The paper traces the history of the global dialogue on sustainable development including the outcome of the historic Rio Summit of 1992. It identifies climate change as a driver of and an important part of the unsustainable record of development purs...

The key findings of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) with regard to agriculture are presented.

In 2010, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions reached the equivalent of 49 billion tonnes of CO2. Their highest level in history. They grew on average 2.2% per year between 2000 and 2010. The production and consumption of fossil fuel are responsib...

THE Theosophical Society has not only had persons of great stature and standing associated with it but it also stands for values and ethics that are crucial to the future welfare of human society. A new mind for a new world is certainly an important...

The years ahead will be crucial in getting a major change in people's perceptions.

There is no scientific doubt that our climate is changing. Over the last 50 years most of these changes have taken place as a result of increasing concentration of anthropogenic greenhouse gases and associated changes in global average temperatures.

The year 2012 would mark 20 years since the birth of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). As stated under Article 2 of this Convention, the ultimate objective of the UNFCCC is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interfer...

Sustainable development and reducing vulnerability to climate change are not two sides of the same coin, but complementary

Climate change resulting from anthropogenic and natural factors will have consequential impacts on global hydrology.

Rajendra K. Pachauri says that India wants to be a constructive partner in Copenhagen negotiations on climate change. The country is taking domestic action even though it cannot accept mandatory emissions limits.