India’s top banks failing to tackle climate risk as threats growIndia's major banks are disclosing more climate data but not using it for lending decisions. Physical climate risks like floods and heat ar...
14 May, 2026, 09.59 AM IST
ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or Bankrupt - Part 56: An acquisition, a divestment, and a JV for EV. Ready for re-rating?Bulls argue this company is becoming a complete mobility-platform supplier in India: Power solutions and aftermarket, braking and safety. B...
29 Apr, 2026, 09.24 PM IST
Automakers give the green light to CAFE III proposals, norms to come into effect from April 2027Indian carmakers have agreed to new fuel efficiency rules, CAFE 2027. These norms will limit CO2 emissions for passenger cars starting Apri...
17 Apr, 2026, 01.30 AM IST
Microplastics in India’s agriculture: A growing problem demanding urgent actionA new roadmap by NAAS emphasises national monitoring, improved waste management, and biodegradable alternatives to combat the growing crisi...
11 Apr, 2026, 06.52 PM IST
CAFE-3 draft eases emission norms, nudges automakers toward EV and hybrid shiftNew emission rules for vehicles will be implemented in 2027. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency has eased some targets for smaller cars. Manuf...
11 Apr, 2026, 06.46 AM IST
Drops Of Essential Oil On The Inside Of The ToiletA popular home hack of adding essential oils to toilet bowls for odor control is questioned by science. While these oils offer a pleasant s...
08 Apr, 2026, 02.45 PM IST
UN: Leaders must bridge emissions gap or we slip into climate disasterThe new UN report reveals that despite efforts in renewable energy and EVs, the world remains on course for a 2.6°C temperature rise if nat...
24 Oct, 2024, 11.38 PM IST
View: Precious, tricky spotsUNEP confirmed the worst fears about rapidly advancing climate change, manifesting in the recent instances of extreme weather that led to d...
28 Nov, 2023, 11.07 PM IST
UN warns of 'accelerating climate disaster'The report suggests remedial action across six areas - electricity supply, industry, transport and buildings sectors, and the food and fina...
28 Oct, 2022, 05.35 AM IST
World Environment Day: A healthy water footprint is key for a healthy earthWhat will really move the needle for the climate change agenda is to evolve a citizen’s action framework that is water-centric.
05 Jun, 2022, 10.01 AM IST
Global Warming: India, others call out developed countries for failing to meet targetIndia along with China, Brazil and a handful of developing countries are calling out developed countries for failing to meet the targets th...
06 Dec, 2019, 12.12 PM IST
Nations must triple efforts to achieve Paris climate goals: Study"If the IPCC report represented a global fire alarm, this report is the arson investigation," said Joyce Msuya, UN Environment Deputy Execu...
02 Dec, 2018, 03.40 PM IST
CO2 emissions on the rise for first time in three years, UN agency warnsThe 'Emissions Gap Report' comes just days before the key UN climate change conference known as COP 24 in Katowice in Poland, which starts ...
28 Nov, 2018, 08.52 PM IST
Nations falling short of emission cut targets: UN reportThe United Nations Environment Programme ‘emission gap’ report shows that three G20 members (Brazil, China and Japan) are on track to meet ...
28 Nov, 2018, 04.38 AM IST
- Paris pledges only a third of what is needed to avoid worst impacts of climate change, says UNEP emission gap report
National pledges on emission reduction, made by countries from across the globe under the Paris Agreement, will only bring a third of what ...
31 Oct, 2017, 03.49 PM IST
Cut carbon emissions to zero by 2070: UN bodyThe timeline for desired emission cut was suggested by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in its annual emission gap report, r...
21 Nov, 2014, 10.10 PM IST
Cut carbon emissions to zero by 2070: UN bodyThe emission gap report also emphasized increasing forest cover and use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility for achieving carbon n...
21 Nov, 2014, 11.49 AM IST