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Goldman Sachs says it will support 'green' initiatives more forcefully

Goldman also implemented a formal ban on financing certain drilling and coal activities

UN chief 'disappointed' as longest talks end with no deal on carbon market

The two-week long negotiations which extended till Sunday saw no agreement on major issues such as Article 6, loss and damage, and long term finance

Circumventing climate action

New games are being played out to circumvent action - or at least to find ways to do as little as possible and as cheaply as possible

Combating climate change

Greta Thunberg and her generation might just have made enough of a difference to give the Earth a fighting chance

How a little verb can give a climate treaty teeth or make it toothless

"We are in a fantasy land here," said Alden Meyer, strategy and policy director for the Union of Concerned Scientists

Experts want India's emission-cut pledge in Paris backed by stringent law

Countries which have enacted legislation in this regard are New Zealand, United Kingdom, France, Sweden and Scotland

India among top 10 nations on climate change performance: Report

This assumes significance in view of India's resolve to reach 175 GW of clean energy capacity by 2022

Anger erupts at UN climate summit as major economies resist bold action

The agreement enters a crucial implementation phase in 2020, when countries are supposed to ratchet up their ambitions ahead of the next major round of talks in Glasgow

World leaders' commitments fall short of outcome at UN climate conference

The narrow aim of the Madrid negotiations is to finalise the rulebook for the 2015 climate accord, which enjoins nations to limit global temperature rises to "well below" two degrees Celsius.

Citizenship Bill India's own issue, haven for minorities: Maldives' speaker

Responding to a question on Maldives' stand on the amended Citizenship Act, Nasheed said it is India's internal matter.

89% Indians believe climate change has negative impact on economy

According to IBM report, 72 per cent Indians also believe that the local economy has been disrupted by a severe weather event in the past year

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg is TIME's 2019 Person of the Year

At 16, Thunberg is the youngest individual ever to be named TIME's Person of the Year

Climate change: 4.8 bn cooling equipments to be sold in 11 yrs, says study

Domestic and residential cooling accounts for more than 60 per cent of overall demand placing the onus on real estate developers and households

Infosys wins UN Global Climate Action Award in 'Climate Neutral Now' group

Infosys has been projected as a top employer in Australia, Japan and Singapore across the Asia-Pacific region in 2020, by the Top Employer Institute in recognition of its excellence in hiring

Greta Thunberg accuses world leaders of 'creative PR' not leading to action

The activist cited scientific reports that have established that unchecked warming above 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) for the planet will be catastrophic.

Heat, low prices hit Kenya's coffee crop; farmers shift to banana, avocado

Kenya's coffee production is tumbling - the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts the 2019/20 harvest will hit a 57-year low.

Swiss central bank's $800 bn could be used to tackle climate change

Swiss lawmakers are preparing a campaign that would make targeting climate change one of the policy objectives of the Swiss National Bank

Climate change real, India living up to its commitment: Javadekar at COP 25

If there is an inconvenient truth in the form of climate change, we are providing a convenient action plan. We are walking the talk, he said.

Climate change: India, Denmark to meet and chalk out action plan in 2 years

The decision in this regard was taken during a bilateral meeting between Prakash Javadekar and a delegation from Denmark led by Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities Dan Jorgensen

By next decade, there may not be any glacier left in the tropics: Study

According to the researchers, the New Guinea mountain glaciers will disappear in the next 10 years -- most likely during the next strong El Nino