What use is it to talk big things like a Green Fund and technology transfer when most of the actions on the ground require good governance and no extra money? It’s troubling to see that even as all cities in the developed world have climate change plans, Mumbai with world class aspirations cannot think beyond

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IBN-A mountain specific planning is the need of the hour to ensure the flow of ecosystem services such as clean drinking water and decomposition of wastes, according to Prof Martin Price, a 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner.”As mountains cover 24 per cent of the land surface, a mountain specific planning is needed to ensure the

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Nepal doesn’t need to change. We do. Here is why. Recently I hiked as part of a “Green Hiker, Green planet” group of change-makers, along the Langtang region in Rasuwa, north of Kathmandu for four days. As we hiked, I couldn’t help but realize that Nepal is simply beautiful just the way it is. Sadly

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Study demonstrates clear connection between warming and rising extinction rates of the American pika for the first time, with implications for many species Scientists have long understood that climate change has an effect on the numbers and distribution of animal species, but exactly how big an impact and why has remained largely speculative, until now.

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KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Environment is all set to establish a separate climate change fund to speed up works on climate change and increase the effectiveness of the fund received. “We have been working on a model and the mechanism to mobilise the fund through the ministry,” said Purushottam Ghimire, Joint Secretary and Chief of

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Experts meeting under the National Mission for a Green India warn that ten years down the line India’s key forests, including the Himalayas, western ghats and central India could alter irreversibly. Making this dire warning was Dr Ravindranath, a professor at the Centre for Sustainable Technologies at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. He emphasised

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Breaking down the complexities of scientific research into digestible chunks is a difficult job for researchers and reporters alike. Working together to overcome this problem is critical for science to get out into the public space. How to convey scientific information simply, free from jargon and relate it to everyday life are the essential criteria

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Improving observations of ocean temperature confirm that Earth is absorbing more energy from the sun than it is radiating to space as heat, even during the recent solar minimum. This energy imbalance provides fundamental verification of the dominant role of the human-made greenhouse effect in driving global climate change. Observed surface temperature change and ocean

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The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has written to states to include bamboo in the list of minor forest produce (MFP) and to take steps to facilitate its use, sale and management by communities. The letter, dated March 21, is addressed to all chief ministers. It acknowledges the provisions of the Forest Rights

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