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Santa Marta climate meeting’s roadmaps must be translated into actual policy

May 02, 2026 12:17 am

The UNFCCC's CoPs have almost always come unstuck on the issue of fossil fuels. By operating outside the consensus-bound framework, the conference in Colombia gave itself the leeway to advance faster than CoPs

On climate change, India has a good story to tell

March 28, 2026 6:27 am

It is the climate evangelists of the West who have repeatedly retreated from their solemn commitments and tried to shift the burden of climate change action on to the developing world. It is they who must be put in the dock for the peril the world faces

Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Delhi facing climate emergencies; sustainable development need of hour: Revanth Reddy

February 18, 2026 1:55 pm

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy was speaking on the second day of the Mumbai Climate Week.

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.

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