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UN climate conference ends with funding pledge, but no explicit fossil fuel plan

COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago. UN climate deal increases money to countries hit by climate change

Updated 232 days ago

China announces 7-10% cut in GHG emissions by 2035; experts call it modest

A coal-fired power plant in Yinchuan, Ningxia autonomous region, China. (Bloomberg)

Published 290 days ago

UN talks on treaty to curb plastic pollution open in Busan

Participants attend at the opening ceremony of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, on Monday. (AP)

Published 594 days ago

Cause and Effect | Understanding the real threats of a civilisation collapse

Humans are experiencing vast shifts in their immediate environment, with the droughts in Africa, fires in much of North America and Canada, floods in Afghanistan, UAE and Pakistan, and heatwaves elsewhere also wreaking havoc across the world, irrespective of the stage of development a region is in.

Published 813 days ago

Revealing developed countries’ emission trajectories

Climate crisis

Published 889 days ago

Carbon capture, storage emerge as a contentious issue after COP28 meet

A person points at a stack of trays holding treated limestone, used to absorb CO2 from the air, at Heirloom's new plant, in Tracy, California, on November 9. (REUTERS)

Updated 931 days ago

Climate-focused policies are key to building resilient infrastructure

Attention to operation and maintenance (O&M) is critical. Lack thereof was evident from this year’s Delhi floods, caused in part due to jammed floodgates on the Yamuna barrage.(HT Photo)

Published 937 days ago

Delegates at UN climate talks agree to transition away from fossil fuels

Within minutes of opening Wednesday’s session, COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber gaveled in approval of the central document — an evaluation of how off-track the world is on climate and how to get back on. (AP)

Published 942 days ago

COP28: Adaptation draft misses key issue of climate finance

Plenary session at COP28 in Dubai. (AFP)

Updated 942 days ago

India backs UAE’s transition agreement at COP28

UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell, COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber and UAE chief negotiator Hana Al-Hashimi with others on Wednesday. (AP)

Updated 942 days ago

Global deal at COP28 as Dubai keeps Paris alive

Welcoming the agreement, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav congratulated the UAE’s COP Presidency “for its fairness, transparency and free exchange of thought”. (AP)

Updated 942 days ago

A big deal in Dubai

COP28 president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber (C) applauds among other officials before a plenary session during the United Nations climate summit in Dubai on December 13, 2023.

Published 942 days ago

COP28 goes into overtime as talks fail to bridge rift on fossil fuel phase-out

People during a protest at the COP28 summit in Dubai on Tuesday. (AP)

Updated 943 days ago

The road ahead for the UN: Reform or else perish

Members of the United Nations Security Council during a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York. (Reuters File Photo)

Published 944 days ago

Confront the wrath of the climate crisis, now

2023 is on track to become the hottest year in human civilisation spanning over 125,000 years. (HT Archive)

Published 944 days ago

At COP28, much talk but incremental gains

COP28 UN Climate Summit is being held in UAE (AP Photo)

Published 944 days ago

Funding the climate burden

Activists hold placards and shout slogans during a protest, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday. (REUTERS)

Published 947 days ago

Affordability and permanence of biochar as a carbon removal solution

People protest against the climate crisis in Glasgow. (Reuters)

Published 951 days ago

US Sikh body to present its action plan at COP 28

People look at artwork by Yiyun Kang at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP)

Updated 952 days ago

COP28: Govt working on regulations to implement Green Credits

The initiative has been launched along with UAE, the COP28 Presidency and India expects participation from several countries in knowledge sharing and conceptualising the scheme (AP)

Updated 953 days ago

Top world leaders speak to at UN climate summit. What are the top agendas?

COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber, center, attends the opening session at the COP28 UN Climate Summit. (AP)

Published 954 days ago

COP28: PM Modi arrives in Dubai to attend World Climate Action Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi after arriving in Dubai to attend the World Climate Action Summit.

Updated 955 days ago

Virtually certain that 2023 will be the warmest year, says WMO report

Maruja Inquilla walks on a dried out portion of Lake Titicaca in Coata, Peru, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, due to falling water levels amid a winter heat wave. (AP)

Updated 955 days ago

US supports phasing out ‘unabated’ fossil fuels: US Climate envoy

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 16, 2023. (REUTERS)

Updated 956 days ago

Will COP28 finally ditch fossil fuels? Doesn’t look like it

A man holds a sign

Updated 957 days ago

Progress on carbon markets key for climate talks: Experts

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Updated 987 days ago

Centre notifies two green initiatives ahead of COP28

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Updated 1003 days ago

Loss and damage fund, Paris goal review on COP28 agenda

The summit last year in Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh ended with a decision to create a loss and damage fund. (AFP)

Updated 1015 days ago

Why this Pacific island country wants to become world's first 'digital nation'?

Tuvalu's digital illustration

Published 1326 days ago

At COP27, UN adopts 'loss and damage' climate fund in historic move | 5 points

People gather for a global climate strike in Madrid, Spain.

Updated 1330 days ago

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