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Cabinet clears India's 2035 climate targets: NDC targets 60% clean energy share, 47% emissions reduction by 2035India has finalized its 2035 climate targets. These goals aim to increase non-fossil fuel electricity generation to 60 percent. The nation ...26 Mar, 2026, 02.56 PM IST- India among top 10 nations with largest forest carbon sinks: FAO reportIndia is a global leader in forest carbon sinks. The nation absorbs approximately 150 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. This plac...24 Oct, 2025, 11.47 AM IST
- Forest carbon sinks in India weakening, enhancing quality of forests crucial: Jairam RameshJairam Ramesh cites a study on weakening forest carbon sinks in India. The study highlights the impact of climate change. It shows the decl...13 Jul, 2025, 05.19 PM IST
- Arunachal is India's 'largest' carbon sink: Pema KhanduArunachal Pradesh is recognized as India's largest carbon sink. Chief Minister Pema Khandu highlights the state's significant contribution ...02 Jul, 2025, 02.43 PM IST
- India cut GDP emission intensity by 36 pc during 2005-2020: Govt reportIndia's greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 7.93% in 2020 compared to 2019, and the emission intensity of its GDP declined by 36% between 2...01 Jan, 2025, 08.38 PM IST
- Pollution Level: More trees won't cancel out your SUV emissionsScientists are raising the alarm about the over-reliance on natural carbon sinks to achieve net-zero emissions. They argue that this approa...20 Nov, 2024, 01.20 PM IST
- Coal India surpasses FY'23 green cover target"The increased plantation helped in creating 76,544 tonnes of carbon sink potential per year. Driven up by the eco concerns and to reduce c...25 Nov, 2022, 04.56 PM IST
- View: Two contrasting trends in the India State of Forest ReportIt is useful to raise the share of trees outside forests in green cover from 2.9% to at least 5% over the next 10 years. A renewed focus on...07 Mar, 2022, 11.27 PM IST
- 50 million trees by 2030 for green cover towards clean coal initiative: Eco SurveyUnder the initiative about 54,500 hectare land has been brought under green cover by planting 132 million trees, the Survey for 2020-21 lai...29 Jan, 2021, 08.19 PM IST
- India’s forest cover increasing, better than world average: Union environment secy03 Apr, 2017, 10.33 PM IST
- Centre may rope in banks to boost forest cover30 Oct, 2016, 05.33 AM IST
- India set to exceed forest cover goal: Javadekar: India will achieve a larger green cover - and thus a greater potential for carbon absorption - than it committed recently as part of the ...05 Dec, 2015, 05.03 AM IST
- India has created 37 crore tonnes of CO2 equivalent: Prakash JavadekarIndia's recently submitted INDC's has set a target to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes (250 crore) of CO2 equiva...04 Dec, 2015, 06.53 PM IST
- COP21 in Paris: India vows to reduce carbon dioxide emissionNew Delhi also said it will create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent through additional for...02 Oct, 2015, 02.12 AM IST
- 'US, EU have gobbled India's emission pie'That wealthy western nations have "over-polluted" the atmosphere may come as little surprise. But the degree to which they have done so is ...31 Oct, 2011, 06.13 PM IST
- Gujarat's trees store 177m tonnes of carbonDevelopment of forests on the earth's surface removed carbon from atmosphere over a period and made the planet suitable for certain plant a...05 Jun, 2011, 03.50 AM IST
- India is now a major carbon sink: Govt reportIndia is rapidly transforming itself into a major carbon sink igniting hopes of big funds for maintaining natural green cover, a new report...16 Aug, 2009, 12.03 PM IST
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