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Range of global issues to be discussed at QUAD summit: White House
The maiden QUAD summit, involving leaders from Australia, India, Japan and the US, will discuss a variety of global issues ranging from Covid-19, economic crisis and climate change, White House said
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Best of BS Opinion: Agenda for Stockholm+50, micro loan regulations & more
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
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Agenda for Stockholm+50
As we approach Stockholm+50, we are looking at an increasingly inequitable world; where poverty and marginalisation are growing
India on track to achieving climate goals: PM Modi at CERAWeek 2021
Most powerful way to fight climate change is behavioural change, says PM
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Extreme weather events put $84 billion of Indian bank debt at risk
Banks flagged exposure to environmentally sensitive businesses including cement, coal, oil and power. They also listed effects of cyclones and floods on loan repayments in farming and related sectors
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Warming will increase frequency of flash droughts in India: IIT study
This will have a negative impact on crop production, says the study
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Sustainability and the feeding frenzy
Book review of ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, JUNK: A History of Food, From Sustainable to Suicidal
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Russia launches satellite to monitor climate and environment in the Arctic
The Arctic has warmed more than twice as fast as the global average over the last three decades and Moscow is seeking to develop the energy-rich region
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New climate pledges 'far short' of meeting Paris Agreement goals: UN
The planet is on 'red alert', the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said
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PM Modi to receive global energy and environment leadership award
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive the CERAWeek global energy and environment leadership award during an annual international energy conference next week.
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UN report card on Paris goals gives 75 governments a 'fail' mark
"That simply is not good enough," said Patricia Espinosa, urging governments - including those that have already updated their plans - to come up with larger promised cuts before COP26
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US-Canada to hold first dialogue on climate change by beginning of April
"The initial meeting of the Dialogue will occur between March 15 and April 1," the White House said in a statement on Wednesday evening
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European Commission bets on data to prepare for climate change impacts
As European Union countries attempt to eliminate their net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, they will still face decades of climate-related impacts, locked in from previous years' emissions
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Prakash Javadekar uses Sanskrit for first time at UNSC on climate change
Javadekar said that there is no common, widely accepted methodology for assessing the connection between climate change, conflict and fragility
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UN chief lists four priority areas to address climate crisis risks
Talking about the last priority area, Guterres said that "we need to deepen partnerships across and beyond the United Nations system"
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Boris Johnson warns climate change threatens world security
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned world leaders that climate change is a threat to security of all nations
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Important for nations to fulfil their pre-2020 green commitments: Javadekar
Javadekar on Tuesday stressed that the idea of climate action should not be to move the climate ambition goal post to 2050 and it is important for countries to fulfil their pre-2020 commitments
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'Scanty and sketchy evidence': Delhi court grants bail to Disha Ravi
The judge termed the evidence produced by police as scanty and sketchy
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India at UNSC urges nations to fulfil pre-2020 climate change commitments
The year 2050 is when nations have been called on to achieve net zero CO2 emissions
Toolkit case: Climate activist Disha Ravi released from Tihar jail
Climate activist Disha Ravi, who was arrested in connection with the toolkit case, was released from Tihar jail on Tuesday night after a city court granted her bail.
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