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UN climate summit will be ‘COP of the Future’, says Turkey’s minister

Turkey's Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change Murat Kurum (centre) speaks next to United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell (left) and COP30 president Andre Correa do Lago (R) during a new conference in Istanbul on February 12. (AFP)
Published on Apr 15, 2026 04:14 am IST

COP30 ends with a whimper

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Indigenous activists participate in a protest at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Published on Nov 24, 2025 10:13 am IST

They Held a Climate Summit in the Amazon. They Didn’t Account for the Rain.

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Attendees sit under a globe in a lobby at the side events pavilions at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Published on Nov 21, 2025 10:20 am IST

Fire breaks out at COP30 summit venue in Brazil, evacuation ordered | Video

Smoke billowed inside and out of the conference building as firefighters arrived at the scene in Belem.
Updated on Nov 21, 2025 12:00 pm IST

Expect developed countries to reach net zero earlier than planned': Yadav at COP

Attendees sit under a globe in a lobby at the side events pavilions at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Updated on Nov 18, 2025 09:54 am IST

High hotel prices lead countries to mull skipping COP30 summit in Brazil

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, tours construction at the Canal da Uniao ahead of the COP30 summit in Belem, Para state, Brazil
Published on Oct 07, 2025 10:49 am IST

Ahead of New York climate summit, Climate Watch flags huge emissions gap

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has invited heads of state and government to present their new NDCs. (un.org)
Published on Sept 24, 2025 03:50 pm IST

COP30 must be summit of implementation: President designate Correa do Lago

COP30 must be summit of implementation: President designate Correa do Lago
Updated on Oct 07, 2025 10:14 am IST

Love motels and converted ferries: Brazil gets creative to host COP30

Love motels and converted ferries: Brazil gets creative to host COP30
Published on Mar 28, 2025 04:01 pm IST

Turn game around: Brazil’s COP30 president-designate invokes spirit of football

Brazil’s COP30 President-Designate André Aranha Corrêa do Lago. (AFP)
Published on Mar 10, 2025 07:41 pm IST

India thwarted attempts for limitations on coal at COP28: Bhupender Yadav

Union minister Bhupender Yadav in New Delhi on Monday. (PTI Photo)
Published on Jan 09, 2024 10:02 am IST

Many small islands have no room for manoeuvre at COP28

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Published on Dec 04, 2023 10:13 am IST

Over 110 nations to join COP28 deal to triple renewable energy

Getting the deal into the final U.N. climate summit decision would also require consensus among the nearly 200 countries present.
Published on Dec 02, 2023 01:14 pm IST

Water key topic at UN talks, ‘climate change manifests itself’: Dutch envoy

The Netherlands Special Envoy for Water International Affairs, Meike van Ginneken, delivers a speech.
Published on Nov 06, 2023 10:36 pm IST

Global warming rate speeds up at 0.2 degrees celsius per decade, scientists warn

Steam rises from the coal-fired power plant near wind turbines.
Published on Jun 08, 2023 05:35 pm IST

Egyptian startup turns millions of plastic bags into tiles ‘tougher than cement’

An employee of TileGreen factory works at eco-friendly tile from different types of plastic and waste in the 10th of Ramadan City district northwest of Cairo, Egypt March 15.
Published on Mar 21, 2023 03:49 pm IST

International Climate Summit gets ball rolling for carbon-free energy ecosystem

A power-generating windmill turbine is pictured here for representation. Climate scientists believe wind power could make it possible to produce hydrogen without emitting greenhouse gases as cheaply as is currently feasible with fossil fuel energy. 
Published on Sept 03, 2021 04:35 pm IST

India to host global climate meet today, focus on hydrogen power

Wind power could make it possible to produce hydrogen without emitting greenhouse gases as cheaply as is currently feasible with fossil fuel energy, say climate scientists.
Updated on Sept 03, 2021 07:38 am IST

International Climate Summit 2021 on Friday, focus on clean energy transition

Boats of fishermen are seen on the shore of the Parana River during a historic downspout in Corrientes, Argentina. The river, which runs through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, is suffering its worst downspout in over half a century - a phenomenon believed to be the result of climate change.
Published on Sept 02, 2021 12:31 pm IST

UK PM praises India’s ‘incredible’ solar power strides at climate summit

The summit, held as a precursor to the UK’s hosting of the United Nations’ COP26 summit in November 2021, included addresses urging the world’s economies to “stop the assault” on the planet and increase their ambition on cutting the greenhouse gases that drive climate change.
Updated on Dec 13, 2020 06:49 pm IST

Stopped by Centre, Arvind Kejriwal talks of anti-pollution measures at C40 Summit via video conference

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses C40 summit via video conference.
Published on Oct 11, 2019 04:10 pm IST

For mayors, Centre on no to Kejriwal’s Denmark visit. Misleading, says AAP

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was to leave on Tuesday for the C-40 Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, but could not do so after the Ministry of External Affairs denied permission.
Updated on Oct 10, 2019 06:47 am IST

‘Time to talk is over, time to act now’: PM Modi at UN climate summit in New York

The need, Modi said, is a comprehensive approach that “covers education, values and everything from lifestyle to developmental philosophy”.
Updated on Jul 03, 2020 06:19 am IST

‘Flight shame’ has Swedes rethinking air travel

‘Flygskam’, or flight shame, has become a buzz word referring to feeling guilt over the environmental effects of flying, contributing to a trend that has more and more Swedes, mainly the young, opting to travel by train to ease their conscience.
Published on Apr 11, 2019 12:05 am IST

COP24: India expresses reservations on Paris rulebook at climate summit

Protesters take part in the March for the Climate on the streets of Katowice, where the COP24 UN Climate Change Conference 2018 is held, Poland.
Updated on Dec 16, 2018 09:21 am IST