'Are you in their pockets?': Guyana's President Irfan Ali accuses reporter of 'western hypocrisy' in climate debateGuyana's President Irfan Ali's heated exchange with BBC journalist Stephen Sackur over climate change has gone viral. The video shows Presi...
30 Mar, 2024, 04.34 PM IST
Global coal demand expected to decline in coming years: IEAAt the annual UN climate conference in Dubai, nearly 200 countries clinched a breakthrough deal which calls for the world transition away f...
15 Dec, 2023, 07.32 PM IST
Countries risk 'paying polluters' billions to regulate for climate: UN expertUN's David Boyd flags investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) as a barrier. With fossil fuel firms using ISDS to block environmental regul...
15 Dec, 2023, 05.47 PM IST
Global coal demand expected to decline in coming years: IEAThe projected decline in global demand for coal - which is currently the largest energy source for electricity generation, steelmaking and ...
15 Dec, 2023, 05.18 PM IST
Congress labels PM Modi's 'global talk' on environment at G20 Summit 'sheer hypocrisy'G20 countries on Saturday said they will aim to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030 and expedite efforts to phase down coal pow...
10 Sep, 2023, 01.31 PM IST
Tit-for-tat tariffs or waiver talks: Choices India have to navigate new EU regulationsWhile the Government of India is still grappling with this new legislation — a bolt from the blue when New Delhi is engaging with the 27-na...
29 Jul, 2023, 11.49 PM IST
Road to COP28: Bonn climate talks end without resolving differences over financeThe United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn ended without addressing the dispute between developing and developed countries over f...
16 Jun, 2023, 10.04 PM IST
India views EU’s proposal on carbon tariff a protectionist tool, weighs options to counter itFrom October 1 this year, exporters, including from India, of steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen and electricity will have to ...
23 Apr, 2023, 07.53 AM IST
Economic woes, war, climate change on tap for Davos meeting16 Jan, 2023, 09.00 PM IST
At Davos, war, climate and 'de-globalisation' take centre stageFor half a century, the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps has brought together executives and policymakers to sing the praises of glob...
14 Jan, 2023, 06.17 PM IST
Modi has weakened environmental laws in India, posing as eco-champion on world stage: Congress leader Jairam RameshCongress spokesperson Pawan Khera also hit out at the prime minister, saying "his understanding of climate change came out clearly when he ...
05 Jun, 2022, 06.05 PM IST
In boost to climate action, Britain to stop backing overseas oil and gas projectsBritain, which is co-hosting the virtual summit ahead of climate negotiations in Glasgow next year, has faced accusations of hypocrisy from...
12 Dec, 2020, 08.58 AM IST
Delhi court orders framing of charges against former TERI chief RK PachauriThe court, however, discharged him of certain other sections and said that it will formally frame the charges on October 20
15 Sep, 2018, 08.18 AM IST
Rainforest charity urges Leonardo DiCaprio to give up his title as UN Messenger of PeaceDiCaprio is alleged to have received millions of dollars diverted from the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund for 'The Wolf of Wall Street'.
15 Oct, 2016, 04.04 PM IST
Writers' rebellion: Devendra Fadnavis calls for constructive criticismAnother Union Minister, Nitin Gadkari too had termed the return of awards by filmmakers and writers as "hypocrisy of the Leftists".
30 Oct, 2015, 04.44 PM IST
- ADB to provide $500 mn to combat food crisis
The Asian Development Bank will provide 500 million dollars (320 million euros) in immediate assistance to member nations hit hardest by so...
06 May, 2008, 10.32 PM IST
- ADB's 'climate change hypocrisy' denounced by civil society groups
Asian environmental and human rights groups branded the ADB as a "leading world emitter of climate change hypocrisy" for issuing calls for ...
06 May, 2008, 05.43 PM IST