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Climate change: This golf ball art installation in Gurugram is melting!

Below2° is a climate-responsive artwork, recently unveiled at Karma Lakelands. Read on to know how it's designed to melt every year, to signify global warming.

The art installation, Below2° also highlights 14 endangered species (insets) of animals from across the globe.

htcity

Published on Mar 21, 2025 02:46 PM IST

ByHenna Rakheja

Long-term warming close to crossing 1.5°C Paris accord threshold: UN body

HT reported on March 14 that the world could cross the 1.5 degrees C long-term global warming threshold by September 2029 if current warming trend continues

The period between 2022 and 2024 represents the most negative three-year glacier mass balance on record, according to the report. AP

analysis

Published on Mar 19, 2025 06:09 AM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

US key to COP30 even after Trump's pullout from Paris Agreement: Brazil

world news

Updated on Mar 11, 2025 07:20 AM IST

PTI |

Turn game around: Brazil’s COP30 president-designate invokes spirit of football

Brazil’s COP30 President-Designate André Aranha Corrêa do Lago outlined plans in a vision document presented on Monday to revitalise climate efforts amid significant setbacks

Brazil’s COP30 President-Designate André Aranha Corrêa do Lago. (AFP)

world news

Published on Mar 10, 2025 07:23 PM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

Geopolitical tensions weakening trust, US decision will influence COP30: Brazil's climate minister

world news

Updated on Mar 06, 2025 03:36 PM IST

PTI |

US policy flips and a new climate order

Time is running out for the planet, and it can’t afford a US-sized fetter dragging mitigation efforts down.

US President Donald Trump listens as French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a joint press conference in the East Room to the White House in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (AFP)

editorials

Updated on Feb 25, 2025 08:04 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

US skips key climate meet, fanning fears it will ditch UN framework

IPCC, the main UN body for assessing the science related to climate change represented by hundreds of scientists globally, did not comment on US’s withdrawal

Smoke billows from an oil refinery in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo. (AP)

world news

Updated on Feb 25, 2025 01:08 AM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

Why climate leadership is set for a China-India tango

China seems willing to assume the climate leadership mantle but there are several factors affecting its acceptability at the global high table on climate.

This photograph taken on January 27, 2025 shows Hindustan Ambassador yellow taxis (L) and a Tata Motors electric vehicle (EV) riding past the Esplanade Mansion, a heritage building in Kolkata. Kolkata cherishes its past, which is why the one-time Indian capital is mourning a vanishing emblem of its faded grandeur: a hulking and noisy fleet of stately yellow taxis. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP) / To go with 'India-Culture-Automobile', FOCUS (AFP)

opinion

Published on Feb 22, 2025 10:17 PM IST

ByAparna Roy

Cause and effect: Most nations under Paris Agmnt miss carbon emission targets

Just 10 of the nearly 200 countries delivered fresh climate plans, according to a UN database tracking the submissions.

Republic of Marshall Islands leads the way for small island developing states (SIDS) by setting a target to reduce emissions by at least 58% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 2010 levels by 2035 (Representative photo)

india news

Published on Feb 21, 2025 03:08 PM IST

ByTannu Jain

Climate risks grow, hope for action fades

The needs are clear: Keep the Paris Agreement goals alive even as LMICs double down on funding for mitigation and adaptation from high-income countries.

TOPSHOT - -- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024 -- A woman wades through flood waters at an inundated residential area in Garissa, on May 9, 2024.. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024 (AFP)

editorials

Updated on Feb 13, 2025 08:07 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Slipping on climate crisis challenges

A new study suggests catastrophic warming is likely inevitable, as Earth is more sensitive to greenhouse gases than thought, challenging climate goals.

FILE - Demonstrators pretend to resuscitate the Earth while advocating for the 1.5 degree warming goal to survive at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 16, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File) (AP)

editorials

Updated on Feb 06, 2025 08:25 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Weather Bee | January 2025 all set to be the warmest January month on record

January 2025 is on track to be the hottest January on record, with an average temperature increase of 1.75°C above pre-industrial levels

A couple take a walk at sunrise near the icy Oak Street Beach along the shore of Lake Michigan Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Chicago (AP/Kiichiro Sato)

environment

Updated on Feb 01, 2025 06:35 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Climate change intensified LA fires: Analysis by 32 climate scientists

The hot, dry, and windy conditions that drove the fires were about 35% more likely due to warming caused primarily by the burning of oil, gas, and coal.

