Paris Agreement

India's climate diplomacy wins as nations compromise on coal to strike UN climate deal

India finally backed the COP26 draft that was passed by nearly 200 nations. US climate chief John Kerry defended the Glasgow deal by saying "this is not the finish line for climate change...what we need is to live in pollution-free".

Nov 14, 2021, 07:06 AM IST

COP26 summit: Focus turns to climate finance after a flurry of pledges

Britain, which is hosting the COP26 meeting, will again try to set the pace, announcing 290 million pounds ($391 million) in new funding, including support for countries in the Asia Pacific to deal with the impact of global warming.

Nov 08, 2021, 15:33 PM IST

COP26: Activist Greta Thunberg calls UN climate talks a ‘failure’

“World leaders are obviously scared of the truth, yet no matter how hard they try, they cannot escape it,” she said.

Nov 06, 2021, 07:46 AM IST

COP26: 40 countries including Vietnam agree to phase out coal-fired power

Canada, Poland, South Korea, Ukraine, Indonesia and Vietnam have pledged to phase out coal and stop construction of more coal-fired power plants by the 2040s at the latest.

Nov 06, 2021, 07:25 AM IST

COP26 climate summit: 20 countries agree to stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad

The US, UK, Canada, Italy, Switzerland and New Zealand, among others, were party to the agreement, which commits to "end new direct public support for the international unabated fossil fuel energy sector by the end of 2022.

Nov 05, 2021, 07:36 AM IST

COP26 Summit: Key takeaways from PM Narendra Modi’s historic speech

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that India is the only country that is delivering in "letter and spirit" the commitments on tackling climate change under the Paris Agreement.

Nov 02, 2021, 07:47 AM IST

India will achieve the target of net zero by 2070, says PM Narendra Modi at COP26 Summit

Presenting the country's national statement at the Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that India is the only country that is delivering in "letter and spirit" the commitments on tackling climate change under the Paris Agreement.

Nov 02, 2021, 06:42 AM IST

Global climate summit: President Joe Biden sets new target for US to halve emissions by 2030

In his opening address at the virtual summit, Biden called on the world leaders gathered at the summit on Earth Day to take action within their own countries to curb emissions. "No nation can solve this crisis on our own," said Biden, who restored the US' commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Apr 23, 2021, 00:28 AM IST

Back after 107 days! US formally returns to Paris climate accord, world leaders applaud move

The US return to the Paris agreement became official Friday, almost a month after President Joe Biden told the United Nations that America wants back in. "A cry for survival comes from the planet itself," Biden said in his inaugural address. "A cry that can't be any more desperate or any more clear now." Biden signed an executive order on his first day in office reversing the pullout ordered by his predecessor, President Donald Trump.

Feb 19, 2021, 20:13 PM IST

US formally exits global climate pact amid election uncertainty

The US formally exited the Paris Agreement, fulfilling Donald Trump's promise to withdraw from the global pact to fight climate change.

Nov 04, 2020, 18:03 PM IST

India will overachieve Paris pact targets by 60%: IEEFA

The growth in new installed power capacity will lead renewables to generate close to 44 per cent of all electricity consumed in India in 2029-30.

Jul 19, 2019, 17:37 PM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron pledges 700 million euros to International Solar Alliance

France had already committed $300 million euros to the initiative when it co-founded with India a global solar alliance in 2015.

Mar 11, 2018, 23:49 PM IST

Donald Trump names India, China to defend his policy on climate change

Arguing that countries like China and India are benefiting the most from the Paris Agreement, Trump had said that the agreement on climate change was unfair to the US, as it badly hit its businesses and jobs.

Feb 24, 2018, 07:56 AM IST

'Extreme weather events more likely if Paris goals aren't met'

Meeting the Paris Agreement's goal of keeping the global-scale warming to less than two degrees is likely to reduce the area of the globe that experiences greater than threefold increases in the probability of record-setting events.

Feb 14, 2018, 18:56 PM IST

World losing battle against climate change, urge leaders to take concrete action: Macron

All countries have signed the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by cutting greenhouse emissions and investing in green energy.

Dec 13, 2017, 10:33 AM IST

India targets $3.1 trillion climate investment opportunities by 2030: IFC report

India’s ambitious plans to meet its climate targets under the Paris Agreement represent about $3.1 trillion worth of investment opportunities by 2030 in sectors including renewable energy, green buildings, transport infrastructure, electric vehicles, and climate-smart agriculture, says a new IFC report on Thursday.

Nov 30, 2017, 16:48 PM IST