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Negotiators at COP27 reach tentative deal on loss and damage
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Signalling potential for major breakthrough at the climate summit, Negotiators at the UN's COP27 climate summit have reached a tentative agreement to establish a loss and damage fund for nations vulnerable to climate disasters.
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US climate envoy John Kerry tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
US climate envoy John Kerry has tested positive for COVID-19 at the United Nations' COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
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UN chief voices concern as divides threaten COP27 negotiations, deadline n
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The UN chief asked nations countries to deliver the kind of meaningful action that people and the planet desperately need. "The world is watching and has a simple message: stand and deliver," he underscored. Guterres reminded world leaders that global emissions are at their highest levels in
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TERI Policy Brief launched at COP27 Calls for making oceans critical to Cl
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Sharm el-Sheikh [Egypt], November 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): Highlighting the growing consensus on oceans being critical to climate negotiations, a new policy brief from The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) launched at an United Nations Framework for Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) official
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From promoting e-vehicles to rational utilization of fossil fuels: India l
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Speaking on low-carbon development strategy, Union Minister Bhupender Yadav said, "In order to enable us to achieve our NDC goals by 2030, we are currently pursuing low-carbon development strategy in all seven sectors. We have not focused on targets. We recognized that various factors may sh
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Joint work programme of UNFCCC Technology Mechanism launched at COP27
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In a statement, the UNEP said, the Technology Executive Committee (TEC) and Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) - the two bodies of the Technology Mechanism under the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement - launched their joint work programme to accelerate the deployment of transformative clim
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With increased urbanisation, pertinent to integrate natural infrastructure
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Nature Conservancy India hosted an event at the India Pavilion on the sidelines of COP27. The topic of discussion was "Climate Smart Urban Development: An Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) for Enhancing Climate Resilience in India."
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Have submitted long-term low emissions growth strategy: India at Cop 27
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Union minister underlined how India updated its 'Nationally Determined Contributions' in August 2022 and has embarked on far-reaching new initiatives in renewable energy, e-mobility, ethanol blended fuels, and green hydrogen as an alternate energy source
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India Pavilion hosted a side event on "Transformative Green Education: Exp
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New Delhi [India], November 15 (ANI/NewsVoir): At the 27th Session of Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the India Pavilion hosted a side event on "Transformative Green Education: Experiences from India" between 06:30 - 07:30 PM IST (03:00-04:00 PM EET).
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Joint Venture could see up to £400m UK investment for advanced recycl
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New Delhi [India], November 15 (ANI/ATK): Clean Planet Energy today announced a new joint venture with private equity firm Crossroads Real Estate to fund Clean Planet Energy's flagship ecoPlant currently under construction in Teesside, North East England. This will be the first of 10 new eco
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China lost USD 18 billion in 2021 due to extreme weather: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The report highlighted how climate change impacts are wreaking an ever-increasing human, financial and environmental toll, worsening food insecurity and poverty and holding back sustainable development. The report also painted a worrying scenario for future water stress.
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Side Event on Transformative Green Education at India Pavilion at COP27 of
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New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI/NewsVoir): On the 14th of November 2022, at the 27th Session of Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the India Pavilion will host a side event on "Transformative Green Education: Experiences from India" between 06:30 - 07:
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