Climate: offshore methane gas leak spotted from spaceThe findings add a crucial tool to an expanding space-based arsenal for pinpointing previously invisible methane plumes from the oil and ga...
12 Jun, 2022, 06.21 PM IST
COP26 leaves too many loopholes for the fossil fuel industry. Here are 5 of themWhile national governments and their negotiators remain willing to listen to the interests of fossil fuel lobbyists, the COP process will c...
12 Nov, 2021, 11.23 AM IST
Key India concern on climate finance part of $100 billion delivery plan: COP26 president Alok Sharma07 Nov, 2021, 12.46 AM IST
Greta Thunberg feels UN climate summit in Glasgow is a 'failure'Delegates from nearly 200 nations are planning to hammer out ways to meet the Paris Agreement goals.
06 Nov, 2021, 10.27 AM IST
COP26: It's half-time at the crucial Glasgow climate change summit, and here's the scoreThe two-week summit, known as COP26, is a critical test of global cooperation to tackle the climate crisis. Under the Paris Agreement, coun...
05 Nov, 2021, 10.46 AM IST
Fears for farming and trade stopped India signing COP26 forest, methane pledgesAt the COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, world leaders on Tuesday pledged to stop deforestation by the end of the decad...
04 Nov, 2021, 12.20 PM IST
Finance takes centre stage at UN climate talksIn the six years since the deal, planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise and extreme weather linked to the heating c...
03 Nov, 2021, 04.42 PM IST
China hits back after Biden criticises Xi's COP26 no-showXi -- who leads the planet's largest emitter of the greenhouse gases responsible for climate change -- has not travelled outside of China s...
03 Nov, 2021, 02.56 PM IST
Biden climate plan aims to reduce methane emissionsThe proposed rule would for the first time target reductions from existing oil and gas wells nationwide, rather than focus only on new well...
03 Nov, 2021, 12.33 PM IST
Nearly 90 countries join pact to slash planet-warming methane emissionsNearly 90 countries have joined a U.S.- and EU-led effort to slash emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane 30% by 2030 from 2020 lev...
02 Nov, 2021, 11.04 AM IST
Australia rules out committing to methane reduction targetThe United States and the European Union pledged in September to the 30% methane reduction target. Minister for industry, energy and emissi...
28 Oct, 2021, 09.52 AM IST
In final rounds ahead of COP26, government discusses net zero, upping 450GW targetPrime Minister Narendra Modi held detailed discussions on the upcoming COP26 talks with the Indian negotiating team as well as top official...
28 Oct, 2021, 08.19 AM IST
Current global pledges keep planet on track for catastrophic heating, warns UN report26 Oct, 2021, 09.45 PM IST
Greenhouse gas levels reach new record high: UNGreenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record levels last year, the United Nations said Monday in a stark warning ahea...
25 Oct, 2021, 03.27 PM IST
Climate finance, carbon markets key to India's talks at COP26 in GlasgowIndia's position will be closely watched at the crucial summit that will seek to accelerate Paris Agreement goals to bring global warming u...
23 Oct, 2021, 10.10 AM IST
G20 Rome summit aims to set agenda for COP26 climate talksThe developed nations are upping the ante and aim to finalise an ambitious climate action plan at the G20 heads of nations summit in Rome o...
18 Oct, 2021, 08.23 AM IST
COP26 last chance for world to limit global warming: British Indian climate action chief Alok SharmaSharma outlined the UK's presidency of the summit across four key areas of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees, enabling communities and...
14 May, 2021, 06.18 PM IST