Beijing asks residents to leave town ahead of international economic forum
Announces week-long vacations to reduce pollution and traffic during meet
IBM to help China fight air pollution
Beijing city to use IBM forecasting expertise to collect air pollution data
World needs to cut its carbon emissions by a fifth to avert global warming
Needs to decarbonise economy at a rate of 6.2 per cent a year till 2100
China hints at rolling out major emission caps next year
Cap year for carbon emissions might also be announced
Now ISO standard for water footprint
ISO 14046 will not only determine water wastage but suggest ways to reduce it
China admits to tiger skin trade at international forum
Around 1,600 tigers have been traded globally since 2000
Green Climate Fund turns to developing nations for funds
UN-backed body plans to raise $10-15 billion by end of 2014
Brazil’s GM corns no more resistant against bugs
Farmers demand compensation as seed companies blame farmers
China grows at the cost of its rich coastline
After the economic reforms in 1978, the country has been extensively exploiting its coasts
Wrong predictions hampered water conservation: study
Countries should rely on realistic, short-term predictions to plan water conservation efforts
Chinese city sealed after man dies of plague
Police have cordoned off the entire town of Yumen in the north-western Chinese province of Gansu and restricted the movement of the residents
New avian influenza strain in Southeast Asia ‘travelling fast’, warns FAO
In less than six months after first reported in China, the H5N6 virus has been detected in poultries in Lao and Vietnam
Efficient farming can feed 3 billion more people worldwide, says study
Targeted efforts to make food systems more efficient can also reduce the environmental footprint of agriculture
Lima climate conference has to ‘write history’ to save earth, says Figueres
Over the course of the next two weeks, delegates will attempt to hammer out the new universal treaty, which would enter force by 2020
World headed for water crises by 2040
Two studies suggest immediate change in the water use by power sector to avoid global drought