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Need blended finance, private capital leveraging to achieve SDG: Sitharaman

Sitharaman was speaking at the Sustainable Finance for Climate Transition roundtable in Bali, Indonesia, which is hosting the third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG)

India has diligently worked to achieve 2015 green targets: Bhupender Yadav

The minister said though India is home to 17 per cent of the global population, it accounts for only 4 per cent of global carbon emissions

India, Canada ink pact for stronger cooperation on climate action

India and Canada have signed an agreement to increase bilateral cooperation on climate action, environmental protection and conservation.

India needs $20 bn annual investments to achieve climate targets: Report

The white paper by Ficci and Trilegal highlights that the country needs a large budget allocation, international finance from bilateral and multilateral sources and green private investments

PM Modi to virtually address high-level segment of One Ocean Summit

The objective of the summit is to mobilise the international community to take tangible action towards preserving and supporting healthy and sustainable ocean ecosystems

Amazon's Black Friday greeted by climate activists, strikes in Europe

Amazon is facing criticism from climate activists who say excessive consumption harms the environment

India's last-minute coal defense at COP26 hid role of China, US

A dramatic process of revision to the final text unfolded in the closing minutes of talks on Saturday

Glasgow COP26: New draft agreement focuses on money

The differences, after nearly two weeks of negotiations, signalled that it would be difficult for negotiators to reach the sort of sweeping agreement that activists and scientists had urged

Explained: Can world's climate target and India's development coexist?

No country's energy needs are expected to grow faster in coming decades than India's

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

Glasgow COP26: Investors warn Big 4 auditors to include climate accounting

The challenge marks an escalation in the group's efforts to ensure investors were armed with robust information

More than 100 countries join pact to slash planet-warming methane emissions

Among the new signatories was Brazil - one of the world's five biggest emitters of methane.

COP26: India will reach net zero emissions by 2070, says PM Modi

Modi also upped the renewable energy target of the country to 500 Gw by 2030

COP26 summit: India's climate destiny depends upon negotiations in Glasgow

The country's climate negotiators at Glasgow will have to strike a balance between development needs and global pressures to do more

Told Indian govt it is 'urgent' to raise climate ambitions further: Kerry

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerryon Tuesday said he has told the Indian government it is urgent to raise climate ambitions further

Back in Paris accord, US vows not to sideline climate crisis anymore

The United States officially returned to the Paris global climate accord on Friday, and U.S. leaders declared the nation could not afford to ever sideline the growing climate crisis again.

Davos: Heavy industry, transport sectors to align on net-zero climate plans

The agreement, to be announced at the virtual Davos World Economic Forum on Wednesday, includes giants like miner Arcelor Mittal, shipper Maersk, and oil behemoth Shell

The cult of children

At the UN Climate Action Summit, Greta Thunberg admonished the world's leaders for playing fast and loose with the futures of the young

EPA chief says Trump administration to roll back Obama-era clean power plan

The clean power plan aims to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants