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 …
India on Wednesday made it clear to the West that it will be firm in its negotiations on climate change and will not be cowed down by aggressive postures taken by anyone, including the United States. Ahead of the Paris Climate Change Conference, top sources in the Environment Ministry said, …
The U.N. Secretary-General says this indicates the country's seriousness in confronting climate change challenges. India’s plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions indicates its “seriousness” in confronting climate change challenges and will help the world “bend” temperature projections for the rest of the century, United Nations Chief Ban Ki-moon has said …
The WMO said data from the first 10 months of the year suggested temperatures over land and sea would tick in at their highest level ever measured this year, after already reaching record highs in 2014. The year 2015 is shaping up to be the hottest on record, the UN’s …
NEW DELHI: Ahead of climate talks at end of this month in Paris, Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said India's stand for carbon justice and the country's development imperative must be recognised. "India stands for carbon justice. Our development imperative must be recognised," Goyal told reporter here at an event …
The US is looking for an "ambitious" and "fair" agreement at the Paris climate conference which accelerates the transition to clean energy and is applicable to all countries, America's top official on climate change has said. "We are looking for an agreement that is ambitious, effective, fair, and durable; that …
India’s strategy at the Paris Climate Change summit will be to work with emerging economies and press the developed world to concede that responsibility for cutting carbon emissions after 2020 cannot be shared equally by rich and poor nations. Two major issues that New Delhi will focus on at the …
Ahead of the crucial climate change summit in Paris, India today said that it is ready to be part of the "solution" for tackling climate change. "Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar emphasised on the need to look at the 'polluter pays' principle as one of the ways of tackling climate change. …
Setting the tone for Paris climate change conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that India will not create any "problems" for the world in combating global warming, an apparent response to the US' contention that it will be a "challenge" at the meet. He said India needs huge amounts …
Washington: The World Bank announced today a plan to help Africa weather climate shocks that requires USD 16.1 billion in financing through 2020. The goal is to raise the money from several development organizations, countries and private partners, with the International Development Association, the World Bank arm that supports the …
Calling for close Sino-India cooperation for clean energy development, a state-run Chinese daily today said the India-led solar alliance may be the highlight of next week's Paris climate conference. "India boasts a huge market. Currently, more than 300 million people in the country's rural areas are not hooked up to …
India ranks third, after the US and China, among the five countries hit the most by natural disasters over the last 20 years, a report released by the United Nations office on disaster risk reduction has said. The Philippines and Indonesia round up the top five. `The Human Cost of …
India intends to work strenuously with allies such the group of like-mind ed developing countries (LMDCs) and the “solar alli ance“ proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that it is not isolated by developed countries seek ing to resist pressure to step up their pre-2020 climate change commitments. …
The World Bank Group today unveiled a new plan that calls for $16 billion in funding to help African people and countries adapt to climate change and build up the continent's resilience to climate shocks. Titled Accelerating Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Development, the Africa Climate Business Plan will be presented at …
The government of Ethiopia has been granted $50 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for climate-resilience projects, the Ministry of Forestry, Environment and Climate Change said here Tuesday. The Deputy Minister, Kare Chawicha, said Ethiopia will receive the money after independent GCF experts decided on the amount’s ceiling. Ethiopia …
There is likely to be a climate deal in Paris. The emission pledges that more than 150 governments have put on the table this year show that global climate ambition is increasing. But much more is needed, as it’s a deal that could still lead to around 3°C of warming. …
Ahead of COP21 in Paris, countries have tabled their emissions reductions pledges in the form of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). New Oxfam-commissioned research, carried out by Climate Analytics, uses modelling to assess the impact of aggregate INDC ambition. It estimates that 3°C of warming, compared with 2°C of warming, …
Climate change poses a severe threat to Africa, the world’s most vulnerable region. But it also offers a huge opportunity. A new paper from the African Development Bank explains how the COP21 climate talks in Paris in December can help Africa deal with the threat and seize the opportunity.
Weather-related disasters have grown more frequent over the past 20 years, killing more than 6 lakh people, the UN said today, issuing a further call for nations to strike a landmark deal on climate change. The report from the UN agency for disaster risk reduction (UNISDR) said: “Floods, storms and …
On November 30, in the waning days of what is set to be the hottest year on record, world leaders meet on the outskirts of Paris for a summit that seeks nothing less than to steer the global economy away from its ever-growing reliance on fossil fuels. The challenge is …
The two-week Paris climate change negotiations begin on November 30, with about than 120 heads of states arriving in France's capital for two days. The meeting hopes to produce a new global agreement that would help by the turn of the century to keep global temperature rise below two degrees, …
