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World leaders return to United Nations and face many escalating crises
World leaders will be back at the United Nations for the first time in two years on Tuesday with a formidable agenda of escalating crises to tackle
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Rich nations to miss $100 bn climate fund goal even by 2025, says Oxfam
Data shows that the pace of boosting the funding slowed further in 2019, growing just 2% to $79.6 billion from 2018.
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Airtel commits 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions across ops by FY31
Bharti Airtel on Monday said it has joined global efforts to combat climate change, as the telco has committed to reduce 50 per cent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by FY31 across its operations.
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Running out of time: UN report shows Earth on catastrophic path
Scientists have been increasingly vocal and specific about what will happen if the global temperature continues to rise
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Tree transplantation in cities have no method; doesn't help green cover
With poor transplanting methods and shoddy aftercare, trees stand a poor chance of survival, show examples from across India
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EXPLAINER: Why World Bank is under fire over set of rankings
Under fire for allegations that it bowed to pressure from China and other governments, the World Bank has dropped a popular report that ranked countries by how welcoming they are to businesses.
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World on catastrophic path to 2.7-degree heating, says UN chief Guterres
This is breaking the promise made six years ago to pursue the 1.5-degree Celsius goal of the Paris Agreement, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Saturday.
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Modi was first CM to recognise seriousness of climate change: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that Narendra Modi was the first chief minister in the country to understand the seriousness of the climate change phenomenon and institutionalise its management.
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4 strategies for a UN breakthrough on energy and climate change
For the first time in 40 years, the UN General Assembly is convening a global summit of world leaders focused solely on energy
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Step up climate action by learning from ozone layer protection: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked the world to step up climate action by learning from the success story of protecting the ozone layer
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How green is my central bank
Green climate and other bonds, and fixed-income assets do offer an explicit and ex-ante guarantee of carbon neutrality
UN chief urges 'rapid' emission cuts to curb climate change
The head of the United Nations called Thursday for immediate, rapid and large-scale cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to curb global warming and avert climate disaster.
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Top carbon emitters fall short on climate risk disclosure, says report
The report follows high-profile investor campaigns for better disclosure and analysis of the risk at energy companies and other heavy emitters such as miners.
Climate change: Water risks highest in Asia, says Moody's report
The Moody's report said risks are more pronounced for water-intensive sectors like mining, agriculture and power
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Equity index giant MSCI to give 10,000 firms global warming ratings
The firm is launching Implied Temperature Rise scores, which estimate whether a firm's activities and plans are consistent with keeping global warming below 2 degrees Celsius
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Told Indian govt it is 'urgent' to raise climate ambitions further: Kerry
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerryon Tuesday said he has told the Indian government it is urgent to raise climate ambitions further
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Significant R&D investment required as part of climate action: Yadav
'Significant research and development investment, particularly from developed economies of Europe is required to decarbonise energy as a part of climate action in developing countries'
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FMCGs fuelling massive plastic expansion, threatening climate: Greenpeace
Amid the push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a new has found that giant FMCGs are driving the expansion of plastic production, which threatens global climate, communities and ecosystem
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Climate change 'greatest challenge to human rights': UN official
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has named the climate change crisis as "the single greatest challenge to human rights of our era"
India-US alliance to advance clean energy goals, says John Kerry
US special envoy launches Climate Action and Finance Mobilisation Dialogue
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