Durban climate talks: What it means for India?

Last Updated: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 15:42

Cutting carbon emissions will be a tough task for India in the years to come as the country needs to balance its development trajectory with transition to a low carbon economy.

SA says pressing too much would have killed talks

Last Updated: Monday, December 12, 2011, 21:47

Hailing the deal reached at the Durban climate conference as "historic", host South Africa today said that pressing the participating countries too hard on emission cuts would have been a "recipe for failure".

At UN climate meet, India asks for right to grow

Last Updated: Saturday, December 10, 2011, 09:05

Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan Saturday made an emotional appeal to the rich countries, asking for space for basic development for its 1.2 billion people and eradication of poverty.

Durban climate talks spill over a day

Last Updated: Friday, December 9, 2011, 22:43

The UN climate talks in Durban will continue on Saturday - though Friday was the last day of the two-week long conference.

Debt & doubt loom large over Durban climate talks

Last Updated: Thursday, December 8, 2011, 10:21

After a first week of preliminary discussion, serious doubt hangs over the future of the Kyoto Protocol, whose first commitment period on tackling climate change expires at the end of next year.

"Big Three" polluters oppose binding climate deal

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 08:38

The world`s three biggest polluters China, the United States and India refused to move toward a new legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions Tuesday.

Climate talks: Lukewarm response to India`s agenda

Last Updated: Monday, December 5, 2011, 22:15

India`s 3 point agenda -- talks on carbon space sharing, IPR and unilateral trade barriers has got a lukewarm response from key negotiating blocs.

Discontent grows with US at climate talks

Last Updated: Thursday, December 1, 2011, 22:54

"Developed countries as a whole are not taking climate change seriously as a global issue," Seyni Nafo, of Mali, said.

Qatar to host next round of climate talks

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 17:59

Qatar, the world`s top per capita emitter of carbon dioxide, will host the next round of climate change talks scheduled for December 2012.

In climate talks West would redefine rich and poor

Last Updated: Saturday, November 26, 2011, 08:55

As delegates gather in South Africa to plot the next big push against climate change, Western governments are saying it`s time to move beyond traditional distinctions between industrial and developing countries.