Rich nations provided USD 32.4 bn in adaptation finance in 2022; large gap remains: ReportDeveloped countries increased climate adaptation funding to $32.4 billion in 2022, a significant rise but still far short of the $215-387 b...
04 Nov, 2024, 09.07 PM IST
Developed countries push to expand contributor base for new climate finance goalDeveloped nations pushed to include more countries, like China and Saudi Arabia, in the new climate finance goal, set for finalisation in N...
20 Aug, 2024, 03.48 PM IST
- Rich nations exploiting Paris Agreement clause to deny essential fossil fuel development in developing countries: India29 Sep, 2023, 11.52 AM IST
Rich nations exploiting Paris Agreement clause to deny essential fossil fuel development in developing countries: IndiaIndia has accused some developed countries of using Article 2.1(c) of the Paris Agreement to restrict fossil fuel development in developing...
29 Sep, 2023, 11.37 AM IST
Climate finance: What India aims to achieve at COP27Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav will lead the Indian delegation at the conference which will run from November 6 to 8 at Sharm E...
05 Nov, 2022, 10.18 PM IST
India to deliberate on achieving $100 bn per year climate financing in COP27 this year"The goal of USD100 billion per year of climate finance by 2020 and every year thereafter through till 2025 is yet to be achieved. Due to l...
04 Nov, 2022, 02.26 PM IST
ISA, UNFCCC ink pact to fight climate change"The International Solar Alliance (ISA) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) signed a Memorandum of Under...
12 Nov, 2021, 09.40 PM IST
India and China urge developed nations to lead efforts to combat climate changeThe two nations also decided to boost cooperation in clean energy technologies, energy conservation, renewable energy and sustainable trans...
15 May, 2015, 05.03 PM IST
No legally binding climate change agreement under UNFCCC: Government"The national action plan on climate change (NAPCC) was released in June 2008 to outline India's strategy to meet the challenge of climate,...
05 May, 2015, 07.00 PM IST
Climate Convention Summit: India contests UN report on climate financing"Finance for climate action flowing globally stood at $650 billion annually in 2011-2012, and possibly higher," the report said.
05 Dec, 2014, 01.23 PM IST
$650 billion spent on climate projects globally in 2011-12UN reports that "around 95 per cent of global total climate finance is spent on mitigation or cutting emissions with 5 per cent on adaptati...
04 Dec, 2014, 12.44 PM IST
India welcomes G-20's endorsement of energy efficiencyG-20 meet made it explicit that its efforts to address climate change would be in line with decisions taken by countries in UN-sponsored ne...
17 Nov, 2014, 05.44 AM IST
India not enthusiastic about Ban Ki-moon-convened Climate ConferenceIndia is giving lukewarm response to Ban Ki-moon-convened Climate Conference in New York next week insisting that parallel platforms add co...
19 Sep, 2014, 09.12 PM IST
- India spending over 2.6 per cent to tackle climate change: Finance Ministry
India is spending over 2.6% of it's GDP to deal with challenges of climate change and wants rich countries to address green issues.
24 Jul, 2012, 05.50 PM IST
- Carbon tax cannot be addl source of climate finance: Pranab Mukherjee
India on Saturday strongly opposed imposition of carbon tax as an additional source of funding to fight climate change.
15 Oct, 2011, 07.50 PM IST
- Ban Ki-moon appoints Costa Rican as new UN climate chief
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica to be the next head of the United Nations Framework Conven...
18 May, 2010, 10.16 AM IST
- G-20 corners India on emissions
The G-20 finance ministers’ meet has become the new forum for cornering India and other developing countries into making climate change com...
04 Sep, 2009, 12.05 PM IST