Climate

Every year about 25 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) is emitted into the atmosphere. This amount is more than the emission target set by some agencies

As the slow-moving talks on combating climate change enter their final stretch here, top UN scientist R K Pachauri has warned governments against delaying mitigation action, though he remained optimistic

Between 1941 and 2004 most of the 610 meter thick Riggs Glacier in Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park disappeared. And most of the ice melted away in the

The crucial Copenhagen climate conference might have failed to arrive at a consensus but President Barack Obama's leadership at the summit and his attempts that brokered a US-BASIC political deal was hailed by Congress leaders here as "commendable".

President Obama said late Friday that five major nations, including the United States, had forged a climate deal. He called it "an unprecedented breakthrough" but acknowledged it fell short of what was required to combat global warming.

After a round of hectic diplomacy on Friday night, US President Barack Obama managed to cobble together an agreement, but the 'Copenhagen Accord' appeared headed for failure