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Japan's MUFG, Sumitomo face climate votes at AGMs as activism grows

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Japan' biggest bank, and Sumitomo Corp, one of the country's largest trading houses, are being targeted with climate resolutions from activist shareholders at their AGM

Biden invites 40 leaders including PM Modi, Xinping to climate summit

US President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a virtual leaders summit on climate scheduled for next month.

China says it will discuss climate change and other issues with US

China said it had agreed with the US to take up climate change and a handful of other issues, signaling a possible modicum of progress at recently concluded talks

US pledges $9.2 mn to support climate resilient infrastructure under CDRI

The United States on Friday announced funds up to $9.2 million to support the global Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, a fund that was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019

India, US and climate change

Can India achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050?

French Parliament votes to include climate change clause in constitution

The lower house of the French parliament, the National Assembly, on Tuesday voted in favour of amending the country's constitution with provisions that include climate and biodiversity protection

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

India among top 10 countries most affected by climate change: Germanwatch

India is among the top 10 most affected countries in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021 published on Monday by the Bonn-based environmental think tank Germanwatch.

HSBC set to face shareholder heat on fossil fuels in annual general meeting

Major HSBC shareholders are calling on Europe's biggest bank to toughen its commitment to cut lending linked to fossil fuels and to turn its climate "ambitions" into targets

Team Joe Biden: A climate adviser who is an India-Pakistan pundit too

John Kerry, Biden's pick for climate envoy, also knows the Afghanistan-Pakistan axis for a long time

US President-elect Joe Biden names key members of his climate team

Biden has announced his climate and energy team, which he said is ready on day one to advance his agenda and lead the world to confront the undeniable reality of climate change

Indian entrepreneur among 7 winners of UNEP prize for global change-makers

A 29-year-old Indian entrepreneur is among the seven winners of the prestigious "Young Champions of the Earth" 2020 prize given by the UN environment agency to global change-makers

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BlackRock to double number of firms it engages with over climate in 2021

BlackRock said it would more than double the number of companies it engages with over climate-related issues to over 1,000 and laid out stronger goals on other fronts for portfolio firms

Decolonising climate action

If inequality of consumption is recognised as the major obstacle to tackling the climate crisis, then the conversation would be different

Biden, UN chief discuss strengthening partnership on Covid, climate change

US President-elect Joe Biden spoke with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as the two discussed the need to strengthen their partnership on urgent global issues including combatting Covid-19

Three steps to a Biden climate initiative

With more sensible US leadership and new policy tools, the world will have a fighting chance of survival

European Union countries consider a climate target for every decade

The EU is aiming to strike a deal this year on a law to make its climate targets legally binding, and member states will start discussions next week on the text

Two ends to Climate Change debate; Experts vary on impact on rain, cyclones

The topic has always been contentious, with radical movements like Extinction Rebellion at one end, and leaders like Donald Trump and Brazil's Bolsonaro, who say climate change theory is a hoax at the

New economic assumptions

Covid must cause a re-examination of aspects of economics