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Glasgow COP26: Republicans, China, Russia hurt progress, says Obama

Obama said the Paris agreement he helped to broker had created a framework to tackle climate change

Lack of seriousness will jeopardise net zero pledges, says India

India, speaking on behalf of the BASIC group, on Monday warned that lack of a serious approach to climate finance will jeopardise the enhanced mitigation and adaptation ambition as well as net zero pledges of parties. India last week said that climate finance cannot continue at the levels decided in 2009 and emphasised that it expects climate finance of USD one trillion "at the earliest" in view of new commitments. Richa Sharma, Lead Negotiator (India) and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, while delivering the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) group statement at the joint stock take plenary at the 26th international climate conference here, said that clear timelines and milestones were required to determine the exact magnitude of the new finance goal. "Post 2020 mitigation ambition and net zero pledges require significantly enhanced climate finance. The exact magnitude of the new finance goal can be determined through a structured process, with clear timelin

Maharashtra bags climate action award in UK for regional leadership

The state government claims to have succeeded in creating a culture of climate action in Maharashtra, which has borne expenses worth $2 billion due to climate-related disasters during the past year

Floods, water crisis: Chennai feels climate change pinch, say experts

The report says that Chennai may sink by up to 1.87 feet under water

Glasgow COP26: Govts working to make agriculture less polluting

In the COP26, India has committed to reduce overall carbon emission by 1 billion tonnes by 2030

US needs unity to fight climate change: Former US President Barack Obama

Former US President Barack Obama says he believes that President Biden's climate package will be historic and he welcomed the efforts of all US politicians

A week in, many sticky issues remain unresolved at COP26 climate talks

Numerous developing nations were pessimistic. They called progress disappointing, saying announcements were high in quantity but worried that they were low in quantity

Covid pandemic significantly impacted climate change efforts: WHO

Covid-19 pandemic has slowed down climate change efforts by various countries, according to the 2021 WHO health and climate change global survey report released on Monday

Business leaders optimistic COP26 visions will become reality

Executives and financial analysts say they are optimistic that COP26 talks will lead to changes needed for businesses to play a bigger role in tackling climate change.

COP26: Must make bold compromises for climate deal, warns Johnson

The first week of the talks have seen much of the attention focus on the attendance by world leaders

Loss, damage take centre stage as India battles climate extremities

India joined hands with 24 developing countries to push for climate disaster funding

Key role for WTO to meet emission targets

The 12th Ministerial Conference of WTO is scheduled to start at Geneva from the end of this month

BS Views of the Week: Plan B for climate change and countering China's navy

From a Plan B looking beyond govts to combat climate change to how India can secure maritime interests amid growing China threat, here's what Business Standard columnists and editorials said this week

EKI Energy expects Rs 1,000 cr turnover this fiscal, 50% growth in 2022-23

Founded in 2011, EKI Energy is one of the leading companies in the carbon credit industry in India with an established global footprint

Climate protesters plan to march through Glasgow amid UN climate talks

Inside the conference venue, negotiators knuckled down for a seventh day of talks to finish draft agreements that can be passed to ministers for political approval next week

Ice on the edge of survival: Warming is changing the Arctic

Siberia even hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). Even a region called the Last Ice Area showed unexpected melting this year

Greta Thunberg calls Glasgow COP26 climate summit 'a failure'

Greta Thunberg called the UN climate talks in Glasgow "so far a failure", accusing leaders of actively creating loopholes in the rules and greenwashing their countries' emissions.

India's approaching democratic crisis

In India, we will soon face a variation of this problem, created by the differing demographic, cultural and economic trajectories of various parts of the country

Best of BS Opinion: Accounting for climate change, tough choices, and more

Here are the best of BS Opinion pieces of the day

India's green shoots for the planet

Its Panchamrita pledge at Glasgow burnishes its climate credentials, but a perilous future awaits the world