

With the UN Climate Conference entering a crucial phase, top environment diplomats have warned that global warming represents a potentially irreversible threat and sought urgent international action against climate change in the short term.

Cost from disasters quadrupled in 30 years: World Bank

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 00:01

Natural and weather disasters are costing nearly USD 200 billion (150 billion euros) a year, four times more than in the 1980s, the World Bank said Monday, warning climate change would drive the bill even higher.

Developed nations must do more to tackle global warming: India

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 23:04

India Monday said it will push the industrialised nations to take a leadership role to tackle global warming, even as there was no breakthrough in sight on key issues after week-long negotiations at the UN Climate Conference here.

El Nino may be partially responsible for global warming since 1950s

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 13:06

A new research has suggested that a natural shift to stronger warm El Nino events in the Pacific Ocean may be responsible for a substantial portion of the global warming.

Iceberg the size of Manhattan breaks away from Antarctic glacier

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 18:09

An iceberg the size of Manhattan has broken off a glacier in Antarctica and could survive long enough to drift into international shipping lanes, scientists said Thursday.