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Schneider Electric cuts five years from its Carbon Neutrality Goal, Roadma
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA] Sept 25 (ANI/NewsVoir): Schneider Electric announced today at Climate Week NYC 2019 that it is drastically stepping up its commitment to carbon neutrality with three new actions.
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India is 'doing better' than many Western countries in achieving Paris Acc
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 25 (ANI): Asserting that there is an attitudinal shift in India on climate change, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that New Delhi is "doing better" than many of the western countries in achieving the Paris Accord's commitments.
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PM Modi calls for increasing share of renewable energy at PSIDS leaders' m
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 25 (ANI): To mitigate the adverse effects of climate change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for increasing the share of renewable energy in the total energy mix during the India-Pacific Islands Developing States (PSIDS) Leaders' Meeting held on the sideli
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UN Secy Gen. hails India's decision to ban single-use plastic
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 25 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday (local time) appreciated the Government of India's decision to ban the usage of single-use plastic in the country, a move aimed at going beyond mere talks on climate change.
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Coalition for disaster resilient infrastructure developed in consultations
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Sept 24 (ANI) The global Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the UN Climate Action Summit on Monday, has been developed through consultations with more than 35 countries and envisions enabling a measurable reduction
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Indian Army clears 130 tonnes of garbage from Siachen Glacier
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 24 (ANI): At a time when the world is fighting against climate change, the Indian Army has cleared more than 130 tonnes of garbage from the Siachen glacier in the last 19 months.
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Group of 16 young climate activists including India's Ridhima Pandey file
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 24 (ANI): Sixteen youth activists including India's Ridhima Pandey and Swedish Greta Thunberg on Monday filed an "official complaint" before the United Nations Committee demanding the organisation to order member states to take actions for protecting children from the "de
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Thank you Greta for much needed punch in the face: Priyanka Chopra
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 4 (ANI): Teenage Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg who took the internet by storm with her stirring UN Climate Change Summit speech, got a pat from actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas who thanked her for the "much-needed punch in the face".
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Rohit Sharma lauds Greta Thunberg, calls her 'inspiration'
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 24 (ANI): Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish environmental activist who has taken social media by storm through her rousing speech at the UN Climate Change Summit in New York was lauded by India opening batsman Rohit Sharma who labelled her as 'an inspiration'.
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In veiled dig at China, Modi pitches for avoiding politicisation in UN lis
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 24 (ANI): In a veiled reference to China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that terrorists should not be allowed to get funds and arms, while adding that politicisation of mechanisms like UN listings and FATF should be avoided for the objective to be realis
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Trump's presence at climate summit showed to what extent soft diplomacy wo
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York (US), Sept 24 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said US President Donald Trump's presence at UN Climate Action Summit during Prime Minister Narendra Modi speech shows as to what extent the soft diplomacy works.
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Modi urges UN members to join India's coalition for Disaster Resilient Inf
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday invited UN member states to join the coalition for disaster resilient infrastructure being launched by India, as e presented a practical approach and roadmap on the pressing issue of global climate change at the first-ev
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