Climate accord blueprint delivered at Paris talksA blueprint for a pact to cap greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming was delivered by negotiators from 195 nations as India hoped...
06 Dec, 2015, 05.34 AM IST
UN climate talks race to complete climate-saving draftUS special envoy for climate change Todd Stern said both India and the US are working "quite intensively in a business and constructive way...
05 Dec, 2015, 01.22 PM IST
India and US agree to work for 1.5 degree celcius ceiling for global warmingIndia and the United States have indicated a willingness to address demands raised by the small island states to restrict temperature incre...
04 Dec, 2015, 09.47 PM IST
Paris meet: India, US to work together to fulfil climate pledgesUS has consistently called for legal parity while ensuring flexibility for developing countries, that is, all countries are subject to the ...
04 Dec, 2015, 04.11 AM IST
India to cut coal usage if West backs it with technology, fundIndia has said that it is open to reducing its use of coal provided the developed countries are willing to ensure the flow of adequate fina...
03 Dec, 2015, 05.13 AM IST
US hails PM Narendra Modi's 'enormously impressive' renewable pledgeModi has pledged 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022 which is an enormous pledge," US Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern said.
03 Dec, 2015, 02.55 AM IST
US Climate envoy urges india to be ambitious in climate action plan“India is a central player, and I don’t think anyone in these negotiations will tell you anything different,” US special envoy for climate ...
24 Jun, 2015, 03.06 AM IST
Lima Climate Conference: India is set to put in place a comprehensive climate legislation"I am happy to announce that in next Budget session we are going to have comprehensive climate legislation," said Prakash Javadekar.
08 Dec, 2014, 07.25 PM IST
UN Climate Change Negotiations 2012: Developing and developed countries divided on 'loss and damage'The developing countries particularly the small island states and least developed countries were firm on their demand for an institutional ...
08 Dec, 2012, 06.26 AM IST
UN Climate Change Conference 2011: US not keen on legally binding agreementsThe United States doesn't consider the scientifically determined goal of containing global temperature rise to two degrees above the pre-in...
09 Dec, 2011, 12.06 PM IST
- India links climate talks to poverty eradication
Environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan reaffirmed India's commitment towards ensuring a second phase of Kyoto Protocol in a me...
20 Jul, 2011, 12.57 AM IST
- Won't accept binding climate commitment until India, China: US
The US has said it would not undertake legally binding commitment on emission cuts until it is done symmetrically by fast developing countr...
15 Dec, 2010, 02.59 PM IST
- Jairam's proposal to open voluntary action to international scrutiny rejected
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh's big gambit at Cancun has flopped, with his plan to pitch India as the dealmaker between the rich and t...
07 Dec, 2010, 03.00 AM IST
- India weighs costs before embracing
With Brazil and South Africa informing the UNFCCC of their decision to associate with the Copenhagen Accord, India is now revisiting the is...
18 Feb, 2010, 03.46 AM IST
- Copenhagen climate accord an important document: US
The US will associate itself with the Copenhagen climate accord even if India and China do not do so, top US Climate envoy said, as he desc...
17 Feb, 2010, 10.03 AM IST
- India, China doing a lot to tackle climate change: US
India and China are taking "a lot of action" to tackle the climate change but it is a challenge to make them agree to a binding internation...
05 Nov, 2009, 02.01 PM IST
- Differences remain at Major Economic Forum meeting
The two-day Major Economies Forum (MEF) meeting on Climate Change concluded here today with differences remaining on critical issues among ...
19 Sep, 2009, 11.24 AM IST