Rare, pristine coral reef found off Tahiti coast
World | January 20, 2022 8:05 ISTLaetitia Hédouin said she first saw the corals during a recreational dive with a local diving club months earlier.
Laetitia Hédouin said she first saw the corals during a recreational dive with a local diving club months earlier.
India is second to none when it comes to climate action and climate justice, but the Security Council is not a place to discuss either issue, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti said.
US climate chief John Kerry said defended the Glasgow deal by saying "this is not the finish line for climate change...what we need is to live in pollution free".
Several countries, including small island states, said they were deeply disappointed by the change promoted by India to “phase down,” rather than “phase out” coal power, the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
China also agreed for the first time to crack down on methane leaks, following the lead of the Biden administration’s efforts to curb the potent greenhouse gas. Beijing and Washington agreed to share technology to reduce emissions.
Boris Johnson attended a world leaders’ summit that kicked off the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow last week, and will return to the Scottish city Wednesday.
"Six years ago in Paris, you (world leaders) pledged to limit global warming ideally to 1.5 degrees. The recent UN panel on climate change warned that this opportunity may be slipping from our grasp," BLACKPINK's Rose said.
Bhupender Yadav underlined unity and strength of LMDC as fundamental in UNFCCC negotiations to preserve the interest of Global South in the fight against climate change.
Prime Minister Modi was joined by his British counterpart Boris Johnson on the second day of the COP26 climate summit here. The launch event was also attended by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
India constitutes 17 per cent of global population and India's contribution to the emission has only been 5%. But today, the entire world admits that India is the only major economy which has delivered on Paris agreements in letter and spirit," Prime Minister Modi said while presenting India's vision at COP26 climate summit.
The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow gathers leaders from around the world, in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming.
"The developed countries, which have already enjoyed the fruits of low-cost energy for several years have to go in for net-zero much faster and if possible going for net-negative," said India's Sherpa at G20 and Union Minister Piyush Goyal.
The project, known as the “Green Grids Initiative,” is being initiated by the International Solar Alliance, which was launched by India and France at the 2015 Paris climate conference to promote solar energy. The U.K. and India agreed to join forces in the initiative in May this year.
The UN climate summit in Glasgow opened formally on Sunday, kicking off 2 weeks of intense diplomatic talks on curbing global warming.
India, the world’s third biggest emitter, has yet to follow China, the U.S. and the European Union in setting a target for reaching ‘net zero’ emissions. Negotiators are hoping India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will announce such a goal in Glasgow.
The summit will allow leaders representing 80 per cent of the global economy to talk — and apply peer pressure — on all those issues.
6-years-ago, nearly 200 countries agreed to individualized plans to fight global warming in historic 2015 Paris climate agreement.
One, a first-of-its-kind intelligence assessment on climate change, identified 11 nations of greatest concern, from Haiti to Afghanistan and India is one of them.
Much of the world is unprepared for the floods, hurricanes, and droughts expected to worsen with climate change and urgently needs better warning systems to avert water-related disasters
The C40 Cities Network will share the knowledge and experience and provide mentorship, training and networking opportunities to women in the city.
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