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Climate change fund: $319mn available for Loss and Damage
The fund was fully operationalised at UN climate meet in Baku last year. It is meant to assist developing countries in dealing with loss and damage associated with climate change

Published on Apr 11, 2025 05:18 AM IST
Expanding contributors, a prerequisite for an ambitious finance deal: EU
The New Collective Quantitative Goal is a new financial target to support developing countries in their climate actions post-2025.

Published on Oct 23, 2024 09:07 AM IST
At Bonn, talks hit climate finance roadblock ahead of Baku summit
The agenda of COP29 this November is to negotiate a new financial goal to be set from the floor of $100 billion for the post-2025 period

Updated on Jun 11, 2024 09:15 AM IST
Enforcement challenges loom in the aftermath of Dubai climate deal
Global Stocktake text emphasises transitioning from fossil fuels. However, concerns arise about the lack of robust mechanisms for enforcing these commitments

Published on Dec 14, 2023 12:02 PM IST
Delegates at UN climate talks agree to transition away from fossil fuels
The agreement was approved without the floor fight many feared and is stronger than a draft floated earlier in the week that angered several nations.

Published on Dec 14, 2023 01:00 AM IST
AP |
India backs UAE’s transition agreement at COP28
India called for delivery of means of implementation to ensure COP28’s consensus on moving away from fossil fuels can be implied in developing countries

Updated on Dec 14, 2023 02:47 AM IST
, Dubai
Jayashree NandiGlobal deal at COP28 as Dubai keeps Paris alive
Fossil fuels have been a topic of taboo for years in climate negotiations the very fact that there is a consensus is being seen as a victory.

Updated on Dec 14, 2023 04:43 AM IST
, Dubai
Jayashree NandiA big deal in Dubai
The consensus on realising a future without oil, gas and coal is a major achievement. The focus will now be on implementing it

Published on Dec 13, 2023 09:00 PM IST
The five terms that COP28 is all about
The climate summit is set to end on December 12, and the stakes are high for residents of developing nations

Published on Dec 08, 2023 11:48 AM IST
India, China yet to sign pledge on renewable energy capacity
Till Saturday evening, India and China were not among the signatories to the pledge.

Updated on Dec 03, 2023 04:47 AM IST
, New Delhi
Jayashree NandiTop world leaders speak to at UN climate summit. What are the top agendas?
Xi and Biden are sitting out this COP, just weeks after announcing a bilateral agreement to help cut down on methane emissions.

Published on Dec 01, 2023 12:43 PM IST
AP |
COP28 summit: Parties adopt agenda on opening day
COP28 officially runs from 30 November to 12 December. Jaber said that the UAE, despite being heavily dependent on fossil fuels, has engaged with oil and gas companies to reduce their emission footprint

Updated on Nov 30, 2023 06:48 PM IST
COP28 Summit: Nations urged to phase out fossil fuels
Britain's King Charles III, world leaders, activists and lobbyists are among more than 97,000 people expected to attend the summit.

Published on Nov 30, 2023 11:22 AM IST
AFP |
COP28: US plans to push for curbs on methane emission worldwide at key UN meet
Curbing methane is the fastest and cheapest way to keep average temperature rise under 1.5 degrees Celsius, a US state department official said

Updated on Nov 20, 2023 12:14 AM IST
COP27 draft deal published, no proposal yet on 'loss and damage' funding
The overarching deal text, time-stamped at 03:30 AM reflecting the intensity of the final negotiations, reaffirmed key points in last year's COP26 deal in Glasgow and the Paris 2015 agreement on limiting the rise in global temperatures.

Published on Nov 18, 2022 02:32 PM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Yagya Sharma
Iconic artwork ‘The Scream’ in Norway museum latest target of climate activists
Norwegian police said two people tried in vain to glue themselves to Edvard Munch's 1893 masterpiece at an Oslo museum and no harm was reported to the painting of a waif-like figure appearing to scream, reported news agency AP.

