House panel to examine India's pledge and progress on renewable energyThe parliamentary standing committee scrutiny is noteworthy as India now faces the challenge of adding 400 GW of renewable energy in eight ...
03 Nov, 2021, 11.55 PM IST
G20 work to finalize commitments ahead of Glasgow UN meetCharles, a longtime environmental activist, said public-private partnerships were the only way to achieve the trillions of dollars in annua...
31 Oct, 2021, 06.01 PM IST
US withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement comes into effect; UN, partners express regretOn November 4, the US formally withdrew from the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, a decision originally announced three years ago.
05 Nov, 2020, 10.13 AM IST
ISA shows countries are fighting climate change: French Minister“ISA is a political relationship to show that there are some countries who are actually worried about climate change and working on ground ...
01 Nov, 2019, 08.35 AM IST
Nations agree on Paris Treaty rulebook, but miles to go...Least developing countries and small island states, with weaker mention of the IPCC report, lack of ambition in climate action, and the exc...
17 Dec, 2018, 10.46 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi discusses climate change issue with UN chiefPrime Minister Narendra Modi and UN chief Antonio Guterres held discussions about climate change and India's support for the Paris Climate ...
01 Dec, 2018, 01.10 PM IST
There's a 'pause' in US leadership on climate change: Barack ObamaObama also applauded the role played by India in "forging" the Paris climate accord and said the treaty was "not an easy thing to do politi...
01 Dec, 2017, 09.27 PM IST
Countries request to commemorate 20th year of iconic 1997 Kyoto ProtocolEcuador, as chair of the developing country grouping G-77 and China, has written to the UN climate secretariat suggesting that a special ev...
12 Nov, 2017, 11.54 PM IST
Syria to ink Paris Pact, leaves US isolated on climate treatyEvery country is expected to submit a national plan to slow down global warming. In December 2015, when the Paris Agreement was finalized, ...
07 Nov, 2017, 11.31 PM IST
Nearly 200 countries agree to ratify Paris climate agreement by 2018-endThe decision comes as a show of global determination to move ahead towards substantial actions despite the uncertainty on account of US Pre...
20 Nov, 2016, 12.03 AM IST
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...
09 Nov, 2016, 09.24 PM IST
Delegates at Marrakech climate talks concerned about US presidential poll outcome"The entry into force of the Paris Agreement on November 4 has guaranteed that the US is locked in the treaty for three years, and another ...
08 Nov, 2016, 10.23 PM IST
India to ratify Paris Agreement on October 2: PM Narendra ModiThe change in approach on the issue of formally joining the Agreement can be attributed to the reduced the leverage that India’s share of t...
25 Sep, 2016, 10.59 PM IST
60 countries formally join Paris AgreementWith this, defying all precedent for a global treaty, the Paris Agreement achieved a milestone--one of the two threshold set for the agreem...
21 Sep, 2016, 09.37 PM IST
Xi Jinping to attend Paris summit; will not make new concessionsXi Jinping will attend the climate conference in Paris from November 29-30 at the invitation of French President Francois Hollande, Chinese...
25 Nov, 2015, 01.16 PM IST
UN chief Ban Ki-moon calls on India to put forth commitments on climate changeUN chief Ban Ki-moon has called on India, the world's third-largest emitter, to spell out its nationally determined commitment on reducing ...
07 Dec, 2014, 02.15 PM IST
- Green groups walkout of UN Climate Change conference
Green NGOs staged a walkout from the UN Climate Change conference accusing the developed nations of "wasting precious time to save the worl...
21 Nov, 2013, 10.49 PM IST