
As the global community convenes for COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, India must once again assert itself in climate negotiations, emphasising the collective objectives that demand our shared focus during the summit

Divisions are running deep before COP28 begins. There’s been no firm commitment from developed nations for an immediate and notable financial contribution. Developing countries want developed ones to provide at least $100 billion worth of annual financing by 2030

While the country’s carbon emissions are projected to go into a structural decline, new coal project approvals are soaring

The UN says that human-caused methane emissions could be reduced by as much as 45 per cent by 2030.

Negotiations at the annual UN summit in the United Arab Emirates will hinge on ways to mobilise finance to tackle the climate emergency, but talks are expected to be contentious on issues like phasing out planet-warming fossil fuels.

Climate-action funds are essential to facilitate the transition from brown assets to green, and towards sustainable practices, renewable energy adoption, and the development of carbon capture technologies. India-focused climate funds can support the development and implementation of climate-resilient infrastructure, renewable energy projects and initiatives aimed at enhancing adaptation capabilities

The metal at the heart of zero-carbon reactors and zero-civilisation warheads has so far this year beat every member of the Bloomberg Commodity Index, except orange juice, rising 68%. Uranium offers a perfect distillation of a world that is heating up and a world order that is breaking down. Plus a market eager to capitalise on both

China is likely to produce half the world’s steel and coal this year, and emit more carbon than every developed nation put together. Even adjusting for its huge population, it now consumes more energy and generates more pollution per person than most countries in western Europe

By emphasising rigorous emission standards and substantial investments in R&D, India is poised to play a major role in creation of GH2 solutions

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has directed agencies and departments concerned to ensure strict implementation of curbs on polluting vehicles and check the increasing incidents of biomass burning.

The CSE report said that despite multiple deadline extensions and revised categorisations by the Union Environment Ministry, many plants in the region are struggling to meet prescribed norms for emissions of nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide and particulate matter.

(Eds: With file pics) New Delhi, Nov 25 Delhi's air quality stood in the "severe" category on Saturday morning with monitoring agencies pinning hope..

Planet earth has once again seen the devastating effects of climate change in 2023 as the summer season in the northern hemisphere recorded the warmest temperature on record globally, with at least 5,000 people losing their lives in Libya in the Mediterranean storm Daniel in September, while a wildfire on the Hawaiian island Maui killed at least 115 people.

COP28, scheduled to take place from November 30 to December 12 in Dubai, UAE, will see the conclusion of the first-ever "global stocktake", a periodic review of collective progress to meet the Paris Agreement goals.

The green tribunal also directed the Balia district magistrate to file the action taken report on or before the next date of hearing.

According to the study’s lead author Hannah Kessenich, PhD candidate at the University of Otago, New Zealand, the team found much less ozone in the centre of the hole compared to 19 years ago.

For India funding challenges are formidable to say the least with the pressure on government to find the money for the net zero transition. But there are other very formidable socio-economic challenges too

The project will be challenging because of the terrain and the climatic conditions, and is expected to take about five years to complete. It will form a major part of India’s green energy goal by the year 2030.

Host UAE is pulling out all stops to make the summit on global warming a success, and is aided by implicit and explicit support from New Delhi to the Vatican

Traffic emissions were a big contributor on Monday to fine particles of size 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5) suspended in the air, a real-time study by experts collaborating with the Delhi government showed.

Most of us don’t even save enough for retirement. If we have a choice between eating a donut right now and being marginally more healthy later, the donut almost always wins. Not just individuals, society as a whole is also prone to toxic short-termism, which among other things also hinders our climate change fight

It represents 85 per cent of the world’s population and nearly 39 per cent of the global GDP, making it a critical stakeholder in the fight against climate change.

Delhi and its suburbs witnessed a further improvement in air quality on November 19, attributed primarily to favourable atmospheric conditions such as wind direction and speed.

Delhi government will bear the cost of Phases 1 & 2 of cloud seeding, totalling Rs 13 crore. Cloud seeding experiment, at Rs 1 lakh per sq. km, is likely to bring relief only for a week. Experts are sceptical about the endeavour. Here's why

The government last week postponed the implementation of the scheme, which permits cars to operate on alternate days based on the odd or even last digit of their registration numbers, after a notable improvement in the city’s air quality due to rain on Friday.