climate

Trump signs order overhauling Obama’s attempts to slow climate change

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order rolling back Obama-era rules aimed at tackling global warming. The order seeks to suspend, rescind...

Save sea cows campaign: 23 countries pledge to protect sea cows

Saving sea cows helps ensure human food security, says a newly launched  Dugong and Seagrass Research Toolkit. Twenty-three countries agreed to enhance efforts to help...

India, China, EU to lead if US withdraws from Paris Pact: UNEP chief

Even if the US pulls out of the Paris Agreement, as President Donald Trump has threatened to do, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)...

Indonesia joins UN Environment’s #CleanSeas campaign

Indonesia joined today UN Environment's global campaign to eliminate major sources of marine litter: microbeads in cosmetics and the excessive, wasteful usage of single-use...

Economic Survey reflects India’s climate change commitments

Comparing India's high carbon pricing to other developing and developed countries, the Economic Survey 2016-17 on Tuesday reflected the country's commitment to tackle the...

Ecological degradation of Rohtang a manmade disaster: NGT chief

He has since his childhood seen the ecological degradation of the Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh -- which remains snowbound for over six months...

Can Donald Trump make the whole earth green again?

In the barrage of criticism against US President Donald Trump for his utterances on refugees and Muslims, what has been missed is that he...

Does climate change affect women in a big way

Men migrating to bigger towns in search of employment, to support their families back home in the villages, is not uncommon. Climate change, which...