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
Greta Thunberg denounces COP26 deal, UN chief warns 'catastrophe' closeUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned of an impending "climate catastrophe", while environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg dismissed...
15 Nov, 2021, 12.14 PM IST
How a dispute over coal nearly sank the Glasgow Climate PactChina, India, and other developing nations rich in coal reserves were threatening to scupper the deal over language that asked governments ...
14 Nov, 2021, 11.21 PM IST
Post Glasgow Climate summit, world needs urgent action to stave off catastrophe of global warningThe poorest countries, those least responsible for global warming but which are bearing its brunt, fought in Glasgow to obtain specific fun...
14 Nov, 2021, 09.17 PM IST
Why quitting coal is so hardGovernment negotiators in Glasgow have been writing and rewriting a paragraph that spells out that the world needs to phase out coal, along...
13 Nov, 2021, 10.07 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
United Nations Environment Programme to set up office in IndiaIndia and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have entered into an agreement to set up the body's country office, Union Environment...
10 Nov, 2021, 06.02 PM IST
Highlights of what was agreed to at the G-20 summit in Rome01 Nov, 2021, 04.55 PM IST
Global headlines, local headaches: Jairam Ramesh on PM Modi's Glasgow visitThe prime minister is in Glasgow where he will attend the opening ceremony of the World Leaders' Summit (WLS) at the 26th Conference of Par...
01 Nov, 2021, 01.00 PM IST
Protesters Target Banks in LondonProtesters started gathering Friday in the heart of London's historic financial district to lobby against the use of fossil fuels ahead of ...
29 Oct, 2021, 11.46 PM IST
We are on edge of cliff, need final brave decision to save humanity: UN PGA Abdulla Shahid ahead of COP26Shahid, also the foreign minister of Maldives, also expressed hope that after the COP26 Summit, “we will be able to come out with a much fi...
28 Oct, 2021, 10.30 AM IST
India rejects net zero carbon emissions target, says pathway more importantIndia, the world's third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China and the United States, is under pressure to announce plans to beco...
28 Oct, 2021, 08.58 AM IST
India rejects net zero carbon emissions target, says pathway more importantIndia is under pressure to announce plans to become carbon neutral by mid-century or thereabouts at next week's climate conference in Glasg...
28 Oct, 2021, 12.16 AM IST
Climate finance, carbon markets key to India's talks at COP26 in GlasgowIndia's position will be closely watched at the crucial summit that will seek to accelerate Paris Agreement goals to bring global warming u...
23 Oct, 2021, 10.10 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi to attend Glasgow climate conferencePrime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to attend the UN climate conference in Glasgow in a bid to boost global efforts to cut emissions to...
21 Oct, 2021, 02.44 PM IST
Religious leaders urge UN summit to fix climate crisis04 Oct, 2021, 06.03 PM IST
University of Glasgow to award honorary degree to Gordon BrownAn MP from 1983 until he decided to stand down this year, Brown was the longest serving Chancellor in modern times - from 1997 to 2007 - be...
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