A helicopter drops water on the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles (AP)

india news

Published on Jan 29, 2025 06:15 PM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

Cause and Effect | Donald Trump’s entry triggers US exit from Paris Agreement

Each country’s pledge toward the Paris goal is voluntary. The US commitment was to limit emissions by 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025.

world news

Published on Jan 27, 2025 01:26 PM IST

ByTannu Jain

A rundown of Trump’s executive actions, from tariffs to immigration

While Trump is still signing more orders on Monday night in Washington, here’s a brief rundown of what we know so far his administration plans to initiate

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday. (AP)

world news

Published on Jan 21, 2025 01:22 PM IST

ByBloomberg

How to make sense of 2024’s wild temperatures

Our climate team highlight four charts and two maps

Temperatures passed 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in northern India as an unrelenting heatwave triggered warnings of water shortages and heatstroke. 2024 is confirmed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) to be the warmest year on record globally, and the first calendar year that the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above its pre-industrial level. (AFP)(HT_PRINT)

environment

Published on Jan 17, 2025 08:00 AM IST

The Economist

Haryana delegation departs for COP-16 int’l conference in Saudi Arabia

Before departing, Rao Narbir Singh said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking historic steps to combat climate change as part of his vision for a developed India by 2047.

A delegation from Haryana departed from Delhi on Sunday to participate in the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - COP-16, scheduled to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (HT File)

cities

Updated on Dec 02, 2024 06:42 AM IST

ByANI, New Delhi

After ‘paltry’ funding offers, day of chaos, fury at COP29

Tensions escalated further as climate activists confronted US climate envoy John Podesta, accusing the United States of “a legacy of burning up the planet” and failing to pay its fair share of climate finance

The draft also controversially “encourages” developing country contributions through South-South cooperation while affirming that voluntary contributions won’t affect any party’s development status - language that many see as an attempt to shift responsibilities. (REUTERS)

india news

Updated on Nov 24, 2024 07:08 AM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

COP29: Leaked NCQG draft angers developing parties; call USD 300bn funding ‘paltry’

According to the draft, it proposes to call on all actors to work together in scaling up finance for developing Parties for climate action from all public, pvt sources to at least USD 1.3 tn per yr by 2035

The text states that finance will be mobilised from a wide variety of sources, public and private, bilateral and multilateral. (COP29 | Official X account)

india news

Published on Nov 23, 2024 07:01 PM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

COP29: NCQG talks spillover as no breakthrough in agreement yet

Experts feel that countries will need to take a political call on the quantum of New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG)

The matter is being discussed at the highest level especially among developed nations. (COP29 | Official X account)

world news

Published on Nov 23, 2024 10:53 AM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

COP29 talks extended as draft $250 billion finance offer flops

Brazil warned the inadequate funding could jeopardise next year’s critical climate commitments.

A man uses his laptop as he sits near the COP29 United Nations climate change conference pavilion, in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Friday. (REUTERS)

world news

Updated on Nov 22, 2024 11:55 PM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

Developing nations oppose expanding NCQG contributor base

Developing nations argue expanding climate funding contributors violates the Paris Agreement, opposing developed countries' proposals at COP29 in Baku

Flags fly near a venue of the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday. (REUTERS)

world news

Updated on Nov 21, 2024 12:27 AM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

Paris pact at centre of NCQG contributor base controversy

Developing countries are clear that with several proposals to expand contributor base being discussed, it is important to understand that what developing countries, especially China and others may contribute in South-South solidarity is outside the ambit of NCQG

world news

Updated on Nov 21, 2024 06:04 AM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

COP29: No question of becoming donors under NCQG, say developing countries

During the stock-take plenary on Wednesday, the Like-Minded Developing Countries said the USD 200 to 300 billion NCQG quantum being discussed informally and expansion of contributor base is a super redline for them.

Activists participate in a demonstration against carbon markets at the COP29 UN Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday. (AP)

world news

Published on Nov 20, 2024 02:19 PM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

COP29: Draft G20 communique skips referring to transition away from fossil fuels

The draft G20 leaders’ communique focuses on the 2 degree C goal (upper limit of Paris Agreement) and doesn’t mention ‘transitioning away from fossil fuels’ language agreed upon at CO28 in UAE

The venue of the COP29 UN Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP)

world news

Updated on Nov 19, 2024 12:35 PM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

Negotiations over climate finance remain deadlocked at UN summit

The latest draft text on the new collective quantified goal (NCQG), shows little progress despite four revisions and extensive overnight consultations

Environmental activists protest to urge world leaders to commit to a strong climate finance deal during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday. (REUTERS)

world news

Updated on Nov 16, 2024 11:48 PM IST

ByJayashree Nandi, Baku

Baku should deliver agreement to mobilise $1tn per year for developing countries by 2030: Top experts

