Tag: Paris Agreement

India questions rush to declare climate change as international security issue

India has been wary of the Council's mission creep as it tries to extend its reach beyond what is allocated in the UN Charter by redefining other issues, even as it struggles to fulfil its primary functions.

January 26, 2019

From now, my priorities will be ambition: UN chief

Antonio Guterres said the Katowice climate change conference has shown once more the resilience of the Paris Agreement and from now his priorities will be ambition.

December 16, 2018

Air pollution must be tackled: Dr Leena Srivastava

In all likelihood, we would be somewhere in between and would be required to act on both, says Dr Leena Srivastava ahead of the Katowice Climate Change Conference (COP24) in Poland in December

December 8, 2018

Paradigm shift needed to avert global climate chaos, warns UN

Earth's surface has warmed one degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) -- enough to lift oceans and unleash a crescendo of deadly storms, floods and droughts.

October 8, 2018

Climate risks threaten 800m South Asians

The impact of climate change is on the rise and no part of the world is immune. South Asia, home to one of the world’s poorest and hungriest populations, emerges as especially vulnerable. A new study by the World Bank projects a steep decline in living standards in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka because …

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September 24, 2018

Climate-change fizzle

The Bangkok meeting on climate change has floundered on the rock of discord over the formulations and funding, adopted at the Paris conference of December 2015. The international meeting, which concluded in the Thai capital on Sunday, has fallen short of its aim ~ to complete preparations towards an agreement this December for implementing the …

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September 11, 2018

800 million South Asians at risk

The impact of climate change is on the rise and no part of the world is immune. South Asia, home to some of the world’s poorest and hungriest peoples, emerges as especially vulnerable. A new study by the World Bank projects a steep decline in living standards in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka because …

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July 15, 2018

Is India ready for renewable energy?

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (“MNRE”) has been taking several steps to ensure a clean energy future for the country. As part of its year-end review, the Ministry declared its plans of coming up with the largest renewable capacity expansion programme in the world. As a part of India’s pledges to the Paris …

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May 3, 2018

Earth Day: Let’s pledge to keep our environment clean, says Mamata

Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on 22 April.  Around the world, various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection.

April 22, 2018

India’s place on Asia’s curious chessboard

In the Indian sub-continent where the two forthcoming regional players are locking horns over several issues, a curious chess board of bilateral relationships is unfolding. India has cautiously played out its strategic stance over the recently retracted emergency situation in Maldives, while China went out upfront. In a similar deadlock, China has reportedly been engaged …

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April 13, 2018

China surges ahead as US retreats on climate change

In 2017, US president Donald Trump announced his decision to back out of the Paris Agreement. On the other side of the world, Chinese officials dedicated several provisions of their 13th Five-Year-Plan (FYP) to tackle climate change. China and the US advocate two diverging environmental policies while their goal is inherently the same – economic …

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March 21, 2018

US could “go back in” Paris Agreement: Trump

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Washington could “conceivably” re-enter into the global Paris climate agreement, from which he announced the withdrawal last year. At a news conference, Trump insisted that Paris Agreement, which the international community signed in 2015 with the aim of combating climate change by limiting global temperature rise to …

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January 11, 2018

Concert of Bonn

It is gratifying to reflect that the climate-change conference in Bonn has registered a critical forward movement with the 19-nation Powering Past Coal Alliance emitting the signal to phase out coal ~ trashed as the “dirtiest fuel” that provides 40 per cent of global electricity. The concert of powers that has pledged to ensure a …

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November 19, 2017

India will work above, beyond Paris Agreement: Sushma

India will work above and beyond the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said while stressing that living in harmony with nature is central to the ethos of India. At a meeting of select leaders convened by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres here on Tuesday on the sidelines of the …

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September 20, 2017

Indian renewable market to witness strong growth: Moody’s

As India is moving towards meeting its commitments under the Paris agreement on climate change, its renewable energy market is likely to witness a strong growth over many years, says Moody's Investors Service. “However, renewable energy projects face challenges related to the weak credit quality of offtakers, an evolving regulatory framework, as well as financing …

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June 27, 2017

Future of natural gas limited, say global institutes

The future of natural gas is limited and it has to be phased out along with the other fossil fuel coal, says an international report. India and the Middle East are also seeing renewables rising much faster. The report, titled "Foot off the gas: Increased reliance on natural gas in the power sector risks an …

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June 25, 2017

G7 talks end with gap between US, other states

Ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries on Monday agreed to language on an array of environmental topics, while said that the US stood apart from the other six countries on confronting climate change. A 15-page communique released at the end of the two-day ministerial summit made it clear there was a wide gap …

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June 12, 2017