France unveils plan to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050France has unveiled a groundbreaking roadmap to end its reliance on fossil fuels. Coal use will cease by 2030, followed by oil in 2045 and ...
30 Apr, 2026, 12.56 AM IST
Business seeks details in face of mixed COP29 climate messagesMany developing countries said the pledge would not be enough to help them deliver robust national climate plans.
26 Nov, 2024, 10.48 AM IST
India needs Rs 30 lakh crore investment by 2030 to meet COP pledges, says IREDA CMDAt COP26 held in 2021, India committed to an ambitious five-part "Panchamrit" pledge. They included reaching 500 GW of non-fossil electrici...
15 Feb, 2024, 01.30 PM IST
COP28 pledge to curb cooling emissions backed by 63 countriesThe Global Cooling Pledge marks the world's first collective focus on climate-warming emissions from cooling, which includes refrigeration ...
05 Dec, 2023, 10.13 PM IST
COP28: India not party to green pledge by 118 nationsCOP28: Global Renewables & Energy Efficiency Pledge New Delhi may not have signed due to language of coal commitments, ongoing UN climate t...
02 Dec, 2023, 11.48 PM IST
COP28: 117 countries agree to triple renewable energy, to push out fossil fuelsThe pledge was among a slew of COP28 announcements on Saturday aimed at decarbonizing the energy sector - source of around three-quarters o...
02 Dec, 2023, 10.44 PM IST
US to pledge $3 billion for Green Climate Fund at COP28: SourcesThe US is set to pledge $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund, the largest international fund for climate action in developing countries. Th...
02 Dec, 2023, 01.10 PM IST
Over 110 countries set to join COP28 deal to triple renewable energyA declaration endorsed by nations ranging from the United States to Ghana to Japan and several European countries said nuclear energy plays...
02 Dec, 2023, 12.44 PM IST
COP28 lines up new climate pledges - but do they work?Among the expected pledges at COP28 are a goal to triple renewable energy capacity and initiatives on methane and coal power. These volunta...
02 Dec, 2023, 09.04 AM IST
What's the plan for this year's COP28 climate summit?The main task at COP28 is a first-time assessment of countries' progress towards meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement's goal of limiting the gl...
28 Nov, 2023, 07.55 AM IST
Europe’s fresh COP28 climate pledge opposed over emissions cutsSix EU nations - Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia and Romania - reportedly resist an updated climate pledge showing the bloc is ...
18 Aug, 2023, 08.05 PM IST
Countries' pledges not enough to achieve Paris goals: UNThe United Nations climate change secretariat has released a new assessment after analysing the combined climate pledges of 193 parties sub...
27 Oct, 2022, 01.01 AM IST
What's in the new draft deal for the COP26 climate summit?A new draft agreement for the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow presses countries to be more ambitious in their plans to tackle global war...
12 Nov, 2021, 06.28 PM IST
India wants $1 trillion before it raises targets to cut emissionsThe demand comes after India’s surprise announcement at the opening of COP26 negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, that it would set an ambiti...
11 Nov, 2021, 08.06 AM IST
There’s an $80-billion hole in India’s net zero pledge by 2070 at GlasgowIt’s a daunting target. The share of renewables in the country’s current energy mix is only 12%. Besides, the third-largest emitter would g...
10 Nov, 2021, 10.14 AM IST
Fears for farming and trade stopped India signing COP26 forest, methane pledgesAt the COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, world leaders on Tuesday pledged to stop deforestation by the end of the decad...
04 Nov, 2021, 12.20 PM IST
COP26: What would success look like at the climate summit?COP26 will almost certainly not deliver enough pledges to put the world firmly on course for 1.5C. But a credible deal to ramp up ambition ...
31 Oct, 2021, 11.03 AM IST