Oil price shock from West Asia conflict accelerating shift to renewables: UNFossil fuel advocates have unwillingly given a boost to renewable energy as the war in the Middle East has triggered an oil price shock, UN...
30 Apr, 2026, 04.07 PM IST
France unveils plan to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050France has unveiled a groundbreaking roadmap to end its reliance on fossil fuels. Coal use will cease by 2030, followed by oil in 2045 and ...
30 Apr, 2026, 12.56 AM IST
UNGA president takes potshot at Trump's Board of PeaceUN General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock urged a renewed commitment to the UN Charter amidst rising global tensions. She criticized ...
28 Apr, 2026, 08.20 PM IST
India withdraws bid to host UN climate talks in 2028India has withdrawn its offer to host the United Nations annual climate Conference Of the Parties COP33 in 2028. The foreign ministry confi...
17 Apr, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
What a COP-out for an aspiration nationIndia's decision to step back from hosting COP33 is a significant loss, not just for the nation but for global environmental leadership. It...
09 Apr, 2026, 10.54 PM IST
COP30: All you need to know about the climate conference and its importanceThe U.N. climate conference, COP30, begins in Brazil. Nations gather to tackle climate change. This year's summit returns to its roots, foc...
09 Nov, 2025, 12.38 PM IST
What you will and won't see at this year's UN General AssemblyThe United Nations General Assembly is set to host over 140 world leaders in New York. Discussions will focus on resolving conflicts in Eur...
23 Sep, 2025, 08.36 AM IST
Taliban administration officials to attend UN climate conference in AzerbaijanTaliban officials will attend the UN climate conference in Baku. This is the first time they will attend such a conference since taking pow...
10 Nov, 2024, 10.30 AM IST
'No end in sight' to rising greenhouse gases, says UN weather agencyThe World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2022, wi...
15 Nov, 2023, 04.25 PM IST
26% of world lacks clean drinking water, 46% sanitation: UNThe U.N. World Water Development Report 2023 painted a stark picture of the huge gap that needs to be filled to meet U.N. goals to ensure a...
22 Mar, 2023, 10.53 AM IST
What to watch this weekend at COP27 in Egypt?On Saturday, delegations will be invited to weigh in on what they want to include in a final deal - in the first of several open discussion...
12 Nov, 2022, 07.09 AM IST
National selfishness delaying global oceans deal: UN chief Antonio GuterresThe U.N. chief was with senior officials and scientists from more than 120 countries attending a five-day U.N. Ocean Conference in Lisbon, ...
27 Jun, 2022, 07.41 PM IST
Climate finance could make or break the COP26 summit. Here's why. Climate finance refers to money that richer nations - responsible for the bulk of the greenhouse gas emissions heating the planet - give ...
01 Nov, 2021, 12.33 PM IST
2-week UN climate summit formally opens in GlasgowThe U.N. climate summit in Glasgow has formally opened, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries on...
31 Oct, 2021, 05.12 PM IST
To curtail global warming, you must do more: United Nations to world leadersFor the second time in four days, this time out of U.N. headquarters in New York, leaders will hear pleas to make deeper cuts of emissions ...
20 Sep, 2021, 01.01 PM IST
World leaders return to UN with focus on pandemic, climateAs the coronavirus still rages amid an inequitable vaccine rollout, about a third of the 193 U.N. states are planning to again send videos,...
19 Sep, 2021, 09.44 AM IST
- UN meeting OKs climate deal over Bolivia protest
Decisions at the U.N. climate talks are typically taken by consensus, but Espinosa says consensus doesn't ``mean that one country has the r...
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