Paris Climate Agreement

UN report warns countries still far from meeting Paris climate goals

Ten years after the Paris Agreement was adopted, a latest UN report has showed that countries are making progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions but not fast enough to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. The 2025 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Synthesis Report, released by the UN Climate Change on Tuesday, said the 64 new national climate plans submitted between January 2024 and September 2025 would collectively cut emissions by about 17 per cent below the 2019 levels by 2035. Though this marks "real and increasing progress", the report said that "major acceleration is still needed in terms of delivering faster and deeper emission reductions and ensuring that the benefits of strong climate action reach all countries and peoples". NDCs are climate action plans that every country makes under the Paris Agreement. These plans set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and outline how each country will adapt to the impacts of climate change. Together, these

Foreign firms linked to up to 30% of China's carbon emissions, says study

Foreign companies drove a quarter of China's corporate emissions over two decades, with poorer inland provinces shouldering most of the environmental costs

As US credibility falters, Asia and Europe must lead global stability

Given that everyone will suffer from these shocks, cooperation to ameliorate them should be a priority, especially for Asia and Europe

India flags failure to meet financial pledges for climate adaptation

India expresses concern over failure of developed countries to meet financial commitments for Just Transition, climate adaptation

'Trump may be interested in Indian firms signing contracts for US LNG'

US LNG is usually sold with a Henry Hub plus formulae, which has been used since Cheniere started exporting in 2016

Four days, countless headlines: How Donald Trump changed the game again

In four days, Donald Trump signed major orders, changed key US policies, and announced decisions that caught attention at home and around the world

Experts warn against relief even as July ends streak of global heat record

Earth's string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Nino climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced Wednesday. But July 2024's average heat just missed surpassing the July of a year ago, and scientists said the end of the record-breaking streak changes nothing about the threat posed by climate change. "The overall context hasn't changed," Copernicus deputy director Samantha Burgess said in a statement. "Our climate continues to warm." Human-caused climate change drives extreme weather events that are wreaking havoc around the globe, with several examples just in recent weeks. In Cape Town, South Africa, thousands were displaced by torrential rain, gale-force winds, flooding and more. A fatal landslide hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island. Beryl left a massive path of destruction as it set the record for the earliest Category 4 hurricane. And Japanese authorities said more than 120 people died in

How to enforce climate agreements with trade measures

Future climate-change COPs can focus on other consequential issues, rather than on crafting the right mix of hollow words that everyone can agree on

An uneasy climate alliance

It looks like the global energy transition will depend on how well policymakers can cooperate and influence legacy sectors

India fulfilling commitments made in Paris: Sadhguru ahead of COP28 Summit

He further said that India is also fulfilling its promises at the Paris Agreement data fastpace and is moving in the right direction

COP28 starts tomorrow: What to expect from UN's annual climate negotiations

Forming agreement over future of fossil fuels and who pays for climate damages on agenda

Bengaluru civic body's climate action plan aims to achieve net-zero by 2050

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Monday launched the Bengaluru Climate Action and Resilience Plan (BCAP) with an eye to achieving net-zero by 2050 to create a roadmap for a safer, healthier and more equitable city. With this initiative, the city's civic body said it plans to make Bengaluru one of the few cities in the world, and the third city in India, to have a global standard climate action plan. As part of the city's C40 cities commitment, Bengaluru has been preparing a data-driven, inclusive and collaborative climate action plan with a focus on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and building healthy, equitable and resilient communities. C40 is a global network of nearly 100 Mayors of the world's leading cities that are united in action to confront the climate crisis. As a part of the launch, BBMP has also announced two priority initiatives that will be taken up immediately including creation of a Climate Action Cell at BBMP to facilitate efficient ...

Climate injustice: There's a US-shaped hole in every feasible solution

With the US unable or unwilling to make any credible commitments, the rest of the world is floundering around trying to compensate for its lack of leadership

COP28 Prez calls for ambitious climate action at Arctic Circle Assembly

On fast-tracking the energy transition, Al Jaber said it must be fair, well managed and responsible that leave no one behind

Climate change: Arctic may be ice free in summer by 2030s, warn scientists

Decreased ice cover has a significant and lasting impact on weather patterns, human populations, and ecosystems

World counts on India for credible actions to deliver 2030 Agenda: UN chief

As India assumes the presidency of the G20, the world counts on it to mobilise credible actions to deliver on the 2030 Development Agenda and the Paris Climate Agreement, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday. In his message to a special India@75' event on Showcasing the India-UN Partnership in Action', the UN chief underlined that as home to the largest youth generation in history, India will be decisive in the success of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "Looking ahead, India, home to the largest youth generation in history will be decisive in the success of the Sustainable Development Goals, and reiterating Prime Minister Modi - as you reform the world transforms, Guterres said. The event here was organised by the Government of India and the United Nations to highlight India's partnership with the UN, its South-South Cooperation, its development journey and achievements in the 75th year of its independence. It was held on the margins of the high-level UN

India among countries to have fulfilled most Paris commitments: Sitharaman

Sitharaman made the remarks while answering a question during a panel discussion at the Atlantic Council, a US-based think tank

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

Predictable climate finance in focus for India at COP26 summit

"Since 2017, we have had more renewable energy in the energy mix in India than fossil fuels", says Harsh Shringla, Foreign Secretary

Fossil fuel plans evade Paris limits, says UNEP report

Over the next two decades, governments are collectively projecting an increase in oil and gas production, and only a modest decrease in coal production