Climate Change

Television and computers in standby mode consume more energy than it was previously thought.

UN Watercourses Convention helps ensure that the world's 263 international boundary crossing rivers are protected and peacefully shared.

Researchers from the University of Exeter claimed that people should eat less meat to tackle climate change.

Vince Cable, derided as anti-business business secretary, may finally appease critics by announcing plans to give shareholders binding vote on executive pay.

He says already levels of CO2 have exceeded 400 parts per million while the tipping point is 450 parts per million.

Ahead of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, campaign ambassador Bianca Jagger, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Airbus launch online campaign called Plant a Pledge.

Scientists have discovered that humans are the major culprits behind global ocean warming, according to a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory report.

An international team of scientists finds that geoengineering projects could lead to less rainfall in Europe and North America.

Warming Arctic climate has resulted in shrubs in the Arctic tundra turning into trees in just a few decades creating patches of forest which, if replicated across the tundra, would significantly accelerate global warming.

Regeneration Project ratings especially high for economic benefits of protecting environment.

Others included in the 2012 awards are Brazilian banker Fábio C Barbosa and renewable energy entrepreneur Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber.

Scientists from the University of York have found that climate change has bought great changes to the lifestyle of the Brown Argus butterfly.

All major nations reaffirm commitment to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan by 2014 deadline. Despite reservations, exit strategy to proceed according to agreed timetable following landmark Nato summit in Chicago.

Obama's plan for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by end of 2014 threatened by rift with Pakistan and possibly scuppered by France's new president, Francois Hollande

Anonymous hacking collective joins anti-Nato protests and takes Chicago government websites offline.

Thousands of protesters flood Chicago against the Afghan war, climate change and several other grievances.

Apart from eurozone crisis, the summit concentrated on a whole range of issues including Afghanistan and Iran.

Leaders stress importance of cohesive eurozone and the need for Greece's continuation in the bloc.

As much as 360,000 tonnes of milk is poured in the sink every year in Britain.

Shale gas explorer Cuadrilla has found more natural gas in the UK shale rocks than in Iraq.

Researchers find air temperatures near four largest wind turbines in the world have risen significantly.

Warm ocean currents attacking the underside of the ice sheets are causing major loss of Antarctic glaciers, suggests a new study.

From a beach holiday destination in the Caribbean, Niagara Falls in Canada to a volcanic island in Indonesia, here are some of the most stunning snapshots of earth taken by GeoEye-1 satellite from several miles above.

Scientists from the University College London and the British Geological Survey have made the finding.

Nasa images highlight drastic impact of climatic change on earth's environment.

Environmentalists and residents are opposed to the plans of the government to allow fracking despite incidents of tremors reported in Blackpool.

Agribusiness and food company, Bunge has confirmed acquisition of Climate Change Capital Group for an undisclosed sum.

Asia's Karakoram glaciers have grown thicker despite rising temperatures during the past decade defying the global trend of depletion of glaciers and ice caps due to adverse climate change.

A new study reveals that there are twice as many emperor penguins live in Antarctica than previously thought.

Britain is planning to tap energy from Iceland's volcanoes to meet the growing energy needs of the country.