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EU approves ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035 for climate goals
Passenger cars are a major polluter, accounting for 61 per cent of total CO2 emissions from EU road transport
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Climate goals at risk, emissions by top emitters rebound: UN report
No credible pathway to restrict global warming to under 1.5 degrees Celsius, it says
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Averting climate disasters requires bold emission reduction measure: UNEP
Community of nations must implement bold measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avert runaway climate emergencies including floods, droughts, heatwaves and cyclones, the UNEP said
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Emissions to hit a peak by 2025, demand for fossil fuel to reduce: IEA
Global greenhouse emissions will peak in 2025 as the world goes through a "profound reorientation" in terms of energy use, said the World Energy Outlook 2022 report
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Best of BS Opinion: Political currency, marginal progress, and more
Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today
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Marginal progress on climate
Even with 40 countries issuing new NDCs, the carbon mitigation pledges remain inadequate to contain the rise in global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of this century
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India's per capita GHG emissions far below world average: UNEP report
At 2.4 tCO2e (tonne carbon dioxide equivalent), India's per capita greenhouse gas emissions were far below the world average of 6.3 tCO2e in 2020
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Top Headlines: Passenger vehicle sales up, legal power to CCI and more
Business Standard brings you the top headlines at this hour
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Earth on track to warm above 2C despite climate action, claims report
Despite some progress in the last year, governments need to do more by 2030 to ensure that the global temperature increase is below 2C and ideally closer to 1.5C
 "Earth on track to warm above 2C despite climate action, claims report")
Greenhouse gases reach new record high levels in 2021: UN weather agency
The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the UN weather agency said, calling it an ominous sign on longtime concerns about global warming in recent months
Climate risks: Headwinds for banking
"Climate action failure" still features among the foremost long-term threats, and its severity is increasing
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Global campaign to ensure loss and damage not forgotten at COP27
With world leaders meeting at COP27 next month, the "Hack the Agenda" campaign is hijacking social media conversation and greenwashing in order to raise awareness about loss and damage
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Mission LiFE launched: PM calls for concept of 'reduce, reuse & recycle'
LiFE was announced by Modi during COP26 last year. It is also a part of India's nationally determined contributions (NDC)
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Indians think combating global warming is good economics: Report
A significant proportion of the adult population in India appears convinced that steps taken to combat climate change and global warming will actually be good economics
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84% of Indians say global warming is happening and can't be ignored
A massive majority -- 84 per cent -- of Indians seem convinced that global warming is a reality that can no longer be ignored.
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'Joe Biden's climate act will tip level playing field between US and EU'
Senior French and German officials warned that recent measures by the Biden administration to address climate change could upend the level playing field on trade between the EU and the US
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Spotty policies, Ukraine war darken India's climate change targets
The conflict will hamper further India's slow progress in meeting key goals
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Concern about climate change shrinks globally as threat grows: Study
Only 20% of people in China, the world's biggest polluter, said they believed that climate change was a very serious threat, down 3 percentage points from the previous poll in 2019
 "Concern about climate change shrinks globally as threat grows: Study")
66% CEOs in India expect recession in 2023; layoffs on the cards
Eighty-six per cent CEOs in India, compared to 71 per cent CEOs globally, predict that a recession will impact company earnings by up to 10 per cent over the next 12 months.
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Guterres on India visit from today; to commemorate 75 years of India at UN
General Secretary Antonio Guterres is to visit India from today to commemorate India's 75-year partnership with the UN during which India's contribution to fighting climate change will be highlighted
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