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COP27: Carbon credit revival a likely boon for developing nations

But 'greenwashing' fears abound

COP27: India thwarts attempt to club it with historical polluters

Supported by other developing countries, India blocked an attempt by rich nations to focus on all top 20 emitters of carbon dioxide during discussions on the 'Mitigation Work Programme' at the ongoing UN climate summit in Egypt, sources said on Monday. During the first week of the climate talks, developed countries desired that all top 20 emitters, including India and China, discuss intense emission cuts and not just the rich nations which are historically responsible for climate change, they said. There are developing countries in the top 20 emitters, including India, that are not responsible for warming that has already occurred. According to the sources, India pushed back the attempt with the support of like-minded developing countries, including China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. The "MWP should not lead to the reopening of the Paris Agreement" which clearly mentions that climate commitments of countries have to be nationally determined based on ...

At COP27 climate talks, slow progress stokes worry over final deal

With a long list of demands for COP27, country delegates said there had been little progress so far on the technical details of how to deliver on deals and pledges made in previous years

Statsguru: From net-zero target to forest cover, India's climate standing

The Emissions Gap Report 2022 showed India's per capita carbon dioxide emissions in 2030 will be nearly the same as its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) target

COP27 what to watch: Climate progress hinges on crucial week two

Here's how week one went down and what to expect from the rest of this year's UN climate summit

Closing the green gap: 17% of businesses have calculated carbon output

Indian businesses today recognise the potential of sustainability to unlock business value, a recent study says

Climate Change@ 2050: Why Mumbai may get that 'sinking feeling'

Among other things, the IPCC has pointed fingers at the upcoming Coastal Road Project, rising sea-levels and flood damage.

COP27: Hundreds of activists protest for climate action at UN summit

Hundreds of activists called on industrialised nations to pay for the impact of climate change and to speed up the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy on Saturday in the largest protest yet at the UN climate summit in Egypt. Protests have mostly been muted at the conference, known as COP27, which is taking place in the seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Activists blamed high cost of travel, accommodation and restrictions in the isolated city for limiting numbers of demonstrators. The protesters marched through the conference's Blue Zone,' which is considered a UN territory and ruled by international law. They chanted, sang, and danced in an area not far from where climate talks and negotiations are taking place. The protests came at the end of the first week of the two-week summit, when typically protest action at climate summits is at its biggest. Pay for loss and damage now, said Friday Nbani, a Nigerian environmental activist who was leading a group of African ...

COP27: Call for urgent action to reduce emissions across industry

'Climate crisis is existential, overriding and ever present and we need to look at every piece of the puzzle, including the decarbonization of the industrial sectors that underpin the global economy'

Best of BS Opinion: Climate concerns, Patidars and patronage & more

Here are the top BS Opinion articles of the day

Area under moderately dense mangroves fell in 10 years, shows data

Overall mangrove cover increased between 2011 and 2021

Sitharaman, Yellen urge bilateral cooperation amid geopolitical uncertainty

Visiting US official speaks about 'shared goals' on climate change, debt burden of developing countries

Beyond bloviation: What do climate conferences like COP achieve anyway?

It would be wrong to think that nothing has been achieved. A great deal has, though far too slowly - for which lack of speed the world, especially its poor, will pay the price, writes T N Ninan

COP27: African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change

Battling droughts, sandstorms, floods, wildfires, coastal erosion, cyclones and other weather events exacerbated by climate change, the African continent needs to adapt, but it needs funds to do so, leaders and negotiators from the continent said at the UN climate summit. It's one of the main priorities for the African Group of Negotiators at the summit, known as COP27, currently underway in Egypt. Ephraim Shitima, the group's chair, said Africa is keen to see the outcomes of the negotiations translated into action for the continent where millions are facing climate-related disasters. Shitima said the summit should provide solutions to the millions of people in the continent, adding that Africa needs finance to adapt to extreme weather as well as to facilitate just energy transition and boost renewable energy uptake. A recent study released by the World Bank said that climate-related events will squeeze more than 132 million people into poverty worldwide with African countries losin

'Debt distress, climate action to be challenges for India as G20 President'

"All major bilateral creditors, including China, must cooperate constructively to deliver on their G20 commitment to provide meaningful debt relief, " US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.

'US looking forward to support India's G20 presidency': Janet Yellen

The 2022 G20 Summit will take place under the presidency of Indonesia in Bali between November 15 and 16

Scientists say global warming beyond 1.5 degrees threshold likely

While exceeding the 1.5-degree limit appears inevitable, the researchers chart several potential courses in which the overshoot period is shortened, in some cases by decades

COP27: Scientific research crucial to accelerate delivery for mitigation

COP27's second thematic day focused on the importance of scientific developments and research to solve the catastrophic long-term problems that the world is facing as a result of climate change

Masked power play: CoPs are places for grandstanding and inane statements

Carbonisation is driven by consumption. The more we consume, the more carbon is generated. But by design, CoPs are consumption blind

General Insurance company ICICI Lombard launches new range of products

Offers for senior citizens without an age cap