Paris Agreement

Road to net-zero status

November 16, 2022 8:24 am

At the ongoing COP27, India outlined its plan to achieve a net-zero emission status by 2070. What are the sectors it will focus on? Why does a key area. agriculture, find no mention in the plan?

India to unveil its long-term low-carbon strategies today

November 14, 2022 9:55 am

Under the Paris Agreement, countries are mandated to submit long-term action plans with estimated low-emission pathways till 2050 that are consistent with the global goal of keeping temperature rise within 1.5 degree or 2 degree Celsius from pre-industrial times.

Explained: As India strengthens its climate targets, a look at the progress so far, what's new

August 06, 2022 7:43 am

At the Glasgow meeting last year, PM Narendra Modi promised to strengthen India’s climate commitments. He made five promises, and called it the 'Panchamrit'. Two of these were upward revision of existing targets, the ones that have now been made official.

One of the world’s wealthiest oil exporters is becoming unliveable

January 17, 2022 2:44 pm

Global warming is smashing temperature records all over the world, but Kuwait — one of the hottest countries on the planet — is fast becoming unliveable.

Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet adopts declaration on climate change

November 14, 2021 9:10 am

Chief Minister Pema Khandu called the declaration a “historic and significant milestone” and said the government would do its best to “protect the people from the challenges posed by climate change and its impact on biodiversity”.

COP26: The agenda for Glasgow

October 26, 2021 10:06 am

COP26, which begins next week in Glasgow after a year’s delay, will seek to finalise the rules for the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate. Why is this important, and what else in on the agenda?

Fossil fuel plans would far overshoot climate goals: study

October 20, 2021 7:09 pm

The disparity between climate goals and fossil fuel extraction plans — termed the “production gap” — will widen until at least 2040, the report found.

UN climate conference: Some issues which need to be resolved

October 18, 2021 3:37 pm

As the UN conference was postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year is the deadline for countries to make steeper emissions cut pledges.

Developed countries should do a Net-Minus to vacate carbon space in 2050 for developing countries to grow: India

October 09, 2021 1:51 pm

"If the developed countries are only doing individual Net-Zeros, we are, in fact, moving farther away from achieving the Paris targets," India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said.

Climate, wealth gap in focus as Norway go to polls

September 09, 2021 8:06 am

Paris Agreement & Its Impact On India

December 15, 2015 2:51 pm