"I withdrew from the one-sided and very expensive Paris Climate Accord. It's a one-way street. Under that accord, we pay USD 1 trillion...They pay nothing, China doesn't pay anything. India doesn't pay anything, Russia doesn't pay. We just pay everybody," Trump said.
Paris Agreement is an international agreement to combat climate change, and nearly 200 countries have committed to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius and ideally below 1.5 degrees. Each country is responsible for developing its own plan to uphold the commitment.
India's forest and tree cover now account for 25.17 per cent of its total geographical area, as per the latest India State of Forest Report. The country has added 1,445 sq km of green cover since the last report, with forest cover at 21.76 per cent and tree cover at 3.41 per cent. This incre
After Donald Trump's victory in the US elections, several Indian political leaders, including Congress leaders, on Wednesday congratulated him and expressed their best wishes for his second term.
"India is the first country in the G20 to achieve its Paris Climate commitments 9 years ahead of the deadline. Among the G20 nations, we are the only one to have achieved this feat," PM Modi said.
Environmentalists have criticised the initiative, led by Sultan al-Jaber, head of this year's climate talks and chief of the UAE's national oil company.
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 4: Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) today announced the implementation of its sustainable finance regulatory framework with immediate effect, following significant support received through public consultation, reinforcing its position as a leading sustainable financial hu
The expansion of the coal mine is significant for climate activists. They argue that continuing to burn coal for energy will increase planet-warming emissions and violate the Paris Climate Agreement's ambition to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial le
US President Joe Biden on Friday riding on the Inflation Reduction Act and other measures, affirmed that the US was ready to take back the leadership of fighting a warming planet.
Copenhagen (Denmark), July 22 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) has urged the regional governments to implement the Paris climate agreement, which is termed a "health treaty" by the COP26 (United Nations Climate Change Conference) Health Programme, as the prolonged heatwaves continue to
New Delhi [India] May 11 (ANI/TPT): At a time its ride-hailing business is limping back to normality after months of Covid-induced lockdown, the company Mozart Automobiles is building India's largest two-wheeler factory and has already launched two vehicles from its stable with multiple stor
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.