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Express at COP30: Countries reject draft text as it skips roadmap on fossil fuel phase-out

November 22, 2025 3:22 am

A group of 29 countries, mainly small island states and those from Europe, rejected the draft text because it skipped any mention of a roadmap on fossil fuel phase-out, which was one of their key demands.

Pressure mounts for global roadmap to phase out fossil fuels

November 20, 2025 5:35 am

India’s Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav held a bilateral meeting with China’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, Liu Zhenmin, on Wednesday to coordinate their strategy on these issues.

Global Carbon Project underlines need for investments in clean energy, building people's resilience

November 15, 2025 7:27 am

It also has a sobering message -- the decarbonisation drive is not strong enough to mitigate the dangerous impacts of global warming

Belem Action Plan for Health and Climate Adaptation launched: $300 mn committed for health impacts of climate at COP30

November 15, 2025 3:36 am

Adaptation finance crucial to strengthen health in the face of life-threatening climate conditions

COP30: Framework, toolkit to rope in governance, tackle extreme heat released

November 14, 2025 3:16 am

Extreme heat claims more than half a million lives every year. In 2024, a record 639 billion potential work hours were lost due to heat and it resulted in an estimated economic burden worth USD 1 trillion or equal to one per cent of the global GDP, the WMO said.

US in fight against climate change: Never a leader, but still significant

November 12, 2025 8:14 am

As the world’s largest historical emitter of greenhouse gases, and also the country with great financial, scientific and technological capability, the United States has both the responsibility and the capability to take the lead in the fight against climate change.

COP 30 must address the most vulnerable

November 08, 2025 7:28 am

One of the priorities at COP 30 will be to create a roadmap to track global adaptation progress. Unlike mitigation, adaptation has no single global metric. The roadmap will also need to be sensitive to the fact that social inequalities make some people more vulnerable than others.

NCAP 2.0 must focus on industrial reform to ensure cities have clean air

July 24, 2025 11:14 am

Cleaner industrial air benefits not only health but also the economy. There needs to be a collaborative approach where cities, industries, and regulatory bodies work together to achieve the common goal of cleaner air

As talks resume, developing nations underline equity, fairness

February 22, 2024 3:37 pm

Country after developing country emphasised that the final outcome from COP28 must be in accordance with equity and Common But Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR), one of the foundational principles of climate negotiations.

Let us clearly define climate finance, says India at COP28 meet

December 09, 2023 8:30 am

“The lack of definition (of climate finance) leads to a lack of trust and transparency on a matter that should be as clear as crystal,” India’s Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said at a minister-level meeting at COP28 climate conference.

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