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Global emissions hit record high in 2024; India saw biggest rise: UNEP reportGlobal greenhouse gas emissions hit a record high in 2024. India and China saw the biggest jumps. This trend means more climate risks ahead...
Climate funding fall shows action 'stalling' as needs grows: UNInternational funding for climate resilience in developing countries slumped in 2021 despite increasingly ferocious impacts, the United Nat...
UN warns of 'accelerating climate disaster'The report suggests remedial action across six areas - electricity supply, industry, transport and buildings sectors, and the food and fina...
PM Modi to launch global initiative 'LiFE Movement' todayAs per the PMO, the launch will initiate the "LiFE Global Call for Papers" inviting ideas and suggestions from academics, universities and ...
PM Narendra Modi to launch 'lifestyle for environment' movement SundayThe idea of LiFE was introduced by the prime minister during the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Gl...
Current global pledges keep planet on track for catastrophic heating, warns UN report
Covid pandemic result of degradation of natural areas, species' loss, exploitation: UNEP IndiaIndia has taken the path of short-term economic interest over decades and this has diminished the ability of ecosystems to provide and supp...
Guterres appoints Indian economist Ligia Noronha as Assistant SG & Head of UNEP NY OfficeNoronha will succeed fellow Indian and development economist Satya Tripathi to whom Secretary-General Guterres is "grateful for his leaders...
Indian entrepreneur named among 'Young Champions of the Earth' winners by UN environment agencyUNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen said globally, young people are leading the way in calling for meaningful and immediate solutions to...
View: Nature has to be central in the post-Covid economyThe current pandemic has made evident the extent of global interconnectness between our economies, health, environments and, more broadly, ...
91% premature deaths due to air pollution in low and middle-income countries: UNEP
Climate talks open with calls for action to save worldIndia is represented by a 17-member team, led by environment minister Harsh Vardhan, at the 24th edition of the conference of parties (COP2...
Satya Tripathi appointed Assistant Secretary-General & Head of New York Office of UNEPTripathi, who will succeed Elliott Harris of Trinidad and Tobago, has since 2017 served as Senior Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainabl...
Infosys celebrates World Environment Day with UNEPThe company also pledged to reduce the per capita generation of plastic waste by 50% in the same year.
- Paris pledges only a third of what is needed to avoid worst impacts of climate change, says UNEP emission gap report
National pledges on emission reduction, made by countries from across the globe under the Paris Agreement, will only bring a third of what ...
- Trump order: Now is not time to change course on climate change, says UNEP Chief
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The UN green czar contends that now is not the time for any country to change course on what he said was a "very...
India needs to improve energy efficiency by 2030: UN reportThe report said that improving energy efficiency can be an excellent opportunity for linking sustainable development with climate mitigatio...
- Brown clouds seasonal in nature: Experts
The haze, or brown cloud hanging over Asian cities including Delhi and Mumbai, essentially affects local conditions and can be swept away b...
- Power companies investing in renewable energy
With oil prices ruling high, domestic cos like RIL, Tata BP Solar, Suzlon and Moser Baer are investing more in renewable energy. Formula fo...
- Positive side of climate change: More jobs
Climate change may have several life-threatening effects but it has one sliver lining - to combat it, industries could generate millions of...