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UN talks on treaty to curb plastic pollution open in Busan

Participants attend at the opening ceremony of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, on Monday. (AP)
Published on Nov 25, 2024 09:50 PM IST

Cause and Effect | Understanding the real threats of a civilisation collapse

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Humans are experiencing vast shifts in their immediate environment, with the droughts in Africa, fires in much of North America and Canada, floods in Afghanistan, UAE and Pakistan, and heatwaves elsewhere also wreaking havoc across the world, irrespective of the stage of development a region is in.
Published on Apr 21, 2024 05:35 PM IST

Revealing developed countries’ emission trajectories

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Published on May 11, 2024 03:55 PM IST

Carbon capture, storage emerge as a contentious issue after COP28 meet

A person points at a stack of trays holding treated limestone, used to absorb CO2 from the air, at Heirloom's new plant, in Tracy, California, on November 9. (REUTERS)
Updated on Dec 25, 2023 05:04 AM IST

Climate-focused policies are key to building resilient infrastructure

Attention to operation and maintenance (O&M) is critical. Lack thereof was evident from this year’s Delhi floods, caused in part due to jammed floodgates on the Yamuna barrage.(HT Photo)
Published on Dec 18, 2023 09:11 PM IST

Delegates at UN climate talks agree to transition away from fossil fuels

Within minutes of opening Wednesday’s session, COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber gaveled in approval of the central document — an evaluation of how off-track the world is on climate and how to get back on. (AP)
Published on Dec 14, 2023 01:00 AM IST

COP28: Adaptation draft misses key issue of climate finance

Plenary session at COP28 in Dubai. (AFP)
Updated on Dec 14, 2023 02:47 AM IST

India backs UAE’s transition agreement at COP28

UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell, COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber and UAE chief negotiator Hana Al-Hashimi with others on Wednesday. (AP)
Updated on Dec 14, 2023 02:47 AM IST

Global deal at COP28 as Dubai keeps Paris alive

Welcoming the agreement, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav congratulated the UAE’s COP Presidency “for its fairness, transparency and free exchange of thought”. (AP)
Updated on Dec 14, 2023 04:43 AM IST

A big deal in Dubai

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COP28 president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber (C) applauds among other officials before a plenary session during the United Nations climate summit in Dubai on December 13, 2023.
Published on Dec 13, 2023 09:00 PM IST

COP28 goes into overtime as talks fail to bridge rift on fossil fuel phase-out

People during a protest at the COP28 summit in Dubai on Tuesday. (AP)
Updated on Dec 13, 2023 02:24 AM IST

The road ahead for the UN: Reform or else perish

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Members of the United Nations Security Council during a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York. (Reuters File Photo)
Published on Dec 11, 2023 11:16 PM IST

Confront the wrath of the climate crisis, now

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2023 is on track to become the hottest year in human civilisation spanning over 125,000 years. (HT Archive)
Published on Dec 11, 2023 06:33 PM IST

At COP28, much talk but incremental gains

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COP28 UN Climate Summit is being held in UAE (AP Photo)
Published on Dec 11, 2023 06:32 PM IST

Funding the climate burden

Activists hold placards and shout slogans during a protest, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday. (REUTERS)
Published on Dec 08, 2023 10:16 PM IST

Affordability and permanence of biochar as a carbon removal solution

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People protest against the climate crisis in Glasgow. (Reuters)
Published on May 11, 2024 01:02 PM IST

US Sikh body to present its action plan at COP 28

People look at artwork by Yiyun Kang at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP)
Updated on Dec 04, 2023 07:04 AM IST

COP28: Govt working on regulations to implement Green Credits

The initiative has been launched along with UAE, the COP28 Presidency and India expects participation from several countries in knowledge sharing and conceptualising the scheme (AP)
Updated on Dec 03, 2023 12:47 AM IST

Top world leaders speak to at UN climate summit. What are the top agendas?

COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber, center, attends the opening session at the COP28 UN Climate Summit. (AP)
Published on Dec 01, 2023 12:43 PM IST

COP28: PM Modi arrives in Dubai to attend World Climate Action Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi after arriving in Dubai to attend the World Climate Action Summit.
Updated on Dec 01, 2023 09:46 AM IST

Virtually certain that 2023 will be the warmest year, says WMO report

Maruja Inquilla walks on a dried out portion of Lake Titicaca in Coata, Peru, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, due to falling water levels amid a winter heat wave. (AP)
Updated on Nov 30, 2023 11:16 PM IST

US supports phasing out ‘unabated’ fossil fuels: US Climate envoy

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 16, 2023. (REUTERS)
Updated on Nov 30, 2023 05:14 AM IST

Will COP28 finally ditch fossil fuels? Doesn’t look like it

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Updated on Dec 03, 2023 06:19 PM IST

Progress on carbon markets key for climate talks: Experts

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Updated on Oct 30, 2023 05:54 PM IST

Centre notifies two green initiatives ahead of COP28

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Updated on Oct 14, 2023 06:54 AM IST

Loss and damage fund, Paris goal review on COP28 agenda

The summit last year in Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh ended with a decision to create a loss and damage fund. (AFP)
Updated on Oct 02, 2023 07:50 AM IST

Why this Pacific island country wants to become world's first 'digital nation'?

Tuvalu's digital illustration
Published on Nov 24, 2022 03:00 PM IST

At COP27, UN adopts 'loss and damage' climate fund in historic move | 5 points

People gather for a global climate strike in Madrid, Spain.
Updated on Nov 20, 2022 01:33 PM IST

COP 27: UN report denounces greenwashing. What it means

A group of teenage protesters, part of the global movement "Fridays for Future" against climate change in front of the White House in Washington DC.
Published on Nov 08, 2022 09:59 PM IST

Why did Rishi Sunak make a dramatic exit at a COP27 session? Watch

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves COP27 event after being rushed by his aides.
Published on Nov 08, 2022 08:14 AM IST