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 …
Until the 1960s, forest-clearing accounted for most anthropogenic carbon emissions. Now it causes around 10%—a decline that led many at the UN climate summit in Paris to focus their efforts elsewhere. Though Norway, Germany and Britain said they would make a billion dollars a year available for averting tropical deforestation …
The Botswana government is developing structures to ensure that Batswana benefit from climate funding, Environment, Wildlife and Tourism Minister Tshekedi Khama said Thursday.Khama told journalists in the capital Gaborone that structures such as personnel, modalities and how money should be disbursed through which entities. He said stakeholders at the recent …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as India’s role in clinching the historic Climate Change agreement at Paris has been hailed by world leaders, a novel initiative in Odisha is already showing the way for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. While the agreement calls upon all nations to limit carbon dioxide (CO2) by developing new …
In the run-up to the Paris climate change talks, BHP Billiton Ltd., one of the world’s largest coal miners, warned its investors about how a global deal to curb emissions would affect its portfolio. The Anglo-Australian mining giant explained the switch to lower-carbon, natural gas and renewable energy supplies could …
When the gavel came down for the final time at the climate summit in Paris on 12 December, representatives from 195 countries erupted into cheers. They had approved a landmark plan to combat climate change after two weeks of gruelling negotiations. The agreement commits most countries to reduce their greenhouse-gas …
The growth of positive social media commentary on climate action and economic growth has skyrocketed 700% over the last three years, according to new analysis. A new analysis from the New Climate Economy thinktank has found that positive social media messages regarding climate action and economic growth have increased nearly …
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has welcomed last weekend's historic Paris Climate Change Conference (COP21) agreement to limit global emissions well below 2 degrees Celsius, with an aspiration of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Agreed by 195 countries following two weeks of negotiations, the deal also provides for regular reviews …
Caribbean Community governments and regional organisations have welcomed the new climate change agreement concluded in Paris at COP21. We join in that accolade. The main outcomes include a goal of keeping warming well below two degrees Celsius and, for the first time, an agreement to pursue efforts to limit the …
Mobisol, a Germany-based provider of smart solar solutions in Rwanda, has been awarded the Momentum for Change Award by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The firm was named among 16 inspiring "lighthouse activities" during the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, the firm …
Less than a week since signing the global climate deal in Paris, Japan and South Korea are pressing ahead with plans to open scores of new coal-fired power plants, casting doubt on the strength of their commitment to cutting CO2 emissions. Even as many of the world’s rich nations seek …
Everybody knows that burning of fossil fuels is the biggest of climate change. But, another important factor that is often brushed under the carpet is meat consumption. Scientists have estimated that about 15% of all emissions come from worldwide livestock, mostly reared for consumption of meat or milk. That's a …
After two weeks of hectic negotiations, bilateral meetings through several sleep-deprived nights, back-room chats and huddles, India's negotiating team for the Paris climate talks can take a bow. Arriving at a consensus document endorsed by all 196 signatories to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change necessitates compromise. Yet, India …
India is running the largest renewable capacity expansion programme in the world. The government is aiming to increase share of clean energy through massive thrust in renewables. The year started with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's statement "India is graduating from Megawatts to Gigawatts in Renewable Energy production. The quote …
The Paris Agreement on climate change seeks to limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees celsius. This has wide ramificattions for countries as well as businesses. We look at the impact for India Inc: Positives > Green energy generators to benefit as concessional funds may help build transmission infrastructure > …
A US town has rejected a proposal for a solar farm following public concerns. Members of the public in Woodland, North Carolina, expressed their fear and mistrust at the proposal to allow Strata Solar Company to build a solar farm off Highway 258. During the Woodland Town Council meeting, one …
European renewable energy stocks rallied on Monday following an agreement over the weekend at the Paris global climate summit to find ways to stop global warming. Goldman Sachs' analysts described the deal in Paris as the most important climate agreement since the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, adding it would boost the …
PARIS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday welcomed the climate change agreement as the victory of "climate justice" and said there were no winners or losers even as environment minister Prakash Javadekar said 196 countries had not only adopted an agreement but a "new chapter of hope" in the lives …
PARIS: "France has seen a lot of revolutions. Today, we have seen the most beautiful and most peaceful of revolutions," French President Francois Hollande said as delegates, including ministers, from across the globe stretched themselves on Saturday night to seal a legally binding universal deal which will eventually take the …
PARIS: Civil society groups and green think-tanks from South Asia did not appear too enthused with the Paris agreement which, they said, was not ambitious enough to save the world from disastrous consequences of climate change. After going through the fine print of the global climate agreement, New Delhi-based think-tank …
LE BOURGET, France: Just a month after the Paris attacks, France has surmounted that atrocity to help achieve a seemingly unachievable triumph: uniting the world to seal a global climate pact. The Paris climate agreement, adopted on Saturday, was the culmination of more than a year of intense diplomatic efforts …
