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India among countries to have fulfilled most Paris commitments, says Sitha
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 20 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said India is one of the six countries to have fulfilled most of the commitments made at the Paris Climate Summit in 2015 and remains committed to fulfilling its renewable energy targets.
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China's coal output enhancement declaration threat to climate
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 29 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping recently (March 5) called for investments in coal technologies to fight the energy crisis, breaking the promises he had made for climate goals.
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Gobhar Dhan Yojana will set benchmark in sync with Swachh Bharat Mission g
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India is committed to its climate goals and the 'Gobhar Dhan Yojana' will set a benchmark in sync with India's Swachh Bharat Mission goals to reduce air pollution and water pollution.
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'Human rights must not be forgotten amid China's climate change promises'
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 14 (ANI): The ignorance of the ongoing genocide of humanity by the Chinese Communist Party in China's Xinjiang where millions of Uyghurs live, undermines the goals of creating a tradeoff between climate goals and human rights, cites an opinion piece in a US newspape
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India promoting R&D in sustainable biofuels: Union Minister Jitendra S
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): India today called for commitment from the global clean energy community for access to sustainable fuels, chemicals, and materials to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve global climate goals as one of the mitigation measures, Ministry of Scien
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India's target of 500 GW renewable energy by 2030 significant contribution
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 2 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Tuesday that India's new target of 500 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy by 2030, announced at the 26th session of the Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, is a "very significant" contribution to meetin
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Developed nations have acknowledged their shortcomings on climate change:
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], October 31 (ANI): India's G-20 Sherpa Piyush Goyal on Sunday said that developed countries have acknowledged their shortcomings in meeting their commitments on climate goals.
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UN chief calls for China's commitment to 'ambitious' climate goals
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], October 26 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on China to present an "ambitious" Nationally Determined Contribution in the run-up to the UN Climate Conference, COP26, starting in Glasgow at the end of this week.
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China's growth hampered as it aims to achieve climate goals through power
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 16 (ANI): China is experiencing its worst power shortage since the 1980s, a phenomenon that puts at risk the country's post-COVID-19 economic growth and supply chains by shutting down electricity in homes and industries alike, a media report said.
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Clean environment, inclusive development priority agenda for India: Piyush
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Union Minister for Railways, Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Monday said that a clean environment and sustainable inclusive development is a priority agenda for India and pledged renewed thrust to achieve climate goals in the post-COVID world.
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Global energy investments set to recover but remain far from net zero path
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 7 (ANI): Global investment in energy is set to rebound by nearly 10 per cent this year to 1.9 trillion dollars, reversing most of last year's drop caused the Covid-19 pandemic, but spending on clean energy transitions needs to accelerate much more rapidly to meet climate
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Germany to spend on climate goals in developing countries: Merkel
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany will increase its climate financing to developing countries by USD 4 billion by 2022, Chancellor Angela Merkel told a US-sponsored virtual climate summit on Thursday.
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