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Last 8 years on track to be the warmest on record: UN
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Extreme heatwaves, drought and devastating flooding have affected millions and cost billions this year, according to the WMO's provisional State of the Global Climate in 2022 report.
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Climate change "humanity's biggest challenge in modern times": COP27 Presi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
This year's UN Climate Conference takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, against a backdrop of extreme weather events worldwide, an energy crisis propelled by the war in Ukraine, and scientific data reiterating that the world is not doing enough to tackle carbon emissions and protect the future of
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Reverence for nature needs to be rekindled, to save the planet, says Gurud
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): As the world grapples with the repercussions of climate-change-led disasters and looks for greener and safer energy alternatives, the two-day International Climate Summit 2022 titled 'Opportunities for Green Hydrogen in India' kicked
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India among countries to have fulfilled most Paris commitments, says Sitha
Updated : 3 years, 11 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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Nepal bears larger impact of climate change despite low carbon emissions:
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 8 (ANI): Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has pointed out that Nepal continues to bear the larger impact of climate change despite its low carbon emission rates.
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UK's Johnson urged to make new year's commitments to tackle climate change
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Several conservation groups in the UK have urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to make new commitments this year to tackle climate change and maintain the momentum gained at the November Climate Summit in Glasgow, one such group confirmed on Monday.
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Yearender 2021: World can learn from India's climate commitments
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): India introduced multi-faceted initiatives to mitigate climate change - from the world's largest railway carrier becoming Net-Zero by 2030 to saving 40 billion tonnes of emission through LEDs it announced at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.
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Nepal PM Deuba 'likely' to visit India in early January
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], December 25 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is likely to visit India in early January, sources familiar with the development confirmed to ANI.
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Xi Jinping faces criticism for missing global climate summit
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 26 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping has been facing criticism from across the world after he avoided the global summit on climate change despite being a country that has one-quarter of the carbon emissions of the world.
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Phasing coal 'out' to 'down': India received criticism because it read out
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], November 17 (ANI): Noting that "phase down" of unabated coal was not India's language at COP26 held in Glasgow earlier this month, sources said on Wednesday that present in the conference said the term already existed in the draft of the agreement.
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New COP26 draft agreement urges countries to scale up use of clean power g
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 13 (ANI): In its new draft agreement published on Saturday, the COP26 climate summit held in Glasgow urged countries to rapidly scale up the use of clean power generation and energy efficiency measures.
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Former UN leader Ban Ki-Moon accuses COP26 of 'failing the world'
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the UN COP26 climate summit in Glasgow to take the necessary steps to cut carbon emissions and adapt to the changing climate, saying the conference has been "failing the world."
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