The State of Climate report, released by the World Meteorological Organization, a specialised agency of the United Nations, has found that four principal indicators of climate change — greenhous...

In chapter 5 of the 2,900-plus-page report, Kolkata’s transport model figures among nine international case studies showcased.  Apart from the one on Kolkata, the case studies are from Indo...

Global emissions of Earth-warming greenhouse gases should decline from 2025 if the world wants to limit its average temperature rise within 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels, said...

A crucial UN report on climate change, released on Monday, has sounded a “dire warning about the consequences of inaction”, confirming that climate change is already causing widespread dis...

The UN climate agency on Wednesday released a draft of an accord that urges countries to “revisit and strengthen” in the next year their plans for cutting planet-warming greenhouse gas emi...

Q: By when should the developed countries ideally reach net zero? A: Considering their historical emissions and the available carbon budget, equity requires that the US should have aimed for a net-ze...

Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is “way off track” on capping rising temperatures, the UN said on Monday, showing the task facing climate talks in Glasgo...

The Indian airlines' carbon dioxide emissions increased by 63.5 per cent from 11,560 thousand tons in 2012 to 18,900 thousand tons in 2019, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V K Singh said on W...

Climatic conditions play a major role in determining the availability of water resources. Consequently, civilizations across the world have developed formal and informal systems linking agricultural p...

Nearly three-quarters of the climate pledges from 184 countries under the 2015 Paris climate pact are insufficient to adequately lower Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions and cap global warming to ...