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paris climate accord news

Vanuatu climate minister frets over US climate reversal

Vanuatu climate minister frets over US climate reversal
Published on Feb 26, 2025 11:32 am IST

German climate activists pledge new wave of blockades

Activists of the "Last Generation" stick themselves on a street during snowfall in Dresden, Germany, and want to draw attention to the compliance with the climate targets.
Published on Apr 18, 2023 04:56 pm IST

India’s pledge towards net-zero by 2070 paves path towards a sustainable future

The ministry of environment, forest and climate change needs to focus much more on climate change and devise strategies and programmes to achieve the net-zero target we have set for ourselves for 2070. 
Published on Nov 11, 2021 09:05 pm IST

Turkey to become last G-20 nation to ratify Paris climate accords

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York 
Published on Sept 22, 2021 12:37 pm IST

US to join Paris deal, lift Muslim travel ban

Joe Biden will take oath as the US President on January 20.
Updated on Jan 20, 2021 05:52 pm IST

US President-elect Joe Biden vows to rejoin Paris Climate Accord on day one of presidency

The United States, which quit the Paris accord under President Donald Trump, wasn’t represented at the federal level.
Published on Dec 12, 2020 08:59 pm IST

Trump boasts of best environmental numbers; Blames China, India, Russia for ‘spewing stuff into air’

US President Donald Trump speaks at a "Make America Great Again" rally in Greenville, North Carolina
Updated on Oct 16, 2020 12:49 pm IST

US formally starts withdrawal from Paris climate accord

Announcing the move, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated Trump’s rationale in 2017 that the accord would disadvantage US businesses.
Updated on Nov 06, 2019 06:36 am IST

July 2019 may be hottest ever

Updated on Aug 03, 2019 12:58 am IST

UN chief warns ‘we are losing the race’ on climate change

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday warned that the world is “losing the race” on climate change as he demanded that governments make bolder commitments beyond the Paris accord
Updated on Jan 24, 2019 07:08 pm IST

US President claims Paris protesters chanted ‘We Want Trump’

U.S. President Donald Trump steps off Marine One and walks across the South Lawn after returning to the White House in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2018.
Updated on Dec 08, 2018 08:28 pm IST

NTPC to increase capacity of underutilised natural gas-fired power generators

Gas-fired power plants can play a role balancing the grid by maintaining uninterrupted electricity supply, especially when solar-fired generation peters out in the evenings and coal plants take time to ramp up.
Published on Aug 16, 2018 05:10 pm IST

Man behind Trump’s Paris accord exit steps down over reports of rampant spending, ethics violations

Scott Pruitt (right), a fervent climate-change sceptic, was instrumental in rolling back the Obama-era environmental regulations which, according to the Republican Party and President Donald Trump, were stifling American manufacturing and industries such as coal mining.
Updated on Jul 06, 2018 11:43 pm IST