The United Nations climate summit in Glasgow has made some serious toddler steps toward cutting emissions but far from the giant leaps needed to limit global warming to internationally accepted goals
To forge compromise, they have a big gap to bridge. Or more accurately, multiple gaps: there's a trust gap and a wealth gap
Numerous developing nations were pessimistic. They called progress disappointing, saying announcements were high in quantity but worried that they were low in quantity
Inside the conference venue, negotiators knuckled down for a seventh day of talks to finish draft agreements that can be passed to ministers for political approval next week
The Coalition has been launched at the COP26 Summit being held in Glasgow
Poland, Vietnam and Chile among those pledging to phase out fossil fuel for first time
At the 2021 Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, Modi outlined a net zero emissions target by 2070 for India
Planned announcements are meant to help speed a transition to cleaner forms of energy that scientists and world leaders say are needed quickly to slash greenhouse gas emissions
She invited world leaders, international organisations, civil society, and business leaders to stand with her generation and back the innovations, solutions and projects working to repair the planet
The Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use commits the signatories to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation, backed by almost 14 billion pounds in public and private funding
The COP26 is being held from October 31 to November 12 under the presidency of the UK which is partnering with Italy for the event
President Joe Biden has set a target to slash greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50% by 2030
Biden wants $3 billion of US climate finance for adaptation
UK's Johnson warns of 'doomsday' as climate summit begins
He stressed that climate change is a huge challenge for the agriculture sector in developing nations, including India
The summit is often billed as essential to putting the landmark 2015 Paris climate accord into action
The green guarantee financing will support clean and resilient infrastructure in sectors such as clean energy, transport and urban development
Modi, who arrived in Glasgow on Sunday night from Rome, was received by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres upon his arrival at the summit venue
Johnson likened the Earth's position to that of fictional secret agent James Bond strapped to a bomb that will destroy the planet and trying to work out how to defuse it
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is also attending the crucial conference, will be addressing leaders from nearly 200 countries on November 1 and 2