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 …
The official said a lot of countries are expected to ratify the pact during the UN General Assembly this month. The U.S is confident that India will be able to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change before the end of the year, according to a senior Obama administration official. …
U.N. climate negotiators should let governments that have yet to ratify the Paris accord to curb global warming - including the EU nations - have a say in drafting the rules to implement it, the co-chair of the talks said on Thursday. The European Union was a prime mover behind …
“The climate change has emerged as one of the most important political agenda in the developed countries." said ASSOCHAM. India may have succeeded in getting the December 2016 deadline for ratification of Paris Agreement on Climate Change put away at the recently concluded G 20 Summit, New Delhi would have …
The ministers underscored the importance of the Canada–India Energy Dialogue and discussed ongoing work in support of the objectives established under Mission Innovation. Maintaining that the world is changing with increasing energy demand, shifting energy markets and the effects of climate change, India and Canada have agreed take action to …
The Indian government on Monday, roped in spiritual gurus to promote its target of creating 40,000MW of rooftop solar power capacity. The Union new and renewable energy Ministry is reported to be taking help from spiritual leaders to promote awareness and demonstrate the usefulness of the of green energy. According …
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Icelandic capital of Reykjavik is aiming to become carbon neutral by 2040 by imposing strict limits on urban sprawl and improving the efficiency of public transport, according to a plan unveiled by the city's mayor. The climate policy blueprint puts Reykjavik at the forefront …
The sun may be nature's measureless bounty, but the government feels a little help from spiritual gurus can go a long way in making mortals realise its value. In a bid to promote its target of creating 40,000MW of rooftop solar power capacity, the Union new and renewable energy ministry …
India on Thursday made it clear that no decision to ratify the Paris climate change agreement has been taken so far as its domestic processes in this regard were still underway. "Government has made no decision as yet on ratifying the Paris Agreement. Domestic processes in this regard are still …
VIENTIANE: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pledged to formally join the Paris climate change agreement this year, a potentially major step toward the pact entering into force. After a meeting with President Barack Obama, a champion of the deal, in Vientiane, the White House said the two leaders …
At the G-20 meet in Hangzhou in China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the leaders of world's top economies to not to limit efforts to address climate change to early ratification of the Paris Agreement but instead called on focusing on its "full success". The Prime Minister said climate change …
Major Asian economies, including India and China, require more than USD 7 trillion investment to meet the stated ambition to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, a new report said today. The study 'Investing for the Climate in Asia' also found that financial intitutions need to do more before …
India on Monday told the G20 grouping that it was not ready to ratify the Paris accord before 2016. "We are not quite ready yet in terms of domestic actions that are required to ratify or at least to commit to ratify within 2016," Arvind Panagariya, India's Sherpa (representative) to …
HANGZHOU/NEW DELHI: In a significant step towards bringing the Paris climate deal into force before the end of this year, US and China+ — the world's top two emitters of greenhouse gases — on Saturday ratified the agreement which was approved by 195 countries, including India, in December last year. …
CHINA and the United States have ratified the Paris agreement on cutting climate-warming emissions, marking a major step toward the enactment of the pact as early as the end of the year and setting the stage for other countries to follow suit. The world’s two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases …
Pressure is growing on the UK government to ratify the Paris climate change deal immediately. A spokesman for the prime minister told the BBC the UK would ratify "as soon as possible", but did not suggest a date. But Labour, the Lib Dems, SNP and the Greens say the UK …
The effects of climate change, which we are already witnessing, are the consequence of rising concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs). At the moment, absolute emissions are still rising, caused by our overwhelmingly fossil fuel-based energy system (our “brown infrastructure”). From 1990 to 2013, G20 energy-related CO2 emissions – the most …
NEW DELHI: Climate change is high on the agenda for US Secretary of State John Kerry at the second US-India Strategic Dialogue. Three issues will dominate the US climate change agenda at the dialogue and its side meetings: formal accession to the Paris Agreement for an early entry into force, …
Aviva(AV.L), Aegon NV (AEGN.AS) and MS Amlin (APLCF.PK) said fossil fuel subsidies were at odds with commitments by G20 nations to combat global warming agreed by almost 200 countries last year at a Paris summit. "Climate change in particular represents the mother of all risks," Aviva CEO Mark Wilson said …
BEIJING -- China's top legislature started to convene its bi-monthly session on Monday, reviewing the proposal to review and ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change and other matters. The session will also deliberate on draft laws on national defense transportation, the movie industry and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Monday's …
Investors managing more than $13 trillion (9.8 trillion pounds) of assets urged leaders of the Group of 20 on Wednesday to ratify a global climate deal by the end of 2016 and to step up efforts to shift from fossil fuels. A total of 130 investors, grouped in six coalitions, …
