Electric mobility key to long-term fight against air pollution: UNEP chiefA top UN official stresses electric mobility and mandatory vehicle emissions testing for long-term air pollution solutions. India's plan to...
05 Jun, 2026, 03.54 PM IST
India became world's second largest solar market in 2025: Bhupender YadavIndia has become the world's second-largest solar market, surpassing the US in annual capacity additions for 2025. The nation's solar capac...
03 Jun, 2026, 09.27 PM IST
Temperatures likely to remain at record levels in 2026-2030: UNGlobal average temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels this year and for the next four years afterwards, the United Na...
28 May, 2026, 08.48 PM IST
Think it's hot now? World headed for repeated heat record shocks, warns UNNew United Nations climate projections reveal Earth will likely surpass the safe climate threshold repeatedly in the next five years. The h...
28 May, 2026, 11.50 AM IST
India abstains on UNGA resolution on ICJ climate opinionIndia abstained from a UN General Assembly resolution on climate change obligations, citing concerns it undermined the UN Framework Convent...
21 May, 2026, 11.51 AM IST
India submits its revised targets for 2031-35 to the UN's climate change bodyThe development comes after the Cabinet in March approved the nationally determined contributions (NDC) -- the non-binding, voluntary clima...
27 Apr, 2026, 09.36 PM IST
Trump withdraws from Paris climate agreement, againParis climate agreement: President Donald Trump announces the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate deal, opposing global ...
21 Jan, 2025, 02.52 PM IST
India set to update 2030 climate targets under Paris AgreementSome of these targets such as the 450GW of renewable energy and green hydrogen mission have been announced by the Prime Minister at interna...
18 Oct, 2021, 09.59 AM IST
View: Common sense about common time frames in climate negotiationsWhy are Common Time Frames critical? If countries are allowed to pick and choose the periods covered by their contributions to the global c...
11 Jun, 2021, 05.29 PM IST
UK PM Boris Johnson sets 'ambitious' new emissions cut target for 2030This is the first target set by the UK following its exit from the European Union (EU) and Johnson said it demonstrated Britain's leadershi...
04 Dec, 2020, 05.54 PM IST
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden vows to rejoin Paris Climate AgreementOn November 4, the US formally withdrew from the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, a decision originally announced three years ago.
05 Nov, 2020, 10.29 AM IST
- India asks industrialised nations to declare their financial commitments under Paris Climate pact
India’s lead negotiator Ravishankar Prasad said that industrialised countries had agreed to provide indicative figures on the amount of pub...
08 Nov, 2017, 02.19 PM IST
Syria to ink Paris Pact, leaves US isolated on climate treatyEvery country is expected to submit a national plan to slow down global warming. In December 2015, when the Paris Agreement was finalized, ...
07 Nov, 2017, 11.31 PM IST
US informs United Nations its intention to withdraw from Paris dealThe Paris climate deal aims to prevent the Earth from heating up by 2 degrees Celsius since the start of the industrial age. The US is the ...
05 Aug, 2017, 02.09 PM IST
India to sign Paris climate change agreement on April 22NEW DELHI: On April 22, India will formally sign the Paris climate agreement, adopted by over 190 countries last year December. The agreeme...
25 Mar, 2016, 10.32 PM IST
Paris Agreement spells hope on climate change196 countries came together to bridge differences and agree on a new global climate compact that requires all countries to take action to r...
13 Dec, 2015, 07.06 PM IST
- India suggests insertion of key points on finance and tech transfer in the Paris draft text
Making its suggestions to the latest draft text of the Paris climate agreement, India on Monday pitched for inserting specific paragraph on...
19 Oct, 2015, 11.21 PM IST