The conference will also look seriously into the "adaptation" aspect of climate policy, focusing on how best to adapt to the consequences of climate change, like increased floods, fires and storms
The UK Prime Minister reflected on the fact 90 per cent of countries are now signed up to net zero targets even as he admitted the pandemic "all but broke" the global economy
Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe at the World Health Organization (WHO), called the current response to climate change "dangerously inconsistent and far too slow" in a statement
This year's annual UN climate conference, known as COP27, comes as leaders and experts have raised increasing alarm that time is running out to avert catastrophic rises in temperature
This is in line with the commitment of the national transporter to be net carbon-zero by the end of this decade
Yadav said India has been working on strengthening end-to-end early warning systems for all hydro-meteorological hazards
Among other top agendas is the discussion on compensating the poor or developing nations for the 'loss and damage' due to climate change
Freer flow of goods, services, technologies, finance and people is essential to deal with the challenges of climate change
The report titled 'WMO Provisional State of the Global Climate 2022' released at the 27th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC on Sunday stated that the rate of sea level rise has doubled since 1993
Thermal insulation is a characteristic of several materials generated from plants, including cellulose
The United Nations' climate change summit opened in Egypt on Sunday with India hoping for substantial progress in discussions on climate finance.
Countries agree to 20-point agenda ahead of climate negotiations in Egypt
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly referred to as Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, or COP27, opened in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday
The past eight years are on track to be the eight warmest on record, fueled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations and accumulated heat
The minister also felicitated the COP Young Scholars from India who worked towards Positive Climate Change solutions
The Australian government has announced it will bid to co-host the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in 2026 with Pacific nations.
UN summits - climate change conference in Egypt and biodiversity summit in Canada to which India is a crucial Party- are considered to be pivotal moments in global efforts to address global warming
Burning of fossil fuels caused 86% of all CO2 emissions during past 10 years
The world must rapidly decarbonise to avoid the most dangerous climate change harms
The rise in multiple extreme weather events in Africa calls for a coordinated approach for evidence-based negotiations at the COP27 in Egypt, a climate negotiator said