Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
GGGI launched an Insight Brief titled ‘Mind the Gap: Bridging the Climate Financing Gap with Innovative Financial Mechanisms’. This report aims to advance the public sector’s understanding of innovative financial mechanisms by examining their function, characteristics, and use. Compared with the total investment required over the next fifteen years to …
Pope Francis urged national leaders on Monday to implement global environmental agreements without delay, a message that looked to be squarely aimed at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Addressing a group of scientists that included theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, the pope gave his strongest speech on the environment since the election …
Canada will require reduced carbon footprints for all fuels so that the country can achieve a 30-megatonne cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, the country's environment department said on Friday. The government will not mandate specific changes to fuels and will focus just on reducing their emissions, officials said …
A day after the conclusion of the UN climate change conference at Marrakech in Morocco, India on Sunday said that the overall outcome of the Conference represented "forward movement" in climate action and the country worked there to ensure that the climate actions are based on equity and climate justice. …
The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), which numbers 48 nations, also committed to update their climate action plans. A group of the countries most at risk from climate change said they would strive to make their energy production 100 percent renewable "as rapidly as possible", as part of efforts to limit …
MARRAKESH: India on Sunday said it participated "constructively" in the crucial climate change conference here to ensure that actions are based on the principles of equity and climate justice. Building on the momentum created in the last one year, countries at the Marrakesh climate change summit on Friday agreed to …
The Marrakech Climate Conference marked a new start for the global community to turn the Paris Agreement on climate change into action, but negotiations on climate financing will continue as progress on this issue remains slow, the head of the Chinese delegation said on Saturday. Xie Zhenhua, Chinese climate special …
Populism is drawing momentum from environmentalism in the U.S. and Europe, threatening the world’s effort to rein in climate change. Donald Trump’s election in the U.S., the U.K. Independence Party and Marine Le Pen’s ascent in France all represent a break with political leaders who made the environment a priority. …
Nearly 200 countries today called for "highest political commitment" to combat climate change on "urgent priority" at a UN gathering here, noting that global climate is warming at an "alarming and unprecedented" rate. The "Marrakesh Action Proclamation", which was agreed upon by all the parties -- 196 nations and the …
MOROCCO: Amid reports that six G20 nations - Argentina, Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States - have failed to take action in line with their Paris Agreement pledges, the countries on penultimate day of the UN climate change conference (COP22) on Thursday appeared to have more or …
Amid apprehension that US President-elect Donald Trump might withdraw the US from the climate-rescue Paris Agreement, India on Thursday said that one should not react on assumptions and “wait” and keep a “close watch” on the situation. Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave, during a media interaction organised by BASIC countries, …
A day after UN chief Ban Kimoon expressed hope that US President-elect Donald Trump would let market forces persuade him not to reverse course on climate change, American secretary of state John Kerry too referred on Wednesday to the "multi-trillion" dollar clean energy market and its ability to ensure that …
Chief negotiator Ravi Shankar Prasad pushes for Doha Amendment ratification by April 2017 Seeking a clear definition of climate justice in the Paris Agreement implementation guidelines and pushing for uninterrupted flow of finance from developed countries to meet the targets of the agreement are on top of India’s agenda at …
India on Wednesday batted for easy access to adequate and predictable climate finance to developing countries to meet their commitments to reduce carbon footprint under the Paris Agreement. Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Anil Madhav Dave, in his address at the high-level segment at the ongoing 22nd session of …
India has pushed for inclusion of sustainable lifestyle with minimum carbon footprint in the draft of a political proclamation that is likely to be one of the main outcomes from the ongoing climate change conference here. The Marrakech Action Proclamation for Climate and Sustainable Development is being planned to be …
The Paris Agreement includes Article 6 with several provisions, which allow for the use of the international carbon market. In this paper, Cooperative Approaches (CA, Art. 6.2-3) and the Mechanism for Sustainable Development and Mitigation (MSDM, Art. 6.4-7) will be considered as the market mechanisms, which constitute the basis of …
MARRAKECH, Morocco: Amid apprehensions over the US President-elect Donald Trump's stand against the Paris Agreement, the UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday hoped that the next US President would evaluate his "campaign remarks" and shift his course after listening to all the voices coming from governments, people and business communities …
MARRAKECH: The year 2016, which brought new national temperature records for India when Phalodi in Rajasthan had recorded 51 degree Celsius on May 19, is "very likely" to be the hottest year on record. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said the average global temperatures in 2016 would even be higher …
Momentum on climate action gained at 2015 Paris summit won't slow down Addressing a volley of questions on the possibility of the U.S. withdrawing from the Paris climate treaty, U.S. climate envoy Jonathan Pershing on Monday said no decision had yet been taken. On Sunday, sections of the media had …
As the threat of climate change looms, the world must transition to cleaner energy and avoid burning most fossil fuels. Coal is of particular concern, accounting for two fifths of global carbon emissions from fossil fuel use— more than any other individual source. Still, governments continue to invest in projects …
