India records highest-ever annual solar capacity addition of 45 GW in FY 2025-26: Pralhad JoshiThe minister further informed that the country added 6.65 gigawatts of solar capacity in March 2026, marking the highest-ever solar install...
10 Apr, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
What is Cop27 and why is it important? Details hereIn Egypt, world leaders, environmentalists, and activists are gathering to discuss strategies for securing the planet's future and all the ...
07 Nov, 2022, 06.58 PM IST
Govt directs steel industry to draw time-bound action plan to lower CO2 emissionsIn a meeting held recently, Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh "urged the stakeholders to develop a time-bound action plan and make co...
04 Jul, 2022, 12.33 PM IST
Pace, scale of climate finance, tech support from developed nations not matching global aspiration: GovtAt COP26, Modi had presented an ambitious agenda for India's contribution to the global efforts to combat climate change.
27 Jan, 2022, 09.47 PM IST
Glasgow Climate Conference: Did climate win?Looking back, COP26 is a mixed bag of successes and lost opportunities. Technology was a critical missing piece especially given the need t...
23 Nov, 2021, 12.51 PM IST
COP26 meet first clear call for 'coal phasedown'The result was the adoption of the Glasgow Climate Pact by nearly 200 countries. While the meet made history being the first climate summit...
15 Nov, 2021, 08.19 AM IST
COP26 outcome not in line with expectations, but not hopeless either: Greenpeace IndiaAs imperfect as the final outcome may be, the goal of limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius may still be within reach, Avinash Cha...
14 Nov, 2021, 05.46 PM IST
United Nations climate conference to continue into Saturday afternoon, says COP26 presidentEarlier Friday afternoon, Sharma cancelled a press conference as the talks went to the wire. The two-week COP26 was originally scheduled to...
13 Nov, 2021, 11.33 AM IST
Saudi minister says climate fight shouldn't shun any particular energy sourceThe comments from the top producer nation in the OPEC come as the UK pushes to secure ambitious pledges from world leaders to slash greenho...
10 Nov, 2021, 04.58 PM IST
'New vision for a new future.' Powerful speech by this 14-year-old girl from Tamil Nadu to world leaders at COP26 gets standing ovationThe meeting was held to discuss clean technology and innovation at the climate conference.
03 Nov, 2021, 12.07 PM IST
COP26: A four-minute guide by a climate scientistThe main task for COP26 is to follow through on this commitment and produce realistic plans to reduce global carbon emissions to levels tha...
02 Nov, 2021, 11.00 AM IST
India's target of 500 GW renewable energy by 2030 significant contribution to climate goals: ShringlaForeign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla also informed that PM Modi at COP 26 announced that by 2030, 50 per cent of India's energy needs w...
02 Nov, 2021, 09.21 AM IST
At COP-26, PM Modi will launch key initiatives under CDRI, International Solar Alliance: Indian envoy"These initiatives will make the presence of a very high-level delegation from India led by our prime minister, very very important," Kumar...
31 Oct, 2021, 07.53 PM IST
India well on its way to meet NDC commitments: Harsh Vardhan ShringlaThe developed countries promised to allocate USD 100 billion annually to developing countries to deal with climate change.
28 Oct, 2021, 10.31 PM IST
COP 26 on climate change should ensure balanced outcome: Environment MinisterReinstating the findings of the IPCC Physical Science Summary for Policy Makers (SPM) released recently, Bhupender Yadav emphasised that "C...
09 Sep, 2021, 09.51 PM IST
India among a few G20 nations on track to meet Paris Agreement goals: FM Nirmala SitharamanThe minister, in a meeting with COP 26 president-designate Alok Sharma, said the government is taking concrete steps and at appreciable spe...
18 Aug, 2021, 09.17 PM IST
Coronavirus forces UN body to postpone its flagship climate meet COP26The COVID-19 spread has forced the UN body to postpone its flagship annual climate change conference which was scheduled to be held at Glas...
02 Apr, 2020, 04.51 PM IST