Published on Nov 11, 2022 08:16 PM IST
Nisha Anand | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
Emissions from fossil fuels to hit an all-time high in 2022: Study
Global CO2 emissions from all sources -- including deforestation and land use -- will top out at 40.6 billion tonnes, just below the record level in 2019, the first peer-reviewed projections for 2022 showed.

Published on Nov 11, 2022 08:16 PM IST
AFP | | Posted by Nisha Anand
Fossil fuel delegation at COP 27 larger than 10 most climate-affected countries
More than 600 lobbyists from some of the world's biggest polluters have registered to the climate talks in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, up 25 percent from last year.

Published on Nov 10, 2022 04:37 PM IST
AFP | | Posted by Nisha Anand
COP 27: UN report denounces greenwashing. What it means
The report, released at the COP 27 climate conference in Egypt, is intended to draw a "red line" around greenwashing dubbed as the false claims of progress in the fight against global warming that can confuse investors and policy makers.

Published on Nov 08, 2022 09:59 PM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Nisha Anand
Greenpiece: Brazil’s Prez elections key to climate policies in coming years
The incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, is guilty of unprecedented destruction of the one of the world’s great carbon sinks — the Amazon Rainforest. With the narrow victory of Lula da Silva, hope for recovery brightens.

Published on Nov 07, 2022 03:57 AM IST
In a first, loss funding to be on agenda of COP27
The development took place after 48 hours of what COP27 president Sameh Shoukry of Egypt described to be “herculean informal negotiations” till early morning on Sunday to push the issue on the formal agenda.

Updated on Nov 07, 2022 02:56 PM IST
Climate and Us | The global climate story is at a crossroads
The debate on adaptation to, and mitigation of, the climate crisis continues to be polarised. The developed world continues to largely avoid its historical responsibility. And in turn, climate goals become difficult to reach.

Updated on Jun 13, 2022 03:32 PM IST
Climate tipping may not always be disastrous: Study
The findings of a recent mathematical analysis, of tipping in large, spatially heterogeneous systems, which natural systems like ice sheets, lakes, and forests often are, suggest that the consequences of crossing a tipping point might often be much subtler and less severe than generally assumed.

Published on Mar 15, 2022 06:30 PM IST
ANI |
World poverty to rise as climate change hits food supplies, says UN panel
The finding was part of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that concluded there remained only "a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all".

Published on Feb 28, 2022 11:36 PM IST
Reuters |
Parliament: Opposition corners govt over commitments at Glasgow climate meet
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi had announced at the Glasgow climate change conference (COP26) that India’s non-fossil energy capacity will reach 500 GW by 2030, meeting 50% of the country’s energy requirements by 2030.

Updated on Dec 09, 2021 08:48 AM IST
, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Jayashree NandiBoris Johnson praises Modi for India's climate ambitions at COP26
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the outcome of the at COP26 is not enough.

Published on Nov 15, 2021 11:30 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
‘Blah, blah, blah’: Greta Thunberg's assessment of UN climate talks
Taking to her official handle on Twitter, Thunberg wrote, “The #COP26 is over. Here's a brief summary: Blah, blah, blah. But the real work continues outside these halls. And we will never give up, ever.”

Updated on Nov 14, 2021 07:34 AM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Sohini Goswami, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
India’s pledge towards net-zero by 2070 paves path towards a sustainable future
There seems to be a clear contradiction in what some of the developed nations preach and practice. They really need to walk the talk now and if not lead by example at least follow us and make real commitments.

Published on Nov 11, 2021 08:52 PM IST
, New Delhi
Nawneet Vibhaw‘Hope COP26 will make efforts on adaptation finance’
“Adaptation now has to be mainstreamed. I hope this COP will make some serious efforts on adaptation finance and not just pay the usual lip service,” former climate negotiator and ambassador, Manjeev Singh Puri, said.

Updated on Nov 11, 2021 05:46 AM IST
, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Jayashree NandiExplainer: The difference between 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming
The 2015 Paris Agreement commits countries to limit the global average temperature rise to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to aim for 1.5°C.

Published on Nov 07, 2021 12:04 PM IST
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