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 Paris Agreement is a hugely significant step towards reaching a zero-carbon and resilient world. But challenges remain if we are to limit temperature rise and increase capacity to adapt to climate impacts. Those challenges include: the alignment of financial flows towards zero-carbon and climate resilient development; increased ambition for …
French parliamentarians in a near unanimous vote on Tuesday adopted a bill authorising the government to ratify the landmark climate agreement reached by 195 nations in Paris in December. France, which is chairing the COP21 climate talks until the end of the year, is the first European Union member state …
Environment ministers and representatives from the Group of Seven countries began a two-day meeting Sunday, with host and chair Japan calling for “concrete action” to implement a landmark climate deal reached in Paris last year and other environmental policies. “We saw major progress in environmental policies internationally last year, such …
The international climate deal agreed in Paris has “failed to include meaningful mechanisms” to guarantee financial support for poorer countries adapting to global warming, according to a report by Oxfam. In the study, Unfinished Business, the aid charity claims the high cost of climate adaptation measures, such as creating flood …
HYDERABAD: The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) has been selected by the United States Department of State to organise a conference focused on implementing India's COP21 commitments to be held here on June 24-25. The conference, 'Future Is Now: India from COP21 to Reality', would include international experts and practitioners, …
NEW DELHI: As majority of the countries signed the Paris Agreement last month, everyone is waiting for its ratification by big players like the US, China, India, Brazil and the EU. Amid hope of its early implementation, the French ambassador for climate change negotiations, Laurence Tubiana, said France will ratify …
This 2016 Mid-Year Report, launched at the beginning of the climate change conference in Bonn (SB sessions), is the first update report in the NAMA Status Report series after the adoption of the Paris Agreement at COP21. It takes a closer look at NAMAs in light of the Paris Agreement …
This report aims to inform the current progress and lessons from the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) and how they will contribute to the efforts in climate mitigation, especially for the Post-2020 to achieve the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in the context of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Upon the …
At COP21 in Paris, 195 countries agreed to limit global warming to well below 2ºC and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5ºC. In advance, the participating countries submitted plans to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions – the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). Every five years these plans will be …
Climate: Bhutan has joined 174 countries to become a signatory to the Paris Agreement for Climate Change, according to a foreign affairs ministry press release. The signing was done at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on April 22 during the High-Level Signing Ceremony on the Paris Agreement for …
With rich nations doing too little and emissions way above targets, global temperatures will rise Over 170 countries, including India, signed an international agreement in Paris on Friday to curb emissions and reduce the pace of climate change. According to the UNFCC, the agreement’s primary aim is to keep the …
Brazil's government will ask legislators this week to ratify the Paris climate agreement, the environment minister said late on Sunday, even as President Dilma Rousseff faces possible impeachment and lacks majority support in Congress. It is unclear if Congress would back the pledges of a government that may soon be …
Ethiopia on Friday signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the conuntry’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn inked the historic deal at the United Nations Headquarters where 175 world leaders signed the agreement. Speaking at the signing ceremony, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said …
Pretoria — The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa has signed the Paris Agreement on climate change at the United Nations in New York. The Paris Agreement is universally regarded as a seminal point in the development of the international climate change regime under the United Nations Framework Convention on …
Tanzania is among the 175 United Nations member states that have signed the Paris Climate Change Agreement, which was reached under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015. Addressing the United Nations meeting on Friday, Tanzania's UN Permanent Representative, Ambassador Tuvako Manongi, pointed out that his …
Robust appraisals of climate impacts at different levels of global-mean temperature increase are vital to guide assessments of dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. The 2015 Paris Agreement includes a two-headed temperature goal: “holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 ◦C above pre-industrial levels …
Prakash Javadekar said India's tax was highest in world and developed countries should follow suit Developed countries should raise taxes on coal production to help raise money for a $100-billion-a-year fund that is supposed to help poorer countries tackle climate change but are short of cash, India's environment minister said …
The signing of the Paris agreement on climate change later this week in New York will "open up" a new market for energy efficiency innovation that US companies have pioneered, the White House has said. "This will open up a market for energy efficiency innovation that US companies have pioneered," …
The agreement acknowledges growth imperatives and the developing world’s right to development. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the signing of the Paris agreement on climate change, adopted by more than 190 countries in December last year, on Friday in New York. Environment minister Prakash Javadekar will sign the agreement …
