Page 19 - Climate Change Talks

Investing less than 1% of world GDP in nature can tackle climate change

An investment of $8.1 trn in nature is required over three decades to successfully tackle the climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises, according to the State of Finance for Nature report

Zero-zero, net zero

The good news is that climate change is back on the agenda. The bad news is that we are discussing the wrong things

Russia upholds international cooperation to address climate change: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country advocates stepping up international cooperation in searching for effective solutions to the problems of global climate change

Climate change: US applauds India for stepping up green energy commitment

Biden administration has applauded India for stepping up its climate change commitment including the partnership with the US to deploy 450 gigawatts of renewable power to meet the 2030 target

Climate summit: Modi announces launch of India-US clean energy partnership

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced partnership with the US for the "Agenda 2030" initiative to combat climate change

Climate change: US seeks to reinvigorate bilateral cooperation with India

A group of 10 US Senators have introduced a comprehensive international climate change legislation that among other things seeks to reinvigorate bilateral cooperation with India in this sector

India is critical part of solution to climate crisis: US Congresswoman

India is a critical part of the solution to the climate crisis and an important partner in this fight, a top American lawmaker has said

Cloud over climate action

India may have to handle the new goalpost of carbon neutrality

UN chief Guterres asks US leadership to address global challenges

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked the US leadership to address global challenges such as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and climate change

Youth shaping climate change response with innovative thinking: Indra Nooyi

Encouraging the younger generation to take charge, Pepsico's former CEO Indra Nooyi has said the youths have begun to shape the response to climate change innovative thinking and appetite for risk

Japan's MUFG, Sumitomo face climate votes at AGMs as activism grows

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Japan' biggest bank, and Sumitomo Corp, one of the country's largest trading houses, are being targeted with climate resolutions from activist shareholders at their AGM

Biden invites 40 leaders including PM Modi, Xinping to climate summit

US President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a virtual leaders summit on climate scheduled for next month.

China says it will discuss climate change and other issues with US

China said it had agreed with the US to take up climate change and a handful of other issues, signaling a possible modicum of progress at recently concluded talks

US pledges $9.2 mn to support climate resilient infrastructure under CDRI

The United States on Friday announced funds up to $9.2 million to support the global Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, a fund that was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019

India, US and climate change

Can India achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050?

French Parliament votes to include climate change clause in constitution

The lower house of the French parliament, the National Assembly, on Tuesday voted in favour of amending the country's constitution with provisions that include climate and biodiversity protection

UN report card on Paris goals gives 75 governments a 'fail' mark

"That simply is not good enough," said Patricia Espinosa, urging governments - including those that have already updated their plans - to come up with larger promised cuts before COP26

India among top 10 countries most affected by climate change: Germanwatch

India is among the top 10 most affected countries in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021 published on Monday by the Bonn-based environmental think tank Germanwatch.

HSBC set to face shareholder heat on fossil fuels in annual general meeting

Major HSBC shareholders are calling on Europe's biggest bank to toughen its commitment to cut lending linked to fossil fuels and to turn its climate "ambitions" into targets

Team Joe Biden: A climate adviser who is an India-Pakistan pundit too

John Kerry, Biden's pick for climate envoy, also knows the Afghanistan-Pakistan axis for a long time