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Lifestyles for climate justice

A change in consumption patterns of the rich is as essential for climate mitigation as supply-side innovations and even more crucial for climate justice

Conferences comeback faces climate challenge as virtual mode gains currency

From airmiles and gas-guzzling shuttle buses to lake-sized quantities of plastic bottled water and piles of brochures, events can exact a heavy toll

UAE to convene world leaders to take climate action

The Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2022 taking place from January 15-19 will convene global leaders, including heads of state, policy makers, and international business leaders

Adani group starts exports from Australia coalmine that drew protests

Carmichael mine, located in Queensland state, has spanned environmental activists to Wall Street banks, insurers and investors.

IPCC distributes final draft on pathways to tackle climate change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has distributed the final draft of the Working Group III contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report to governments

India faces uphill battle to meet 2030 climate targets, says Fitch

India must substantially alter its current trajectory if it has to deliver on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's climate targets for 2030, Fitch Solutions said on Friday. Modi at the COP26 announced India by 2030 will increase its non-fossil fuel power generation capacity to 500 GW, generate 50 per cent of its power from renewable sources, reduce its total carbon emission by 1 billion tonnes and bring down carbon intensity of its economy by 45 per cent. "India now faces the challenge of balancing strong economic growth with a sharp deceleration in its CO2 emissions," Fitch Solutions said in a note. "India must substantially alter its current trajectory, if it is to deliver on its commitments. Based on the current state of play, the country will fall far short of its climate objectives." As of 2020, coal, oil and natural gas accounted for 55%, 28% and 7% of the primary energy mix, respectively. "By 2030, we estimate they will account for a respective 45%, 33% and 8%. That is, their tota

China carbon emissions fall for first time since Covid rebound, report says

The world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases saw CO2 emissions drop by around 0.5% in July-September from a year earlier.

India needs $10.1 trn to achieve net-zero emission by 2070: Report

India will require a total investment of $10.1 trillion to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070, while the nation could face a shortfall of $3.5 trillion, a study said

'Phase down' coal not our language in climate deal, can't be blamed: India

The words were already there in the text of the climate conference in Glasgow, government officials say.

TMS, Ep 43: India at COP26, way ahead for MFIs, EMs in 2022, and FASTags

Is India on the wrong side of climate action with its COP26 commitment? What's the road ahead for microfinance institutions? What is FASTag and how does it work? Find the answers here

Climate finance to carbon: The hits and misses of COP26 talks in Glasgow

Specific agreements on forests, coal, and a $24 bn agreement to stop overseas fossil fuel finance can make significant strikes towards cutting emissions.

LIVE: India needs collaboration to solve air pollution problem, say experts

Latest live news: India's environment and climate minister says the phrase reflects the "national circumstances of emerging economies.

India's last-minute defence of coal at COP26 hid role of China and US

China, US and India are the three biggest polluters, and all three have now pledged to zero-out their emissions in the decades ahead.

UN chief says outcome of COP26 'not enough'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow is not enough.

What's in the Glasgow Climate Pact? Five majors outcomes of COP26

COP26: Five biggest achievement of the Glasgow climate pact

Climate talks resume, proposal on coal phaseout still on table

Negotiators at the this year's UN climate talks pored over fresh proposals Saturday aimed at sealing a deal that could credibly be said to boost the world's efforts to tackle global warming

India-led International Solar Alliance signs UN pact at COP26 in Glasgow

International Solar Alliance and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change signed a memorandum of understanding

Journalists, activists stress on stronger laws for environment protection

They underlined the need for stricter provisions in the Forest Conservation Act to ensure a higher degree of compliance.

A balancing act, COP26 draft deal keeps up pressure for climate action

While retaining its core demand for countries to set tougher climate pledges next year, the draft uses weaker language than a previous draft text

US-China climate deal symbolic but not enough to avert crisis: Experts

A joint China-US declaration on climate change won't be enough to avert a deepening climate crisis