China says 'positive results' reached in climate talks with USChina and the US concluded "positive" climate talks in California, achieving positive results on bilateral climate cooperation. Both nation...
09 Nov, 2023, 10.21 AM IST
UN chief: Rich nations must achieve net zero carbon quicker, by 2040UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on wealthy countries Monday to move up their goals of achieving carbon neutrality as close as ...
20 Mar, 2023, 06.50 PM IST
Beijing needs $17 trillion in investments to meet climate goals, says World BankThe report, one of a new series of Country Climate and Development Reports, said China - the world's second-largest economy - would need pr...
12 Oct, 2022, 11.43 PM IST
Saudi Arabia could go carbon-neutral before 2060, says Prince Abdulaziz bin SalmanOn Saturday, Saudi Arabia pledged to go carbon neutral by 2060. Two days later it announced a billion-dollar contribution to initiatives to...
27 Oct, 2021, 04.41 PM IST
Renewable power covers 29% of China's electricity usage in 2020China's state planner in 2016 launched a scheme asking grid firms in some northern and northwestern to buy electricity generated by solar a...
05 Jul, 2021, 12.04 PM IST
Xi welcomes US' return to Paris agreement, says nations must honour climate pledgesIn his address to the Leaders' Summit on Climate via video link convened by US President Joe Biden, who restored the US' commitment to the ...
22 Apr, 2021, 09.54 PM IST
China's Xi says China will phase down coal consumption over 2026-2030China is aiming to bring its emissions to a peak before 2030 and to become carbon neutral by 2060.
22 Apr, 2021, 06.31 PM IST
Carbon tax could help Asian countries hit climate targets: IMFIMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told an event hosted by the People's Bank of China that there was a growing consensus that carbo...
15 Apr, 2021, 08.26 PM IST
Second major US visit next month as Spl Climate Envoy John Kerry likely to touch down in AprilET gathers that the visit is likely to be scheduled in the first week of April. While Kerry’s schedule and itinerary are yet to be formally...
27 Mar, 2021, 07.59 AM IST
US nudges India for talks to achieve carbon neutralityThe environment ministry is learnt to have begun looking at the issue and the gamut of implications. India had recently set up the Apex Com...
23 Mar, 2021, 12.08 AM IST
China cuts "carbon intensity" 18.8% in past five years, in effort to rein in emissionsThe decline in "carbon intensity" - the amount of carbon dioxide emissions the country produces per unit of GDP - beat the official target ...
02 Mar, 2021, 04.53 PM IST
View: A low-carbon economy will unlock opportunities for growth, jobs and developmentThe benefits that climate-friendly policies have yielded in some countries in the form of cleaner air, improved energy security, new job op...
13 Dec, 2020, 11.01 PM IST
Xi calls on G20 to push for full, effective implementation of Paris AgreementWith US President-elect Joe Biden's promise to rejoin the Paris Agreement after he takes over power early next year, its implementation is ...
22 Nov, 2020, 08.24 PM IST
PM Suga says Japan to lead international efforts on climate change"Addressing climate change is not a constraint on economic growth," said Suga. "We will lead international society in realising a decarboni...
22 Nov, 2020, 07.28 PM IST
Japan PM Suga sets 2050 deadline for carbon neutralityThe new target was praised by activists and welcomed by the UN. It puts Japan on the same timeline as Europe and Britain and a decade ahead...
26 Oct, 2020, 11.59 PM IST
China calls for global 'green revolution' as Trump goes solo on climateAddressing the U.N. General Assembly, Xi said China would achieve a peak in carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and carbon neutrality befo...
23 Sep, 2020, 08.38 AM IST
China raises emissions reduction targets; Xi sets sights on carbon-neutrality by 2060The announcement was cheered by climate campaigners. Greenpeace executive director Jennifer Morgan called it "an important signal" that sho...
23 Sep, 2020, 08.37 AM IST