Sluggish progress on climate finance at World Bank, IMF meetingsAnnual World Bank and IMF meetings lacked a clear climate finance plan. Focus on NCQG at COP29. Calls for increased finance for vulnerable ...
21 Apr, 2024, 11.20 AM IST
View: Ambition on climate must find place at the Delhi G20 Leaders’ SummitEvery country, regardless of wealth, needs a plan against extreme weather events, lost livelihoods and forced migration. India’s G20 presid...
03 Sep, 2023, 02.19 PM IST
NK Singh, Summers to steer G20 panel on multilateral banksFormer US treasury secretary Larry Summers and the chairman of India's 15th Finance Commission NK Singh will co-chair the group's deliberat...
28 Mar, 2023, 11.40 PM IST
US climate bill keeps hope alive for halting warming at 1.5°CThe 1.5°C warming limit was enshrined into the Paris Agreement in 2015 as a shared goal of world governments. It’s a crucial threshold beyo...
13 Aug, 2022, 11.35 AM IST
India can help other countries achieve their climate change goals: UN representativeKyte, who was on a visit to India recently to interact with policymakers, businesses and think tanks about efforts to tackle the climate cr...
18 Apr, 2022, 04.44 PM IST
With US return to Paris Agreement, stars align for accelerated climate actionThe United States rejoined the Paris Agreement on Friday, under its new President Joe Biden after just three months out of the accord.
19 Feb, 2021, 11.18 AM IST
India struggles to stay cool amidst global warming: Report17 Jul, 2018, 12.12 PM IST
Transport, energy solutions high on Piyush Goyal's agenda in DavosFinding transport and energy solutions is high on Goyal's agenda, officials close to the developments told PTI.
21 Jan, 2018, 12.53 PM IST
Why a clean cooking campaigner chooses the kitchen to save the planetThe urgent need to tackle the deadly effects of household air pollution was not even on the agenda of the international community until two...
12 Nov, 2017, 12.00 AM IST
How China drew respect from greens while boosting its pollutionThe nation that spews the most pollution and is building dozens of coal-fired power plants is also winning accolades from the likes of Gree...
06 Nov, 2017, 11.37 AM IST
COP21: Time to take 'climate' out of 'climate aid'OECD has analysed 70% of total global development aid and found that about one in four of those dollars now goes to climate-related aid.
03 Dec, 2015, 04.08 AM IST
Shift from fossil fuels risks popping 'carbon bubble': World BankThe transition from fossil fuels must be carefully managed to avoid an economically disastrous bursting of the "carbon bubble," the World B...
11 Oct, 2015, 02.18 AM IST
World Bank won’t fund coal-related projects in IndiaThe World Bank has made a U-turn on its stance after it agreed to lend $1.03 billion to Coal India along with a Japanese lending agency.
31 Jul, 2015, 05.18 AM IST
- World Bank, UK to help poor nations hit by natural disasters
Some good news for the developing countries. The World Bank and the UK government has jointly launched a new competitive challenge fund tha...
16 Mar, 2015, 12.20 PM IST
Countries recognise need to act on loss and damage due to extreme weather events like Typhoon Haiyan, Cyclone PhailinA dedicated institutional mechanism to understand and address the adverse impacts of climate change such as extreme weather events like Typ...
18 Nov, 2013, 06.51 PM IST
- World Bank to give $1.5 billion loan to China for next 5 years: Report
The World Bank will extend USD 1.5 billion in loans to China every year, over the next five years
16 Nov, 2011, 04.44 PM IST
- Standard & Poor’s launches ESG India Index
Standard & Poor’s, CRISIL and KLD Research & Analytics on Wednesday launched the S&P ESG India Index, the first investable index of compani...
30 Jan, 2008, 03.32 PM IST