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Volvo India MD Interview: Kamal Bali on glide path to net-zero target

How does Volvo India plan to reduce emissions and achieve the net-zero target? In this exclusive interview with Jyoti Mukul, Volvo India MD Kamal Bali talks about this and more

Climate change: A VC's eye view

Speed & Scale is an actionable manifesto for humanity to save the planet from us

India Inc's top companies join the India-UK Climate Finance Initiative

Members include Tata Sons, GIC Pvt Ltd, Goldman Sachs, HDFC Bank, HSBC, among others; initiative aims to mop up private capital to support India's goal of 450 Gw renewable energy by 2030

A disappointing G20

Its failure to agree on climate casts a shadow on COP26

PM Modi sets India's 2070 zero carbon emission target at COP26 summit

India only country that is delivering in 'letter and spirit' commitments on tackling climate change under the Paris accord: PM Modi

COP26: Climate adaptation not got as much importance as mitigation, says PM

He stressed that climate change is a huge challenge for the agriculture sector in developing nations, including India

Joe Biden calls this decade decisive for fighting climate change

The summit is often billed as essential to putting the landmark 2015 Paris climate accord into action

COP26: UK launches India Green Guarantee, commits funds for EVs in India

The green guarantee financing will support clean and resilient infrastructure in sectors such as clean energy, transport and urban development

Prime Minister Modi arrives at COP26 climate summit venue

Modi, who arrived in Glasgow on Sunday night from Rome, was received by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres upon his arrival at the summit venue

UK's Boris Johnson warns world leaders as climate summit begins

Johnson likened the Earth's position to that of fictional secret agent James Bond strapped to a bomb that will destroy the planet and trying to work out how to defuse it

Developed nations did not meet yearly $100 bn support goal: India at COP26

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is also attending the crucial conference, will be addressing leaders from nearly 200 countries on November 1 and 2

Climate finance could make or break the COP26 summit. Here's why

Developed countries confirmed last week they had failed to meet a pledge made in 2009 to provide $100 billion a year in climate finance by 2020

China's state-owned firms struggle to align climate rhetoric with reality

China has already submitted updated climate targets to the United Nations as a new round of climate change talks gets under way in Glasgow.

India, UK to launch solar Green Grids Initiative at COP26 summit in Glasgow

India and UK are set to enhance their International Solar Alliance partnership with launch of a new Green Grids Initiative connecting different parts of world at UN COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.

Glasgow COP26: Riding on 450 GW, India to ask for more carbon space

Fissures between developed and developing world expected to widen

Cities need to become role models for action against climate change

India's energy policy is increasingly focused on solar, wind, gas, biofuels, hydrogen and electric mobility

Cheap funding, govt sops power Indian firms' big bets on renewable energy

India is heavily dependent on imports, and local manufacturing capacities are inadequate. Several Indian companies are planning to plug this loophole

Two billionaires' actions will determine India's response to climate change

Don't expect a gabfest in Glasgow to save the planet when the scene of real action is 4,000 miles east.

Global leaders search for ways to strengthen global supply chains

Supply chain problems have emerged as the global economy has pulled out of a pandemic-induced recession and threaten to slow recovery.

'Last, best hope': Crucial UN climate summit opens in Glasgow

The newly opened summit remains "our last, best hope to keep 1.5 in reach, said Alok Sharma, the British government minister chairing the Glasgow talks, known as COP26.