To whale or not to whale

Nations for and against whaling clash once again, and fail to reach consensus

Fuelling pollution

Norway divests from coal, fossil fuel

Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, the world’s richest sovereign wealth fund, has removed 114 companies from its portfolio

Conservationists distort whaling body's raison d'etre

It took just five votes to shake the very edifice of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Voting 25-20 in favour of setting up a …

Cheap fix

The rush to make profits out of carbon-fixing engenders another kind of colonialism

Norway to curb investments in coal-based firms

Funds from the country’s sovereign wealth fund will not go to companies that draw more than 30 per cent of their revenue or power from coal

India ranked 135 in Human Development Report 2014

UNDP report says human development is improving worldwide, but the rate of improvement has slowed

Seeing red over green

The prime minister of Norway quits after he is defeated in an environment vote

Fish on the front burner

Marine species likely to top CITES meet agenda

Powerful winds of change: Supportive policy, better tech help sector globally

As offshore wind energy is based on expensive technology, pilot projects need support

Germany, Denmark are top performers in Global Green Economy Index

Index measures performance of 60 countries in the global green economy

Cleaning up the Iron Curtain

Norwegian whale meat exports to Japan found contaminated with pesticides

Japan, a major whale meat market, refused to accept the consignment

Climate change unveils new methane source: Groundwater springs of Norway

Emissions to further increase if warming continues, finds study

Focus on pledges

Accountability issue set to take centrestage at the upcoming CoP-8 (Read full article)

Half of Europe at risk of drought, power generation hit too: Report

EU member states urged to reduce gas consumption, lower dependence on Russia

Denmark stakes claim over North Pole and a large chunk of the Arctic

Seeks formal recognition of its extended territory from UN

Climate logjam

After wrecking the climate talks in the Hague, the US-led coalition refuses to participate in further negotiations in Oslo

Ocean dumps

Japan leads opposition to establishing marine sanctuary for whales

Proposal for a sanctuary in the South Atlantic Ocean has been repeatedly submitted to the International Whaling Commission in recent years, but …

Green Climate Fund turns to developing nations for funds

UN-backed body plans to raise $10-15 billion by end of 2014

Three find their way to Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine

Their work explains the "GPS" in our brains

Being egged on

US, Japan & others to fund Indonesia’s transition to clean energy

Just Energy Transition Partnership’s $20 bn finance can help freeze the country’s per capita emissions at 2.4 tonnes by 2030

Malawi, Tanzania to track climate change to reduce burden of diseases

Increasing temperatures and more intense rainfall, floods in recent years have increased incidence of malaria and other diseases