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China unlikely to pay for climate change despite being 'biggest annual emi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to diplomats from developed nations, the classification has enabled China to avoid paying for helping poor nations to tackle the effects of climate change.
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"This outcome moves us forward": COP27 climate summit closes with pact to
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 closed today with a breakthrough agreement to provide "loss and damage" funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters.
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UN Chief welcomes 'loss and damage fund', calls it 'important step towards
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Guterres stressed that the decision will not be enough but noted that it is a "much-needed political signal to rebuild broken trust."
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COP27: UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt adopts 'Loss and Damage' fund
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
COP 27 President Sameh Shoukry said, "I invite the CMA to adopt the draft decision of title funding arrangements for responding to loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including the focus on addressing loss and damage."
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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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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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Bhupender Yadav to lead Indian delegation to COP 27 in Egypt
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
India looks forward to substantial progress on the discussions related to climate finance and clarity on its definition.
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Glasgow to Sharm el-Sheikh: Bridging the Gap between Mitigation and Adapta
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): Assuring that no country will be left behind, Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of Egypt and COP 27 President Designate, said the outcomes at Sharm el-Sheikh, the venue for COP 27, will be a turning point in terms of `global climate action. "With
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Karnataka: Dharwad farmers facing crop loss due to unseasonal rains will r
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dharwad (Karnataka) [India], November 23 (ANI): As the farmers of Dharwad face crop loss and damage to their houses due to unseasonal incessant rains in the region, Karnataka Minister and district-in-charge Shankar Patil Munenakoppa visited them and promised that the compensation ranging fro
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Chinese fertilizer company demands USD 8 million from Sri Lankan authoriti
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 8 (ANI): Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co Ltd, the Chinese company involved in a controversy with Sri Lanka over imported fertilizer, has demanded USD 8 million from the Additional Director of the National Plant Quarantine Service (NPQS) of Sri Lanka for the loss and
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UNHCR: Urgent steps needed now to mitigate climate impact on displaced peo
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Swizerland], November 7 (ANI): Underlining the clear link between climate-related emergencies and forced displacement, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Sunday implored leaders to change words to action and step up support to mitigate loss and damage due to climate change in the most
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Maccaferri successfully completes landslide mitigation works in the hilly
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Gurgaon (Haryana) [India], June 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): Maccaferri in India recently announced the completion of one of its biggest landslide mitigation projects in Lambagarh, Uttarakhand located on NH-58, the road leading to the holy shrine of Badrinath temple. Extreme weather events are on the r
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