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Europe heatwave closes schools, threatens healthEurope is grappling with a severe heatwave, forcing school closures and travel advisories across Britain, France, Italy, and Spain. France ...
Why Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez wants people to ditch their tiesWith temperatures shooting up across Europe this summer, Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez has offered office workers a solution.
Days after TIME's honour, Hulu announces documentary detailing Greta Thunberg's lifeIt will take into the roots of her climate change activism that started in 2018.
Climate Talks: India objects to silence of developed nationsLast year at the talks in Katowice, Poland, countries failed to finalise the rules for carbon markets and trading and they agreed to resolv...
Greta Thunberg joins Italy protest, urges youngsters to 'fight for tomorrow'Adults are behaving as if there's no tomorrow, the activist told young protesters.
Meet Licypriya Kangujam, the 8-yr-old Indian 'Greta' who is urging leaders at COP25 to save the planetThe young activist from Manipur has already spoken in 21 countries on climate change.
World getting hotter, more dangerous faster than thought: UN chiefThe Paris agreement was adopted by 195 parties at the UN climate conference "COP 21" held in the French capital in 2015 with an aim to redu...
Additional $80 billion investment required to achieve India’s 2022 renewable target: MNRE secretaryAdditional Regional Energy Management Centres (REMCs) were being set up to increase the share of renewable energy and to mitigate investmen...
Infosys awarded UN award in 'climate neutral now' categoryEvery year, the United Nations honours outstanding achievements in combating climate change through the Climate Action Awards.
India assures renewable developers of pro-business policies"Government is committed to managing curtailments to enhance the ease of doing business for developers in the renewable energy sector," New...
COP 25: India calls for speedier expansion of international solar allianceExpressing contentment over 83 countries joining the ISA in just four years, Javadekar said, "When ISA was launched, the idea was that all ...
Bad air can serve a good purposeFake pollution cannot cut it; only the real thing can drive home the message.
India's renewable energy programme of 450 GW has attracted attention as it is largest in the world: JavadekarCOP-25, which started on Dec 2 and concludes on Dec 13, is an important conference on climate change as countries prepare to move from pre-...
Developing nations raise the issue of 'lost decade'“In Madrid, we just had the biggest environmental march in our history,” said Mario Rodríguez Vargas, executive director of Greenpeace Spai...
Fulfil pre-2020 emission pledge: India urges nations“The pre-2020 implementation gaps should not present an additional burden to developing countries in the post-2020 period,” the Indian gove...
UN climate change meet begins in MadridThe twin objectives of the Conference (COP25) are to bring more and more nations on board to work for ‘net zero emissions’ by 2050 and fina...
BoE Governor is UN’s envoy for climate financeCarney is due to leave the Bank of England on January 31, although his successor has not yet been named.
Madrid climate talks to focus on unresolved issues“This year, we have seen accelerating climate change impacts, including increased droughts, storms and heat waves, with dire consequences f...
- 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...
- 'Desertification, climate change hinder development'
United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon has warned that the twin scourges of desertification and climate change are impeding the achi...