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India only G20 nation to achieve climate targets under Paris Agreement ahead of schedule: PM Modi

Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 78th Independence Day, he said India's efforts to tackle the global issue of climate change have "reassured and surprised" the world.

15 August 2024, 07:07 IST

India only G20 nation to achieve climate targets under Paris Agreement ahead of schedule: PM Modi

India only G20 nation to achieve climate targets under Paris Agreement ahead of schedule: PM Modi

India only G20 nation to achieve climate targets under Paris Agreement ahead of schedule: PM Modi

15 August 2024, 07:07 IST

July 21 was world's hottest day in at least 84 years: European climate agency

Before July 2023, the Earth's daily average temperature record, set in August 2016, was 16.8 degrees Celsius. However, since July 3, 2023, there have been 57 days with temperatures exceeding that previous record.

24 July 2024, 04:52 IST

July 21 was world's hottest day in at least 84 years: European climate agency

July 21 was world's hottest day in at least 84 years: European climate agency

July 21 was world's hottest day in at least 84 years: European climate agency

24 July 2024, 04:52 IST

Scientists warn about unprecedented rise in N20 due to fertilisers

Scientists have noted that N2O, known as 'laughing gas', has higher potential to trap heat compared with CO2. Its lifetime is over 120 years, much longer than 12 year lifetime of methane, another gas 80 times more harmful than CO2.

12 June 2024, 17:25 IST

Scientists warn about unprecedented rise in N20 due to fertilisers

Scientists warn about unprecedented rise in N20 due to fertilisers

Scientists warn about unprecedented rise in N20 due to fertilisers

12 June 2024, 17:25 IST

COP28 president urges countries to set plans for fossil fuel transition

COP28 president Al Jaber said countries must update their plans to tackle climate change, known as nationally determined contributions or NDCs.

20 February 2024, 11:19 IST

COP28 president urges countries to set plans for fossil fuel transition

COP28 president urges countries to set plans for fossil fuel transition

COP28 president urges countries to set plans for fossil fuel transition

20 February 2024, 11:19 IST

India calls for the implementation of Paris Agreement with a focus on equity and climate justice at COP28

Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav said the collective efforts here have sent positive signals to the world in reinforcing commitment to maintaining the temperature goals set in Paris.

13 December 2023, 16:17 IST

India calls for the implementation of Paris Agreement with a focus on equity and climate justice at COP28

India calls for the implementation of Paris Agreement with a focus on equity and climate justice at COP28

India calls for the implementation of Paris Agreement with a focus on equity and climate justice at COP28

13 December 2023, 16:17 IST

COP28 releases crucial document to guide adaptation efforts, disagreement lingers

Unlike mitigation, where progress can be tracked using a single metric, adaptation requires a more complex approach.

10 December 2023, 08:19 IST

COP28 releases crucial document to guide adaptation efforts, disagreement lingers

COP28 releases crucial document to guide adaptation efforts, disagreement lingers

COP28 releases crucial document to guide adaptation efforts, disagreement lingers

10 December 2023, 08:19 IST

Call for fossil fuel phase-out on global stocktake agenda: UN report

Initiated in Glasgow in 2021, the first-ever global stocktake will conclude at the annual climate talks (COP28) in Dubai in December.

08 October 2023, 17:09 IST

Call for fossil fuel phase-out on global stocktake agenda: UN report

Call for fossil fuel phase-out on global stocktake agenda: UN report

Call for fossil fuel phase-out on global stocktake agenda: UN report

08 October 2023, 17:09 IST

Current climate policies not enough to meet Paris targets, reveals Lancet study

The researchers argue that the pursuit of economic growth in high-income countries is at odds with internationally agreed climate targets, and call for transformative 'post-growth' climate policy centred around sufficiency, fairness, and wellbeing.

05 September 2023, 09:42 IST

Current climate policies not enough to meet Paris targets, reveals Lancet study

Current climate policies not enough to meet Paris targets, reveals Lancet study

Current climate policies not enough to meet Paris targets, reveals Lancet study

05 September 2023, 09:42 IST

AstraZeneca to spend $400 million on planting trees

AstraZeneca announced earlier this month it would switch to biogas produced from cow manure and food waste in the US, to cut its carbon emissions there.

28 June 2023, 09:18 IST

AstraZeneca to spend $400 million to plant 200 million trees, cut carbon footprint

AstraZeneca to spend $400 million to plant 200 million trees, cut carbon footprint

AstraZeneca to spend $400 million on planting trees

28 June 2023, 09:18 IST

Why G7 is divided in 'critical decade' for climate

The world's leading developed economies are all targeting net-zero emissions by 2050

13 April 2023, 06:19 IST

Fossil fuel pledges divide G7 in 'critical decade' for climate

Fossil fuel pledges divide G7 in 'critical decade' for climate

Why G7 is divided in 'critical decade' for climate

13 April 2023, 06:19 IST