COP26 Climate Summit

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the World Leaders' Summit "Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment" session at the COP26 Climate Conference at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo: AFP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | A cop-out for the world, but a triumph for India

India’s unassailable position as a world leader in climate negotiations was reaffirmed by PM Narendra Modi in a simple but skilful speech

16 Nov 2021 11:33 AM

Alok Sharma, President of the COP26 summit gestures during a press conference at the end of the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (AP /Alastair Grant)

India and China will need to explain coal move, says COP26 president Alok Sharma

India, backed by China rejected a clause calling for a 'phase out' of coal-fired power, and the text was changed to 'phase down'

15 Nov 2021 12:52 PM

Britain's Alok Sharma, second left, President of the COP26 and Patricia Espinosa, left, UNFCCC Executive-Secretary applaud during the closing plenary session at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (AP/Alberto Pezzali)

Nations compromise on coal to strike UN climate agreement at COP26 summit

Several countries said they were deeply disappointed by the change promoted by India to phase down rather than phase out coal power

14 Nov 2021 11:17 AM

The text also slightly weakens language on asking for a phase-out of fossil fuels subsidies and coal. It now calls for the phase-out of “unabated” coal power and of “inefficient” subsidies for fossil fuels. The line has faced pushback, and many climate-watchers were expecting it to be axed by now. (Bloomberg)

COP26: New draft back off from call to end all coal use

The draft, which was negotiated overnight now 'requests' countries to come back with new 2030 plans by 2022, instead of being 'urged' to

12 Nov 2021 1:50 PM

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. (AP/Alastair Grant)

Climate finance isn’t charity, says Union minister Bhupender Yadav at COP26 summit

The minister said India is among the few countries in the world on track to meet its climate targets before 2030

11 Nov 2021 1:44 PM

China also agreed for the first time to crack down on methane leaks, following the lead of the Biden administration’s efforts to curb the potent greenhouse gas. (AP)

China, US pledge to increase cooperation at UN climate talks

The U.S. and China will revive a working group that will meet regularly to address the climate crisis and advance the multilateral process

11 Nov 2021 10:50 AM

Climate evangelism is led by the nations of the European Union. (Photo: Representational/ANI)

K.C. Singh | Can India change, make its policies climate-friendly?

But the United States, the European Union and China renounced the overseas funding of coal-related projects

03 Nov 2021 12:39 AM

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, attend a meeting during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow. (Photo: AP)

PM Modi launches 'Infrastructure for Resilient Island States' at COP26 Summit

Prime Minister Modi was joined by his British counterpart Boris Johnson on the second day of the COP26 climate summit

02 Nov 2021 2:57 PM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres greet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland on Nov. 1, 2021. (AP /Alastair Grant, Pool)

PM lists India's five key climate targets; pledges 'Net Zero' emissions by 2070

A country reaches its net zero target when the amount of greenhouse gases it adds is no more than the amount taken away from the atmosphere

02 Nov 2021 7:12 AM

COP26: Climate change must be addressed on cooperative global level, says Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama said he was encouraged to see that the younger generations were demanding concrete action on climate change

31 Oct 2021 10:32 AM

India, the world's third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China and the United States, is under pressure to announce plans to become carbon neutral by mid-century. (Representational image: AFP)

India rejects net zero carbon emissions target, says pathway more important

Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav said India was on track to achieve targets set at the 2015 Paris conference

28 Oct 2021 10:44 AM

US-Japanese scientist Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and Giorgio Parisi of Italy on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize for climate models and the understanding of physical systems. (Photo:AP)

Nobel Physics Prize honours climate work

US-Japanese scientist Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and Giorgio Parisi of Italy won the Nobel Physics Prize for climate models

05 Oct 2021 10:40 PM

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