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PM Modi slams 'colonial mindset', says 'India is lectured on environmental
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Highlighting India's efforts to achieve goals of the Paris Agreement on environmental conservation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for doing away with a "colonial mindset", which is giving rise to many distortions and efforts are made t
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Russia welcomes COP26 adoption of rules of how to implement Paris deal: En
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Adoption of Article 6 of the 2015 Paris agreement by COP26 member countries is the main achievement of the 26th UN Conference on Climate Change, Ruslan Edelgeriyev, the Russian president's special envoy for climate, said on Sunday.
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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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New COP26 draft declaration waters down calls to end fossil fuel use
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik) - A new draft of the final declaration being negotiated at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow published on Friday appears to back away from a previous call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuels.
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Denmark, Costa Rica agree at COP26 to phase out oil, gas production
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): At the UN climate change conference (COP26) in Glasgow on Thursday, Denmark and Costa Rica launched a first of its kind alliance of national and subnational governments committed to phasing out new oil and gas projects as part of their transition to r
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20 countries agree to stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 5 (ANI): In a historic breakthrough, 20 countries on Thursday (local time) agreed to stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad at the COP26 climate summit.
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'Duty-bound' India only major economy to deliver Paris agreements in lette
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 1 (ANI): Highlighting India's efforts to combat climate change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that India is the only major economy that has worked and delivered on the Paris commitments both in letter and spirit.
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COP26 event on 'Action and Solidarity - The Critical Decade' commences
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Glasgow [UK], November 1 (ANI): The crucial 26th session of the Conference of Parties (COP-26) on climate change began in Glasgow on Monday.
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G20 leaders commit to Paris Agreement goal of keeping global temperature i
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], November 1 (ANI): The G20 leaders said that they remain committed to the Paris Agreement goal of keeping "the global average temperature increase well below 2 degrees Celsius and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels".
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COP26: Uniting the world to tackle climate change
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 30 (ANI): The UK will be hosting the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from October 31 - November 12, 2021, to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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India is overachieving its voluntary target of emission reduction, Environ
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): India is taking ambitious actions in energy efficiency measures, biofuels, sustainable transport, e-vehicles, enhancing green cover and sustainable agriculture, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, said during a virtual hig
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COP26 should be the COP of action, implementation, says Bhupender Yadav
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav held a bilateral meeting with UK Foreign Minister Elizabeth Truss here in New Delhi and assured India's full support to the UK during their United Nations Climate Change Conference
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