Three sustainable energy initiatives from India and one each from Bangladesh and Nepal were among the winners of the 2007 Ashden Awards for their positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of poor people, and also reducing carbon emissions More...

While India continues to sticks to its traditional stand of refusing to accept quantitative targets on reducing carbon-emitting greenhouse gas use, the government is slowly coming around to the idea that an agreement on reductions could be conditional on explicit subsidies on clean technologies from the developed world More...

A landmark, albeit compromise, deal on climate change sees G8 nations agree to pursue "substantial cuts" in carbon emissions as the United States climbs down from its traditional position, agreeing for the first time to reduce emissions. However, Europe is still unable to get its more powerful partner to commit to binding reduction targets More...

Since the end of 2006 there has been growing concern among citizens of both developing and developed nations on the effects of carbon emissions on climate change. Could this be linked to an increase in global warming-related natural disasters, or the phenomenally effective film An Inconvenient Truth? Or both? More...

Large dams produce clean, renewable energy in the form of hydroelectricity. But they also contribute to global warming by emitting millions of tonnes of the greenhouse gas methane. The silver lining is that methane is also a principal component of natural gas and can be used to fuel power stations More...

A new study done in Indonesia claim that rising energy prices, arising from the imposition of a carbon tax, could mean that small farmers are able to compete better with large farms that rely on machinery with high energy consumption More...

A bench comprising Justices C K Thakker and H S Bedi dismissed an application filed by the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan that victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy be given greater compensation More...

According to Dr R K Pachauri, Chairman of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, France has substantially less greenhouse gas emissions per capita than North America because it has a much better public transport system. In India there is too much emphasis on private automobiles

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Of the 12 lion deaths in Gir recently, at least six were allegedly killed by poachers from the neighbouring state of Madhya Pradesh for their skin, claws and skulls More...

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