The investment breakdown by 2030 shows advanced economies requiring $2.7-2.8 trillion, China needing $1.3-1.4 trillion, and other EMDCs needing $2.3-2.5 trillion

A person walks past art in the Turkey Pavilion at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, on Thursday, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP)

world news

Updated on Nov 15, 2024 06:44 AM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

What COP29 needs to do on climate finance goals

If timely climate investments are not made, the stability of the global economic order itself may be prone to climate-induced risks

opinion

Published on Nov 14, 2024 08:27 PM IST

ByManish Kumar Shrivastava

Himalayan nations in a huddle at COP29; Brazil to announce ambitious climate plan

India urged nations, particularly Pakistan and Bangladesh, to take proactive, collaborative steps to manage and mitigate air pollution across borders.

The venue of the COP29 UN Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo)

environment

Published on Nov 13, 2024 02:20 PM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

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Below2° is a climate-responsive artwork, recently unveiled at Karma Lakelands. Read on to know how it's designed to melt every year, to signify global warming.

HT reported on March 14 that the world could cross the 1.5 degrees C long-term global warming threshold by September 2029 if current warming trend continues

US key to COP30 even after Trump's pullout from Paris Agreement: Brazil

Brazil’s COP30 President-Designate André Aranha Corrêa do Lago outlined plans in a vision document presented on Monday to revitalise climate efforts amid significant setbacks

Geopolitical tensions weakening trust, US decision will influence COP30: Brazil's climate minister

Time is running out for the planet, and it can’t afford a US-sized fetter dragging mitigation efforts down.

IPCC, the main UN body for assessing the science related to climate change represented by hundreds of scientists globally, did not comment on US’s withdrawal

China seems willing to assume the climate leadership mantle but there are several factors affecting its acceptability at the global high table on climate.

Just 10 of the nearly 200 countries delivered fresh climate plans, according to a UN database tracking the submissions.

The needs are clear: Keep the Paris Agreement goals alive even as LMICs double down on funding for mitigation and adaptation from high-income countries.

A new study suggests catastrophic warming is likely inevitable, as Earth is more sensitive to greenhouse gases than thought, challenging climate goals.

January 2025 is on track to be the hottest January on record, with an average temperature increase of 1.75°C above pre-industrial levels

The hot, dry, and windy conditions that drove the fires were about 35% more likely due to warming caused primarily by the burning of oil, gas, and coal.

Each country’s pledge toward the Paris goal is voluntary. The US commitment was to limit emissions by 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025.

While Trump is still signing more orders on Monday night in Washington, here’s a brief rundown of what we know so far his administration plans to initiate

Our climate team highlight four charts and two maps

Before departing, Rao Narbir Singh said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking historic steps to combat climate change as part of his vision for a developed India by 2047.

Tensions escalated further as climate activists confronted US climate envoy John Podesta, accusing the United States of “a legacy of burning up the planet” and failing to pay its fair share of climate finance

According to the draft, it proposes to call on all actors to work together in scaling up finance for developing Parties for climate action from all public, pvt sources to at least USD 1.3 tn per yr by 2035

Experts feel that countries will need to take a political call on the quantum of New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG)

Brazil warned the inadequate funding could jeopardise next year’s critical climate commitments.

Developing nations argue expanding climate funding contributors violates the Paris Agreement, opposing developed countries' proposals at COP29 in Baku

Developing countries are clear that with several proposals to expand contributor base being discussed, it is important to understand that what developing countries, especially China and others may contribute in South-South solidarity is outside the ambit of NCQG

During the stock-take plenary on Wednesday, the Like-Minded Developing Countries said the USD 200 to 300 billion NCQG quantum being discussed informally and expansion of contributor base is a super redline for them.

The draft G20 leaders’ communique focuses on the 2 degree C goal (upper limit of Paris Agreement) and doesn’t mention ‘transitioning away from fossil fuels’ language agreed upon at CO28 in UAE

The latest draft text on the new collective quantified goal (NCQG), shows little progress despite four revisions and extensive overnight consultations

The investment breakdown by 2030 shows advanced economies requiring $2.7-2.8 trillion, China needing $1.3-1.4 trillion, and other EMDCs needing $2.3-2.5 trillion

If timely climate investments are not made, the stability of the global economic order itself may be prone to climate-induced risks

India urged nations, particularly Pakistan and Bangladesh, to take proactive, collaborative steps to manage and mitigate air pollution across borders.

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