World’s largest gathering opens with degree of climate urgency
Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt), Nov 7 (IANS) World’s largest annual gathering of leaders for the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 opened on Sunday with the key aim...
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Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurates India pavilion at COP27
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Sunday inaugurated India Pavilion at the 27th Session of Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27)...
Red Cross warns of disastrous consequences of climate change ahead of COP27
Geneva, Nov 5 (IANS) Climate change is dramatically affecting vulnerable people across the globe, particularly those who live in conflict situations or do not have sufficient...
Modi thanks Ukraine President for O2 supply during Covid wave
Glasgow, Nov 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky for his humanitarian gesture of supply of oxygen concentrators to India...
India among 40 nations signing pledge for zero-emission solutions
Glasgow, Nov 2 (IANS) Forty nations responsible for over 70 per cent of the world’s GDP, including the EU, the US, China, Morocco, India, Bangladesh and...
With IRIS, India to help island states fight disasters due to climate change
Glasgow, Nov 2 India has been joined by the UK, Australia, Fiji, Jamaica, and Mauritius at the COP26 to launch the Infrastructure for Resilient Island...
COP26 should focus on climate finance in scope, scale and speed and transfer of green technologies at low cost says India at UN
Representing India virtually at the UN Secretary General’s meeting with select leaders on Climate Change on 20th September,2021 convened by António Guterres, United Nations Secretary...
Academics from 81 nations call for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Over 2,000 academics across disciplines and from 81 countries have delivered a letter demanding a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to manage...
John Kerry to visit India to launch climate change funding initiative
New York, Sep 11 (IANS) US President Joe Biden’s Special Envoy for Climate, John Kerry is slated to visit India next week to launch an initiative...
Follow Paris climate process: Javadekar (Interview)
Madrid, Dec 9 (IANS) Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said on Monday the world should focus on achieving climate targets as...
COP25 climate summit opens in Madrid
Madrid, Dec 3 (IANS) The UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) opened here in the Spanish capital on Monday, where delegates are discussing measures to implement the...
Korea advocates for forests for peace, launches ‘Peace Forest Initiative’
Nivedita Khandekar New Delhi: At a time when conflicts, climate change and natural disasters are wreaking havoc for the humanity, South Korea is banking on...
Paris climate pact irreversible, say 197 nations
Marrakech, Nov 18 Nearly 200 nations on Friday reaffirmed their political commitment to a global climate deal that is ‘irreversible’ at the ongoing UN climate...
India, COP 22 Presidency Discuss Enhanced Co-Operation
India’s Lead Role in Stitching Together isa Framework Appreciated at COP 22 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Mr. Anil...
Draft climate deal balanced, respects India’s stand: Javadekar
Paris, Dec 12 (IANS) India on Saturday termed as balanced the final draft text for a climate change deal, as it inched towards limiting global...
India cheers as Paris delivers ‘historic’ climate accord
Paris, Dec 13 (IANS) Amid cheers, hugs and tears of joy, delegates from 196 countries at the climate change conference here adopted late on Saturday...
Political, fiscal steps must for solar alliance to shine
By Kamal Meattle The Conference of Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, now holding its 21st summit meeting in Paris, is...
Rich countries must pay their debt on climate change : Javadekar
Paris, Dec 6 (IANS) India is here to ensure that rich countries pay back their debt for the overdraft they have drawn on the carbon space,...
Paris climate meet reaches draft deal, India’s concerns visible
Paris, Dec 5 (IANS) Less than a week into the crucial global climate change conference here, some 196 participating countries on Saturday reached a draft deal...