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2011-12-07 13:13:00
New York, Dec 7 (IBNS) Soccer star Carles Puyol, who led Spain to the World Cup title last year, is the face of a new United Nations campaign to save endangered orangutans that could face extinction within the next few decades.
2011-12-06 20:41:00
Durban, Dec 6 (IBNS) India's environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan has made it clear that the Asian giant will not compromise on the principles of equity and historical responsibility, which according to her, were the bulwarks on which all climate negotiations must rest.
2011-12-06 16:53:00
Climate change is already having an impact in the livelihoods of millions of people in the Sahel and West Africa, according to a new United Nations study released on Monday, which calls for governments to implement policies that will prevent competition for resources, conflict and forced migration in the region.
2011-12-06 16:50:00
With the debate between rich and poor countries in Durban stuck on legally binding emission cuts versus voluntary measures, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Tuesday said both are important for a global deal and should not be pitted against each other.
2011-12-06 14:30:00
UN official to AP: pledges to cut CO2 will go on The top U.N. climate official said Saturday she is confident industrial countries will renew their pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions after their current commitments expire next year.
2011-12-06 14:30:00
​Jayanthi-Natarajan Durban: India is open to discussion on a new legally binding climate change treaty but the principle of equity -- the right of developing nations -- should be central to it, Environment Minister
2011-12-06 14:15:00
UN official to AP: pledges to cut CO2 will go on The top U.N. climate official said Saturday she is confident industrial countries will renew their pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions after their current commitments expire next year.
2011-12-03 16:40:00
A "clean picture" too makes wavesEven as the nation sings paeans of the fresh commercial success of the screen rage The Dirty Picture, an environment friendly national award winning Kannada film is also scaling newer heights in the south.
2011-12-03 16:21:00
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has teamed up with partners in an initiative to ensure that rice, one of the world's major food crops, is produced in ways that are environmentally friendly and socially responsible, while boosting yields for both commercial and subsistence farmers.
2011-12-02 13:15:00

Though only a fraction of the world's tiger population resides in New Jersey, a lawmaker wants to make the state an international model for protecting against illegal sales of tiger bones and

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