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RBI defers plan to mandate climate risk disclosures by banks, sources sayThe Reserve Bank of India has paused plans for banks to disclose climate change risks. This move impacts global efforts towards a low-carbo...- RBI’s big push on disaster relief: New rules to help borrowers as banks asked to implement measures during floods, landslides and moreThe Reserve Bank of India is introducing new rules to help banks manage loans affected by natural disasters. These guidelines will allow ba...
- India evaluates 28 global indices, finds metrics in some flawedIndia is scrutinising the methodologies of 28 global indices, including the Democracy Index and Global Hunger Index, due to concerns over f...
- India sixth-most severely-affected country by extreme weather from 1993 to 2022: ReportIndia has been ranked the sixth-most severely affected country by extreme weather events over the past three decades, suffering 80,000 fata...
- Loss and damage fund: Keep count of climate resilienceA $3-billion UN investment in early warning systems (EWS), the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure's (CDRI) Infrastructure Resi...
- India among top 5 countries in climate change performanceIndia jumped two spots, and is now ranked 8th as per the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI, 2023), it stated. The latest report of CCP...
- India ranks high in climate protection, bags 8th position in Climate Change Performance IndexThe jump can be attributed to India's low emissions and the increasing use of renewable energy. The report was published by three environme...
- G7 scrambles to keep climate agenda on track as Ukraine war roils energy suppliesEnergy, climate and environment ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries want to reaffirm a commitment to cap global warming at 1.5...
- India retains top 10 slot in climate performance index; no country cracks top 3Denmark placed 4th and is the highest ranked country in CCPI 2022. However, it does not perform well enough to achieve an overall very high...
- UN says 'toddler steps' made at climate summitPledges from countries to curb emissions would cut 8 billion metric tons out of the 55 billion metric tons that need to be eliminated to li...
- 480,000 killed by extreme weather this century: AnalysisAt the start of the Climate Adaptation Summit, held virtually this year due to the pandemic, the think tank Germanwatch calculated that the...
- View: Climate change distress should reflect in budget 2020Science shows that impacts of unchecked warming will be felt more keenly in countries like India. A recent report by the environmental thin...
- India ranks 5th in Global Climate Risk IndexIndia is the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change, according to a report released by Environment think tank, Germanwatch. In the...
- In 2017, India second worst in extreme weather deathsThe analysis shows that India had reported loss of over 73,000 human lives in past 20 years (1998-2017) due to extreme weather events.
- Germanwatch climate report on India not all encompassing: GovernmentThe 'Global Climate Risk Index-2018' by Germanwatch ranked India as the sixth most affected country in the world in the year 2016 facing ex...
- India sixth most vulnerable country facing extreme weather events: Report
- India improves ranking in Climate Change Performance IndexIndia made some improvements and ranks one place below Indonesia in the category of moderate performing countries.
- Chennai floods echo at Paris climate meet“Climate change may not be directly responsible for flooding in Chennai but it has definitely contributed to it.”
- India named among moderate-performers on climate changeIndia was ranked 31 in terms of its performance in tackling climate change among the world's top 58 emitters of greenhouse gases.
- West can't be spared for past 'sins': India on climate change"This fact does not absolve them (rich nations) of all (past) sins," Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Environment Susheel Kumar, who...
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