Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
There are clear challenges and opportunities for getting climate negotiations on track in 2021. After a lacklustre COP25, the vaunted 2020 ‘super year’ designed to reset the UNFCCC process succumbed to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite rolling postponements, the UNFCCC process and climate diplomacy has continued, albeit in dramatically altered …
Compilation of capacity-building activities undertaken by bodies established under the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol. This addendum to the compilation and synthesis report on capacity-building work of bodies established under the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol provides a compilation of the information on capacity-building activities. For the first time, the …
COP 24 requested the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) within its existing mandate and work plan, and the Adaptation Committee (AC) through its task force on national adaptation plans (NAPs) and within its existing mandate and work plan, to consider gaps and needs related to the process to formulate …
The Katowice Climate Conference has come and gone, and a busy 2019 calendar headlined by the UN Secretary-General’s September climate summit is already in full swing. It’s important to not only look back at the developments of 2018 with a focus on the package of outcomes from COP24 but also …
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet - highest decision-making body of government - on Wednesday gave its ex-post facto approval to the negotiating stand of India at recently held UN climate conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland where the country had strongly flagged its reservations on a key point while constructively participating …
If India is to generate 100 GW of solar power by 2022, it is only a matter of time before agricultural land also goes under The biggest victim of India’s solar revolution has been land – especially hundreds of acres in arid and semi-arid regions. When a large solar park …
It took collective pressure from all developing countries, including India, to ensure the rulebook adheres to the letter of the agreement even if it did not stay entirely loyal to its spirit India finalised a report noting that it was well on the way to meeting two of its three …
The World Bank on Monday praised India's success in renewable energy auctions that delivered record-setting low prices for solar power and said that the number of countries with strong policy frameworks for sustainable energy more than tripled — from 17 to 59 — in the eight years till 2017. Many …
Katowice (Poland): The bilateral relations between India and Germany seem to be reinforcing at the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP), which is being hosted by the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) at Katowice. Prominent delegates of the two countries, including Union environment minister Dr …
India Tuesday made a strong case for funds from developed countries to developing nations to fight climate change, which is adversely affecting people around the globe. In a discussion paper released on the sidelines of COP 24 to UNFCCC at Katowice, Poland, the Finance Ministry said that in 2016, developed …
Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement could save about a million lives a year worldwide by 2050 through reductions in air pollution alone. The latest estimates from leading experts also indicate that the value of health gains from climate action would be approximately double the cost of mitigation policies …
