Tiny Pacific nations which are most at threat from rising seas have vowed to dump diesel and other dirty expensive fuels blamed for causing global warming and replace them with clean sources.

Scientists from 15 countries are calling for a better political response to the provision of water and energy to meet the challenge of feeding a world of 9 billion people within 30 years.

The HTC One X is one of the first phones to employ a Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor, clocking 1.5GHZ speed and runs on Android Ice Cream Sandwich along with HTC Sense 4

Malaysian wildlife authorities have seized hundreds of cobras and turtles being smuggled out of the country in a shipment of papayas, headed for cooking pots in the region, an official said.

Hamdan bin Mohammed unveils Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, has instructed stakeholders to do their best to maintain Dubai’s status in the list of countries that stimulate sustainable green growth and harness Dubai’s strategic location as a prominent regional and international hub for emerging markets, finance and trade to apply and deploy green and clean technologies in a broader way.

The transformation of JBR beachfront into an extreme motorcross track for the 2012 Red Bull X Fighters, captured in timelapse photography.

A Gulf News reader captures footage of black smoke pouring from the roof of a burning factory on Sahara Centre Road in Sharjah.

In a world where multiple factors influence a child’s behavior, what are the biggest challenges parents face? Gulf News readers speak.

Natural teak forests are in decline worldwide, almost half of which grow in Myanmar, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization has said. Such forests grow only in three other countries today-India, Laos and Thailand.

The oil palm plantations on Borneo island, a part of which falls in Indonesia, would become a key source of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 if they continue to grow unchecked, says a new study.