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Expanding forest cover

Proposed legal amendments are in the right direction

An Indian climate czar

India needs a dedicated, high-level climate team

ISA targets $1 trn in solar funds by 2030; S Asia in phase-1 of world grid

Talks will also revolve round the $1 trillion Solar Investment Roadmap for 2030, and approval of a blended financial risk mitigation facility

Aviation firms for 'net zero' emissions ahead of target

Rolls-Royce, Airbus, and Shell investing in technology required for net zero

PM Modi to 'play' crucial role for carbon credits to fight climate change

Nearly 200 nations will also put in place the crucial rules of the carbon market mechanism and its transparency to ensure its smooth functioning for supporting countries in achieving climate goals

Accelerate action to achieve net zero transport emissions: UN summit

The UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference concluded with a call to accelerate progress towards achieving sustainable transport that would result in major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions

India likely to do better than its Paris agreement targets: FM tells IMF

India is all set to meet its Paris climate agreement target to reduce emissions by 33-35 per cent of its GDP by 2030 from the 2005 level, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has told the IMF

Scholz seals initial coalition deal to be next German chancellor

The agreement includes a plan to exit coal in 2030, eight years earlier than planned, as well as an action plan for climate protection

White House plans to address economic risk of climate change

The actions being recommended by the Biden administration reflect a significant shift in the broader discussion about climate change

How a $100 bn hurdle threatens to undermine a global climate breakthrough

That's the amount in annual contributions promised more than a decade ago by developed nations to help less well-off nations cut planet-warming emissions and adapt to climate change

Power crunch, chip shortage, green goal: China's challenges are growing

State planners have to balance their industrial ambitions with focus on lowering energy consumption and carbon emissions.

Climate change: England must 'adapt or die,' govt agency warns

England will be hit hard by floods like those that devastated Germany this summer if the country does not improve its defence against more extreme weather brought by climate change

Google will show cloud customers their carbon footprint: Report

Google will tell customers about the carbon footprint of idle or abandoned projects that continue to run on its servers

Asian Development Bank boosts 2019-2030 climate financing goal to $100 bn

The bank also plans to boost its private sector operations to attract more private sector capital to finance new climate technologies and innovations, using $12 billion from its balance sheet

Climate change is making India's monsoon more erratic, says report

The summer monsoon in 2021 kept India guessing, even on its way out. Expect more of the same in future, say climate change assessments

RIL's giga-sized green game plan bets heavily on inorganic growth

By swiftly tying up deals on the basics - manufacture, storage, construction - the petroleum giant has taken the first significant step toward meeting its clean energy goals

Global climate action: Indian banks need to accelerate green financing

Indian banks need to move away from financing fossil fuels projects and prioritise lending to renewable energy and other environmentally sustainable projects

Right to clean environment breakthrough moment: UN agency head

This right has been rooted in the 1972 Stockholm Declaration

Climate truth-tellers

For long, climate change deniers rejected these models as unverifiable and results of questionable inputs

Coal's problems are governance, not climate regulation

In a few short weeks, the world's leaders will gather for the United Nations' 26th Conference on Parties