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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

Step up climate action by learning from ozone layer protection: UN chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked the world to step up climate action by learning from the success story of protecting the ozone layer

How green is my central bank

Green climate and other bonds, and fixed-income assets do offer an explicit and ex-ante guarantee of carbon neutrality

UN chief urges 'rapid' emission cuts to curb climate change

The head of the United Nations called Thursday for immediate, rapid and large-scale cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to curb global warming and avert climate disaster. Ahead of the annual UN General Assembly meeting next week, Antonio Guterres warned governments that climate change is proceeding faster than predicted and fossil fuel emissions have already bounced back from a pandemic dip. Speaking at the launch of a UN-backed report summarizing current efforts to tackle climate change, Guterres said recent extreme weather from Hurricane Ida in the United States to floods in western Europe and the deadly heatwave in the Pacific Northwest showed no country is safe from climate-related disasters. These changes are just the beginning of worse to come," he said, appealing to governments to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris climate accord. Unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, we will be unable to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees ..

Top carbon emitters fall short on climate risk disclosure, says report

The report follows high-profile investor campaigns for better disclosure and analysis of the risk at energy companies and other heavy emitters such as miners.

Climate change: Water risks highest in Asia, says Moody's report

The Moody's report said risks are more pronounced for water-intensive sectors like mining, agriculture and power

Equity index giant MSCI to give 10,000 firms global warming ratings

The firm is launching Implied Temperature Rise scores, which estimate whether a firm's activities and plans are consistent with keeping global warming below 2 degrees Celsius

Told Indian govt it is 'urgent' to raise climate ambitions further: Kerry

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerryon Tuesday said he has told the Indian government it is urgent to raise climate ambitions further

Significant R&D investment required as part of climate action: Yadav

Significant research and development investment, particularly from developed economies of Europe is required to decarbonise energy as a part of climate action in developing countries, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Tuesday. Speaking at a session on 'Future of Sustainable Technologies in India-Europe Partnerships' organised by FICCI LEADS 2021 event on the theme 'Future of Partnerships', Yadav said that in any climate action, clean energy derived especially from renewable energy plays a vital role. "We need to bring together the power of innovation across the world, with significant R&D investment, in particular, from developed economies of Europe. This would enable us to solve the challenge of decarbonising energy, as well as cement and steel, in a manner that is low on cost and allows for rapid deployment in developing economies," he said. The minister said India has much to offer and share in terms of its experience with other countries embarking on a similar

FMCGs fuelling massive plastic expansion, threatening climate: Greenpeace

Amid the push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a new has found that giant FMCGs are driving the expansion of plastic production, which threatens global climate, communities and ecosystem

Climate change 'greatest challenge to human rights': UN official

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has named the climate change crisis as "the single greatest challenge to human rights of our era"

India-US alliance to advance clean energy goals, says John Kerry

US special envoy launches Climate Action and Finance Mobilisation Dialogue

Climate change could move more than 200 million people by 2050: Report

Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hotspots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions

John Kerry meets environment and power ministers, launches CAFM dialogue

The three focal points of the CAFM would firstly include a 'climate action pillar" which will develop proposals that can contribute to curbing emissions

Kerry visit marks India, US shifting gears for clean energy partnership

Strategic reserves, carbon capture, biofuels, and hydrogen enter Strategic Clean Energy Partnership between countries.

Green-unready

A more comprehensive, cohesive, patient and hybrid climate fund is needed to resolve these cracks in the overall landscape and level up funding towards decarbonisation and the net-zero scenario