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Ahead of COP31, UN sees higher global warming, even in best-case scenarioGlobal warming is now projected to exceed previous estimates, with average temperatures expected to rise significantly. Urgent and stringen...
France is on fire but something more dangerous burns below the unrestFrance is engulfed in protests as the public gives vent to growing anger over soaring expenses and diminishing educational quality. Citizen...
In 2019, researchers used Sentinel-2 satellite images to find eight unreported emperor-penguin breeding colonies, lifting the known total to 61Eight new emperor penguin colonies have been identified in Antarctica, increasing the total to 61 active populations. The British Antarctic...
BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitionsBRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th summit, reaffirming their commitment to cooperation, multilateralism and a more...
India slams rich nations' climate inaction; calls for focus on pre-2020 gaps, equity in Global StocktakeIndia has called for the Global Stocktake outcome, a two-year UN review of progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement, to prioritize...
Super cyclones may have much more devastating impact in India in future: StudyThe study, published in the journal Climate Resilience and Sustainability, showed that if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current ...
View: Common sense about common time frames in climate negotiationsWhy are Common Time Frames critical? If countries are allowed to pick and choose the periods covered by their contributions to the global c...
US nudges India for talks to achieve carbon neutralityThe environment ministry is learnt to have begun looking at the issue and the gamut of implications. India had recently set up the Apex Com...
World's biggest emitters like China, India, Russia, need to step up and lower emissions: John KerryUS Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry said as nations go to Glasgow, they have to be real about exactly "what we need to do ...
Why the US rejoining the Paris climate accord matters at home and abroad- 5 scholars explainThe agreement was never a threat. Its removal by the Trump administration was theater - or swagger. There will be temptation to hearken bac...
Big oil & gas companies go greener after fighting with shareholdersCompanies like Exxon Mobil and Shell have pledged to reduce their emissions.
- Paris Agreement: Formal US exit possible only in 2020
Just because Brexit happened, EU won't become irrelevant for India: Federica Mogherini"A free trade agreement can be a win-win for EU and India. So we are working to conclude a comprehensive and ambitious agreement," Mogherin...
Donald Trump's win: Shock and disbelief at MarrakechThroughout his campaign, Trump repudiated climate change. He described it as a Chinese hoax, denied the science, described climate change f...
No link between NSG bid and ratification of Paris deal: Environment Minister Anil Madhav DaveDave said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it clear that India does not pressurise others, nor takes any pressure and that India's int...
US wants India to advance phasing out of HFCsIndia is so far insistent that its baseline year for phasing down HFCs will be no earlier than 2028 with a complete freeze on HFC use by 20...
Pre-2020 action of developed nations is essential to limit the global average temperature rise, says French envoy for climate change negotiationsAs majority of the countries had signed the Paris Agreement last month, everyone is now waiting for its ratification by big players like th...
Govt mulling policy to encourage industry for afforestationUnion Environment Secretary Ashok Lavasa said that more sectors are being included in the ambit of energy- efficient processes and targets ...
Ministers from 80 countries meeting to forge political ties for managing climate changeMinisters from nearly 80 countries are meeting in Paris in an attempt to bridge differences on key political issues. The meeting is an effo...
Climate deal struck after marathon talks; India's concerns metThe deal -- dubbed the Lima Call for Climate Action -- paves the way for what is envisioned as the historic agreement in environmental hist...