UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22: Almost 90 big companies in sectors from food to cement to telecommunications are pledging to slash their greenhouse gas emissions in a new campaign to steer multi-nationals towards a low-carbon future, organizers said on Sunday.

GENEVA, June 28: This year is on track to be among the hottest ever and that would make 2015-2019 the world’s hottest five-year period on record, the World Meteorological Organization said on Friday.

PARIS, Nov 28: Global greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 could be between 13 billion and 15 billion tonnes more than the level needed to keep global warming within 2 degrees Celsius this century, a United Nations report estimated on Tuesday.

MIAMI, Aug 2: Planet-warming greenhouse gases surged to new highs as abnormally hot temperatures swept the globe and ice melted at record levels in the Arctic last year due to climate change, a major U.S. report said Wednesday.

Potent, climate warming gases are being emitted into the atmosphere but are not being recorded in official inventories – a key provision of the Paris climate deal – according  to a BBC investigation.

KATHMANDU, July 23: Dabur Nepal has said that it handed over a greenhouse to Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) last week as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility.

The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT), one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites, has a special importance for its socio-cultural and religious values.

NEW YORK, Oct 3: Electricity generated by dams and reservoirs may not be so "clean" after all, a new report suggests.