UN chief wanted Modi to be at climate change summit

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that he "really wanted" Prime Minister Narendra Modi to participate in a crucial climate change summit in New York next week to mobilise......

Lucknow girl addresses the world on climate change

13-year-old Yugaratna Srivastava from Lucknow addressing the United Nations Climate Change Summit on Tuesday at New York, representing the voice of the global youth on the issue. United States......

Greta Thunberg blasts world leaders at UN over climate change

"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words," were the emotional words of Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish environmental activist, who blasted the world leaders gathered at......

Jairam Ramesh speaks to rediff.com

Jairam Ramesh, the Union minister for environment and forests, was in New York last week to take part in the largest-ever United Nations Climate Change summit aimed at mobilising......

India talks tough on climate change issue

India said on Tuesday that the climate change negotiations should focus ondeveloped countries that started the problem and yet are reluctant to meet their commitments on emission reduction.......

Poor nations struggle to spend climate change aid, what next?

A boy wades, through stagnant water, past recyclable items collected from a garbage dumpsite in Manila. Photograph: John Javellana/Reuters Billions of dollars pledged by developed nations in......

Paris protests muted but world speaks up for climate change

The French have scored a diplomatic coup by reversing the order of proceedings in such summits. Beginning with Rio de Janeiro in 1992, national leaders arrive at the end of the summit to ratify......

Give money to check climate change: India, Africa

India and Africa on Wednesday asked the developed counties to take "ambitious actions" to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and also provide finance and technology to the developing counties so......