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India top performer on Paris pledge, on track to achieve targets: Javadekar
The minister said that the country's forest cover has increased by 13,000 square km in the last five years
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Earth's inner core capped by snow made of iron particles, finds new study
The researchers, including those from the University of Texas at Austin in the US, studied this layer by recording and analysing signals from seismic waves as they passed through the Earth
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Reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide
A descendant of CO2-eating e coli could be modified to make organic carbon molecules
Asia to keep world coal demand steady as environment concerns grow
Coal remains a major source of power across Southeast Asia, where breakneck economic development has spurred soaring energy demands -- but at a cost to the environment
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Goldman Sachs says it will support 'green' initiatives more forcefully
Goldman also implemented a formal ban on financing certain drilling and coal activities
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UN chief 'disappointed' as longest talks end with no deal on carbon market
The two-week long negotiations which extended till Sunday saw no agreement on major issues such as Article 6, loss and damage, and long term finance
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Circumventing climate action
New games are being played out to circumvent action - or at least to find ways to do as little as possible and as cheaply as possible
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Combating climate change
Greta Thunberg and her generation might just have made enough of a difference to give the Earth a fighting chance
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How a little verb can give a climate treaty teeth or make it toothless
"We are in a fantasy land here," said Alden Meyer, strategy and policy director for the Union of Concerned Scientists
Experts want India's emission-cut pledge in Paris backed by stringent law
Countries which have enacted legislation in this regard are New Zealand, United Kingdom, France, Sweden and Scotland
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India among top 10 nations on climate change performance: Report
This assumes significance in view of India's resolve to reach 175 GW of clean energy capacity by 2022
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Anger erupts at UN climate summit as major economies resist bold action
The agreement enters a crucial implementation phase in 2020, when countries are supposed to ratchet up their ambitions ahead of the next major round of talks in Glasgow
World leaders' commitments fall short of outcome at UN climate conference
The narrow aim of the Madrid negotiations is to finalise the rulebook for the 2015 climate accord, which enjoins nations to limit global temperature rises to "well below" two degrees Celsius.
Citizenship Bill India's own issue, haven for minorities: Maldives' speaker
Responding to a question on Maldives' stand on the amended Citizenship Act, Nasheed said it is India's internal matter.
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89% Indians believe climate change has negative impact on economy
According to IBM report, 72 per cent Indians also believe that the local economy has been disrupted by a severe weather event in the past year
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Climate change activist Greta Thunberg is TIME's 2019 Person of the Year
At 16, Thunberg is the youngest individual ever to be named TIME's Person of the Year
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Climate change: 4.8 bn cooling equipments to be sold in 11 yrs, says study
Domestic and residential cooling accounts for more than 60 per cent of overall demand placing the onus on real estate developers and households
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Infosys wins UN Global Climate Action Award in 'Climate Neutral Now' group
Infosys has been projected as a top employer in Australia, Japan and Singapore across the Asia-Pacific region in 2020, by the Top Employer Institute in recognition of its excellence in hiring
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Greta Thunberg accuses world leaders of 'creative PR' not leading to action
The activist cited scientific reports that have established that unchecked warming above 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) for the planet will be catastrophic.
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Heat, low prices hit Kenya's coffee crop; farmers shift to banana, avocado
Kenya's coffee production is tumbling - the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts the 2019/20 harvest will hit a 57-year low.
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