India’s Third National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was submitted on December 9, 2023. The report contains information on India’s greenhouse gas emissions, its vulnerability to climate change, and the measures it is taking to mitigate emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. …
Work towards a new universal climate change agreement was today strengthened through the issuance of the first comprehensive draft of the agreement. The Co-Chairs of the Ad hoc working group on the Durban platform (ADP), the body tasked with negotiating the agreement, prepared the draft, which contains the basis for …
The Union Environment Ministry submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), committing to cut the emissions intensity of GDP by 33-35 per cent by 2030 from 2005 levels.The INDCs, which lay out the blueprint for tackling climate change, emphasised eight key …
India will on Thursday submit its post-2020 'climate action plan' to a UN body in Bonn, specifying what the country will do to fight the threat of climate change. Hours after its submission within the 'informal' deadline of October 1, the country will announce the plan in New Delhi on …
Asserting that countries need to respect differentiation as a "principle" to deliver climate justice to the developing world, India today said that there should be no "tampering" with the elements of UN climate change convention in order to make the Paris summit a success. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar claimed that …
Developed countries committed to mobilise jointly USD 100 billion a year in climate finance by 2020 for climate action in developing countries. Five years after the initial commitment was made at COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009 and six years ahead of the target date of 2020, this report provides a …
Sub-Saharan Africa is at a critical point, experiencing rapid population growth, particularly in urban areas, and a young and growing workforce. At the same time, the growing risk of catastrophic global climate change threatens to weaken food production systems; increase the intensity and frequency of droughts, floods, and fires; and …
The following is the text of the Intervention made by Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, at the Second Meeting of the Business Dialogue for COP-21 held at UNFCCC in New York yesterday: The world must incentivize green growth activities as Green Credit instead of …
India will announce on October 2 its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) in the lead up to the Paris climate summit in December, the government indicated on Friday, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the U.N. General Assembly that the country’s development goals and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals …
‘Polluters should not get away with paying for carbon emissions’ Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Sunday emphasised the need to promote green credit, instead of carbon credit, so that polluters do not get away with paying for carbon emissions. Addressing the Second Meeting of …
Chief Secretary, B R Sharma discussed adaptation and mitigation projects that can be funded through National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) under the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and National Adaptation Fund (NAF) in a meeting here today Principal Secretary Forests, Environment and Ecology, Principal Secretary PDD, Commissioner Secretary …
Ahead of the climate change summit in Paris in December, India today said green technology needs of emerging economies are "crucial" to fight greenhouse gas emissions and sought financial as well as technological support from developed nations. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar also rued that the finance and technology mechanism under …
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a not-for-profit CEO-led body that seeks to promote sustainable development, wants to help push renewable energy growth in India. The Council met in New Delhi last week when it launched a ‘Renewable Energy Initiative’ under its global programme called ‘low carbon partnership initiative’. …
The country's climate change target for Paris to be set at 35% emission intensity reduction below 2005 levels At least 40 per cent of India's total power capacity will come from renewable sources by 2030. The decision to substantially alter the energy mix that powers India in future is likely …
India is likely to announce its national climate action plan as early as Wednesday after the Cabinet approves it at its weekly meeting. India's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), as the action plans are referred to in climate negotiations, will provide a target for reducing carbon dioxide emissions for every …
Number of implemented or planned carbon pricing schemes around the world has almost doubled since 2012, with existing schemes now worth about $50 billion says this new World Bank report. The report is a one stop shop for learning about key developments and prospects of existing and emerging carbon initiatives. …
In December, more than 190 countries will meet in Paris for an annual conference which, this time, is expected to deliver a global agreement to fight climate change. India, the fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is likely to play an important role. The CoP-21 The annual meeting is called …
Amid growing concerns among developing countries against the rich nations' mitigation-centric approach to arrive at a global climate deal, India on Tuesday lodged its strong objections to such an idea and said the Paris climate conference can be a success only if developed nations "do not indulge in a blame …
As the world continues to struggle to find a common ground on key issues ahead of the Paris climate summit, official representatives of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs), including China, met here on Monday to discuss how to push their joint negotiating stand during crucial rounds of negotiations in the …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a meeting of several important departments where the country's strategy for the crucial summit on climate change in Paris was discussed. Official sources said ministers heading key departments including finance, environment, power, coal and agriculture were present. Chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian, director …
After several meetings that have been made by national climate change negotiators on this world most threatening issue that seems not to spare our health, economy also having a greater threatening effects on the lives and properties of people, there has been few developments made by negotiators of some countries …
