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COP28: New GST draft text gives four options for move towards clean energy
The Global Stocktake is a fundamental component of the Paris Agreement of 2015 which is used to monitor its implementation and evaluate the collective progress made in achieving the agreed goals
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Clear definition of climate finance crucial for trust: India at COP28
Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said a clear definition of climate finance should ensure it is climate-specific, additional, grant-based, and provided under highly concessional terms
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Global warming threshold could be hit temporarily in 2024: UK's Met Office
The average global temperature for 2024 is forecast to be between 1.34C and 1.58C above the average for the pre-industrial period of 1850-1900, it said
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COP28 climate summit: Negotiators turn back to future of fossil fuels
Thursday was a rest day, a bit of quiet before talks at COP28 grow even more intense. Negotiators will work to finalize a key document called the Global Stocktake
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US firm KKR to raise up to $7 bn for first global climate fund: Report
The fund will scout for opportunities across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific for investments of between $300 million and $750 million each, the source added
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COP28 secures $83 bn in climate pledges; India skips energy, health pledges
India has repeatedly stressed that phasing out or phasing down coal language is something that it can't support
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Climate change impacts human rights, poor suffer most: NHRC chief
He was addressing a session on 'Empowering those most affected by Climate Change' at the NHRI COP28 Symposium organised by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) in Dubai
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Humanity on the verge of crossing 5 climate 'tipping points', warns report
An international team of more than 200 researchers identified 26 natural processes or features at risk of being suddenly and irreversibly disrupted by climate change, including ice sheets
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COP28: UN says 63 countries have backed pledge to curb cooling emission
The Global Cooling Pledge marks the world's first collective focus on climate-warming emissions from cooling, which includes refrigeration for food and medicine and air conditioning
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Carbon emissions in India to increase by 8.2%, 4% in China in 2023: Study
The report projects total global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, arising out of both fossil fuels and land-use change, to be 40.9 billion tonnes in 2023
310 districts in 28 states, UTs highly vulnerable under NICRA: ICAR report
Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of districts where agricultural land may be vulnerable to climate change
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Whether to phase out or phase down fossil fuels is the question at COP28
The central issue of this COP, the global stocktake, is to reach a conclusion about the phasing out of fossil fuels, said climate scientist Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics
India's per capita emissions less than half of global average: Report
The data provided by the Global Carbon Project shows India's per capita emissions grew by 5.1 per cent in 2022 to reach 2 tonnes
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Gore blasts COP28 climate chief and oil cos' emissions pledges at UN summit
They're much better at capturing politicians than they are at capturing emissions, Gore told The Associated Press in a sit-down interview
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Draft text at COP28 shows negotiators considering fossil fuel 'phase out'
The first option in the draft text was listed as "an orderly and just phase out of fossil fuels". The second called for "accelerating efforts towards phasing out unabated fossil fuels
US joins several nations in backing COP28 pledge to slash cooling emissions
It's a tough task, given the cooling industry is only expected to grow as temperatures continue to climb
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India needs to continue momentum at COP28, seek more commitments: UNDP
The UN climate talks in Dubai opened with a bang with countries clinching an early deal on how to compensate developing
AC companies plan cool designs for warming world, but high costs a hurdle
While cooling technologies can save lives during deadly heat, they also threaten to worsen the climate crisis
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Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels to rise 1.1% to hit peak in 2023
The planet is on track to exceed its carbon budget for 1.5C of warming around 2030, and the budget for 1.7C in 15 years, according to the group's Global Carbon Budget annual report
Climate finance in the spotlight at COP28 climate talks to bridge gaps
The amount of cash needed for the energy transition, climate adaptation and disaster relief is overwhelming