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'Damaged credibility': Modi's UN speech asks WHO, World Bank to shape up

Prime Minister faults world institutes for their work in tracing the origin of the Covid-19 and the suspension of an economic report reportedly manipulated under Chinese pressure

'Covid, climate change, economy, Afghanistan on agenda of Modi-Biden talks'

'We'll talk about technology issues, economic cooperation and trade as well as Afghanistan,' says a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity

Climate change and Covid-19 cast shadow over jet demand outlook

At a London conference of the leasing industry, which buys around 60% of global jet output, Boeing downplayed fears of a structural contraction of business and leisure travel.

Managing risks of a green economy

A rapid transition to renewable energy, which is necessary, will disrupt a number of businesses

No climate finance for hydropower: 'Rivers for Climate' declaration

COP26, i.e., the Conference of Parties that meets annually to hold climate change negotiations, is to take place at Glasgow in the UK from October 31

Only 20% of G20 companies' climate targets science-based: Study

Growing numbers of companies in the G20 are setting climate targets but most fail to align with climate science, a new research by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) said

Air pollution one of the biggest environmental threats to human health: WHO

Air pollution is one of biggest environmental threats to human health alongside climate change, said WHO as it released its new air quality guidelines

UNGA address will focus on Covid-19, terrorism: PM ahead of US visit

Climate change will also be a key part of the address. He also said the visit will would be an occasion to strengthen the Indo-US ties

China, US announce separate big steps to fight climate change

The two biggest economies and largest carbon polluters in the world announced separate financial attacks on climate change Tuesday. Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country will no longer fund coal-fired power plants abroad, surprising the world on climate for the second straight year at the UN General Assembly. That came hours after US President Joe Biden announced a plan to double financial aid to poorer nations to USD11.4 billion by 2024 so those countries could switch to cleaner energy and cope with global warming's worsening impacts. That puts rich nations close to within reach of its long-promised but not realized goal of $100 billion a year in climate help for developing nations. This is an absolutely seminal moment, said Xinyue Ma, an expert on energy development finance at Boston University's Global Development Policy Center. This could provide some momentum going into major climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, in less than six weeks, experts said. Running up to the ..

Climate financing and aid takes centre stage at high-level UN meeting

Bhupendra Yadav, union minister for environment forest and climate change, called upon developed countries to fulfil their promise of the $100 billion per year goal made in 2009

World facing Covid, conflict, climate; we're at turning point: UNGA Prez

President of the 76th session of the high-level UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid warned the world leaders

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

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.

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.

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

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

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. The report is important to many companies and investors around the world: They use the World Bank's Doing Business report to help decide where to invest money, open manufacturing plants or sell products. Eager to attract investment, countries around the world, especially developing economies, have sought to improve their rankings in the World Bank's report. Sometimes, nations would pursue substantive policy changes by, for example, making it easier for businesses to pay taxes, obtain loans or enforce contracts. Sometimes, they would take a more aggressive tack: Like pushy high schoolers cajoling a teacher for a higher grade, they would lobby the World Bank to provide a higher score on the Doing Business report Countries that have scored a high ranking have often touted their success. In 201

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.

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.

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