Le Bourget, France: In a historic development, governments today adopted a global climate pact that for the first time asks all countries to limit their greenhouse gas emissions. The approval, which came amid a prolonged and
Climate change could effectively negate India's economic progress, pushing 45 million Indians into extreme poverty over the next 15 years, according to a World Bank report published last month.In the absence of climate change, the
Paris: India's negative image of a "spoiler" at the climate change conference here is changing for the better, even though contentious issues like financing by developed nations still remain on the table, a negotiator at
Le Bourget, France: India has expressed satisfaction with the first draft of the climate change accord released here with the new document retaining all its inputs as negotiators made "some progress" in hammering out a
United Nations: United States Permanent Representative at the UN Samantha Power has struck an optimistic note about India's participation in a climate change agreement at the Paris summit saying that its national action plan is
Paris: Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Turkey of downing the Russian warplane last week because it wanted to protect supplies of oil from the Islamic State group.Speaking at the global climate conference in Paris
Paris: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today while meeting with the President of USA Barack Obama has said that India will fulfill all its responsibilities with regard to climate change.PM Modi made this statement on the
Paris: Amidst the twin threats of global warming and extremist violence, The Paris conference is aimed at the most far-reaching deal ever to tackle global warming.On the sidelines of the Paris conference Prime Minister Narendra
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today left for Paris to attend the world conference on climate change amid his emphasis that it is the responsibility of all to work against global warming.“Leaving for Paris,
Jorhat (Assam): Climate change is a major issue which is impacting environment and economy and is a great challenge facing the world, ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar said today."Climatic change is no longer a
Antalya: Pledging to quadruple India's renewable power capacity to 175 gigawatt by 2022 and cut fossil fuel subsidies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked world's top economies to build support systems focused on nations that
Chicago: It is a well know fact that global warming poses one of the greatest threats to humanity as it leads to rising sea levels, floods and droughts.Now the latest problem that could be added
United Nations: India has warned that global efforts to arrive at a climate deal in Paris later this year will not succeed if they are laced with persistent attempts to dislodge the balance of responsibilities
Washington: The White House said that a total of 81 companies have signed a pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of the country's efforts to combat climate change.Among the companies signing the American
New Delhi: Industry body FICCI has shared with the government its perspectives on mitigation and adaptation measures and voluntary emission cuts, days before India submits its INDC ahead of a crucial climate change summit in
New York: Asking nations to shun negativism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a strong pitch for a positive agenda to tackle climate change in his talks with US President Barack Obama who said India's
New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that countries should shun negativism and focus on a positive agenda to tackle climate change as he held talks with US President Barack Obama who said India's
New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made a strong pitch for reforms in the UN security council while addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit.The prime minister's 18-minute Hindi speech, in which he
New Delhi: Environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said that the challenge of climate change can be overcome with technology and research.”If human intervention has caused climate change, with human intent and intellect and with new research and
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Monday announced a tougher climate change plan for power plants amidst an overwhelming opposition from several states nationwide.By unveiling the final and tougher version of proposed regulations which the
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