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paris climate agreement news

Trump directs US withdrawal from 66 bodies, including UN Climate Convention

US President Donald Trump looks on as he signs executive orders.
Updated on Jan 09, 2026 11:59 am IST

Countries staying committed to climate plans after US Paris pact exit, UN climate chief says

Countries staying committed to climate plans after US Paris pact exit, UN climate chief says
Updated on Feb 07, 2025 12:41 am IST

Trump's recent orders and their socio-political implications

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US President Donald Trump
Published on Feb 04, 2025 06:05 pm IST

Trump-shaped climate disaster

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Homes reduced to rubble by the Palisades Fire are seen in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (AFP)
Updated on Jan 22, 2025 08:33 am IST

Paris climate agreement: What it covers and what it doesn’t | Details

A view shows a protest projection set up by Greenpeace activists onto the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin against Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, in Berlin, Germany January 21. (REUTERS)
Updated on Jan 22, 2025 05:27 am IST

Trump withdraws US from Paris climate agreement, again

US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday. (AFP)
Published on Jan 21, 2025 09:17 pm IST

Donald Trump signs executive order withdrawing US from Paris climate accord

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Monday.
Updated on Jan 21, 2025 07:13 am IST

Donald Trump starts 2nd term with blitz of executive orders: Full list

President Donald Trump signs an executive order as he attends an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event at Capital One Arena in Washington.
Updated on Jan 21, 2025 10:22 am IST

Trump to withdraw from Paris climate agreement, again: White House

The announcement to withdraw from Paris climate agreement reflects Trump’s skepticism about global warming.
Published on Jan 21, 2025 12:06 am IST

What the Trump victory could mean for the climate crisis

US Election Results: Donald Trump will be the 47th US President
Published on Nov 07, 2024 01:31 pm IST

US election 2024: Where do Trump and Kamala Harris stand on climate change?

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is up against Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump.
Published on Nov 01, 2024 02:36 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 must slash emissions by at least 57% to meet Paris climate target: Report

Biden's climate team is working with all government agencies and holding meetings with utilities and car companies.
Published on Mar 11, 2021 06:00 pm IST

US' re-entry into Paris Climate Agreement a 'day of hope', says UN chief

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks while addressing the virtual Munich Security Conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Biden re-introduced himself and the U.S. to world leaders at a pair of international conferences today, calling on industrialized democracies to partner in confronting the pandemic and climate change in a sharp departure from his predecessor's foreign policy. Photographer: Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times/Bloomberg
Published on Feb 20, 2021 11:16 am IST

US officially rejoins Paris climate agreement, 30 days after Biden ordered move

US President Joe Biden has also signed more than a dozen executive orders related to climate change.
Published on Feb 19, 2021 07:01 pm IST

India not historically responsible for climate change: Javadekar

Prakash Javadekar on Friday said US, Europe, China are historically responsible for climate change.
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 01:07 pm IST

UK PM sets ‘ambitious’ new emissions cut target for 2030

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Updated on Dec 04, 2020 05:16 pm IST

Warmer world in 2020 busted weather records, hurt people: UN Body

FILE - This Dec. 11, 2016 file photo shows the Virunga National Park, taken from the rim of the crater of the Nyiragongo volcano and looking over the crater of another, extinct volcano, taken in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Updated on Dec 02, 2020 08:20 pm IST

What a Biden tenure means for climate

In a speech on Saturday, Joe Biden identified the climate crisis as one of his top priorities, saying Americans must marshal the “forces of science” in the “battle to save our planet.”
Updated on Nov 10, 2020 11:32 am IST

Australia says US return to Paris Agreement, WHO under Biden would be welcome

Morrison said Australia would welcome the US back to the WHO, and potentially the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.
Published on Nov 09, 2020 12:10 pm IST

China’s carbon target moves big economies into radical climate consensus

Smoke and steam rise from a coal processing plant in Hejin in central China's Shanxi Province. Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop pumping additional carbon dioxide, the main global warming gas, into the atmosphere by 2060.
Published on Sept 26, 2020 03:58 pm IST

Kamala Harris says thought immediately of her mother when Joe Biden made the VP call

After referring to her mother, Kamala Harris also described how husband Doug Emhoff’s ear was on the door outside the room listening in on the call.
Updated on Sept 15, 2020 07:24 am IST

Sea-levels could rise up to 4 ft by end of century due to global warming, warn scientists

The rise in sea-level could be avoided if countries fulfilled their 2015 Paris Climate agreement promises to cut emissions of the gases that are heating the planet.
Updated on May 14, 2020 01:36 am IST

Forest cover increases, but questions remain

The country has a target of bringing 33% of its geographical area under forest cover
Updated on Dec 31, 2019 08:20 pm IST

Trump’s decision to exit the Paris deal will not just hurt the world, but US also

Demonstrators protest President Donald Trump's decision to exit the Paris climate change accord, Chicago, Illinois, June 2, 2017
Updated on Nov 07, 2019 05:56 pm IST

Markets face major risks over lax climate forecasts, top investors warn

Scientists view a rise of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius in the Earth’s average temperature as a tipping point where climate impacts such as sea-level rise, natural disasters, forced migration, failed harvests and deadly heatwaves will rapidly start to intensify.
Updated on Sept 23, 2019 07:25 am IST

UN asks India to update plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions

Environment minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted on Wednesday that India is taking leadership position in achieving the NDCs.
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 03:20 pm IST

India can’t afford to have Bandipur-type forest fires

On February 21, a major fire broke out in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka, which is home to not just tigers but also elephants, spotted deer, bisons and antelopes
Updated on Mar 01, 2019 08:39 am IST

Paris climate agreement non-negotiable, no compromise on basic principles: India

India and the other developing countries strongly resisted their move, citing the historical responsibility of the developed nations in emitting carbon dioxide, contributing to global warming.
Published on Dec 13, 2018 09:10 am IST

We need better reporting of household air pollution

To realise India’s voluntary commitment as part of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the Bharatiya Janata Party government introduced the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, which aims at provisioning cleaner liquefied petroleum gas cylinders to poor households
Updated on Dec 12, 2018 04:35 pm IST