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Glasgow Climate Pact

14 Nov 2021

India's climate diplomacy wins as nations strike UN climate deal

The Glasgow Climate Pact will speed up the pace of climate action All countries agreed to revisit and strengthen their current emissions targets to 2030

08 Nov 2021

COP26 summit: Focus turns to climate finance after a flurry of pledges

Governments will push for agreement on how to help vulnerable countries deal with global warming Developing countries want more money to help them adapt to higher temperatures that have caused more frequent droughts, floods and wildfires Developed nations have encouraged finance to go towards cutting emissions

COP26 climate summit

06 Nov 2021

COP26: Activist Greta Thunberg calls UN climate talks a ‘failure’

“World leaders are obviously scared of the truth, yet no matter how hard they try, they cannot escape it,” she said.

COP26 climate summit

06 Nov 2021

COP26: 40 countries including Vietnam agree to phase out coal-fired power

Canada, Poland, South Korea, Ukraine, Indonesia and Vietnam have pledged to phase out coal and stop construction of more coal-fired power plants by the 2040s at the latest.

COP26 climate summit

05 Nov 2021

COP26 summit: 20 countries agree to stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad

COP26 President Alok Sharma said that an agreement on coal phaseout is one of the top goals of the summit The UK govt announced 23 new countries made commitments on Thursday to phase out coal power China, India and the US, however, did not sign on to the Global Coal to Clean Power Transition Statement

02 Nov 2021

COP26 Summit: Key takeaways from PM Narendra Modi’s historic speech

PM Modi announced that India will reduce 1 billion tonnes of carbon emissions from the total projected emissions by 2030 The Prime Minister also reiterated that India will also reduce carbon intensity by 45% in its economy

02 Nov 2021

India will achieve the target of net zero by 2070: PM Modi at COP26 Summit

India is the world's third-biggest emitter with 1.96 tons per capita carbon emission It is below China and USA which account for 8.4 tonnes and 18.6 tonnes emissions respectively PM Modi's statement at around 10 minutes was much longer than allocated to world leaders

Global climate summit

22 Apr 2021

Climate summit: Joe Biden sets new target for US to halve emissions by 2030

China, India, Russia, Japan and the US are among the world's biggest emitters Prime Minister Modi asserted that India has taken "many bold steps" on clean energy, energy efficiency, and bio-diversity Modi also pitched for making the current decade a "decade of action" against climate change

Paris climate accord

19 Feb 2021

Back after 107 days! US formally returns to Paris climate accord

The US return to the Paris agreement became official Friday, almost a month after President Joe Biden told the United Nations that America wants back in. "A cry for survival comes from the planet itself," Biden said in his inaugural address. "A cry that can't be any more desperate or any more clear now." Biden signed an executive order on his first day in office reversing the pullout ordered by his predecessor, President Donald Trump.

Paris Agreement

04 Nov 2020

US formally exits global climate pact amid election uncertainty

The US formally exited the Paris Agreement, fulfilling Donald Trump's promise to withdraw from the global pact to fight climate change. However, the outcome of the tight US election contest will determine for how long.

Paris Agreement

19 Jul 2019

India will overachieve Paris pact targets by 60%: IEEFA

The growth in new installed power capacity will lead renewables to generate close to 44 per cent of all electricity consumed in India in 2029-30.

Emmanuel Macron

11 Mar 2018

France's Macron pledges 700 million euros to International Solar Alliance

France had already committed $300 million euros to the initiative when it co-founded with India a global solar alliance in 2015.

Paris Agreement on climate change

24 Feb 2018

Donald Trump names India, China to defend his policy on climate change

Arguing that countries like China and India are benefiting the most from the Paris Agreement, Trump had said that the agreement on climate change was unfair to the US, as it badly hit its businesses and jobs.

Paris Agreement

14 Feb 2018

'Extreme weather events more likely if Paris goals aren't met'

Meeting the Paris Agreement's goal of keeping the global-scale warming to less than two degrees is likely to reduce the area of the globe that experiences greater than threefold increases in the probability of record-setting events.

13 Dec 2017

World losing battle against climate change, urge leaders to take concrete action: Macron

All countries have signed the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by cutting greenhouse emissions and investing in green energy.

Climate Investment

30 Nov 2017

India targets $3.1 trillion climate investment opportunities by 2030: IFC report

India’s ambitious plans to meet its climate targets under the Paris Agreement represent about $3.1 trillion worth of investment opportunities by 2030 in sectors including renewable energy, green buildings, transport infrastructure, electric vehicles, and climate-smart agriculture, says a new IFC report on Thursday.

Bonn climate conference

19 Nov 2017

Bonn Climate Conference, 6-17 December 2017: A “not yet” Outcome

Manish Kumar Shrivastava

08 Nov 2017

India to play constructive role in combating climate change, says Harsh Vardhan at UN

The objective of the Paris Agreement is to prevent an increase in global average temperature and keep it well below two degree Celsius.

Paris climate Agreement

18 Oct 2017

Nicaragua will sign Paris climate accord, says President Daniel Ortega

Nicaragua`s President Daniel Ortega said Wednesday his government would sign the Paris Agreement, a move set to leave the United States and Syria as the only two countries outside the global climate pact.

20 Sep 2017

India to work for environment beyond Paris Agreement: Sushma Swaraj

Indian External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj has said that India will continue to work beyond the Paris Agreement.

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