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  • Carbon Guardians eyes Rs 100-crore revenue on back of growing climate-conscious workspace demand

    Carbon Guardians eyes Rs 100-crore revenue on back of growing climate-conscious workspace demand

    To date, the company has delivered carbon tracking, performance analytics, and smart workspace interventions for over 200,000 square feet of commercial real estate in India’s top three metros.

  • India-UK trade deal to boost Indian cleantech exports amid renewable energy slump in US

    India-UK trade deal to boost Indian cleantech exports amid renewable energy slump in US

    The UK will also support India on green hydrogen, civil nuclear energy, and offshore wind apart from helping it finance climate action.

  • Paris votes on bold plan to green 500 streets amid climate and mobility debate

    Paris votes on bold plan to green 500 streets amid climate and mobility debate

    Parisians has voted on a proposal to transform 500 streets into green pedestrian zones, testing public support for ambitious climate reforms that could disrupt daily life.

  • Melting Antarctic Ice is Expected to Slow Earth’s Strongest Ocean Current – Here’s Why It Matters

    Melting Antarctic Ice is Expected to Slow Earth’s Strongest Ocean Current – Here’s Why It Matters

    Melting Antarctic ice could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by 20% by 2050, disrupting climate, rising sea levels, and harming marine ecosystems.

  • UN climate chief calls India 'solar superpower', urges it to submit stronger climate action plan

    UN climate chief calls India 'solar superpower', urges it to submit stronger climate action plan

    Stiell, who is in India to attend the ET Global Business Summit, lauded India's efforts to mitigate climate change, saying that while some governments only talk, "India delivers".

  • COP29: India rejects new $300 bn climate finance deal

    COP29: India rejects new $300 bn climate finance deal

    Supporting India, Nigeria said the $300 billion climate finance package was a "joke". Malawi and Bolivia also lent support to India.

  • India drops two places but remains among top 10 climate performers: CCPI report

    India drops two places but remains among top 10 climate performers: CCPI report

    India's per capita emissions stand at 2.9 tons of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e), far below the global average of 6.6 tCO2e.

  • Can the International Solar Alliance help India add to its solar strength?

    Can the International Solar Alliance help India add to its solar strength?

    Staying on as the president of the global solar alliance consolidates New Delhi’s clout in climate politics and offers scope to support its own energy and other economic needs

  • India made strides in environmental protection over last two decades: Govt data

    India made strides in environmental protection over last two decades: Govt data

    Protected area has increased 16 percent over the last two decades (2000-2023) to 1,78,641 square km

  • China and US progress on climate talks despite 'some differences', says Podesta

    China and US progress on climate talks despite 'some differences', says Podesta

    US climate envoy John Podesta reported progress in climate talks with China despite ongoing differences, particularly on climate finance and emission targets. Both countries are preparing for COP29 discussions and upcoming climate commitments.

  • US Polls 2024: Kamala Harris gains Hispanic voter support, neutralises Trump's economic edge, says survey

    US Polls 2024: Kamala Harris gains Hispanic voter support, neutralises Trump's economic edge, says survey

    Kamala Harris has closed Trump's economic lead among Hispanic voters, holding a 13-point advantage due to strong support for her healthcare and climate change policies, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling.

  • Scientists uncover fossils of giant sea scorpions as large as humans, dating back 444 million years

    Scientists uncover fossils of giant sea scorpions as large as humans, dating back 444 million years

    These ancient arthropods, which thrived around 444 million years ago, eventually disappeared from the fossil record roughly 393 million years ago, likely due to significant environmental changes.

  • Fire Ravages World's Largest Tropical Wetland in Brazil | Residents Call Pantanal Wetland an Inferno

    Fire Ravages World's Largest Tropical Wetland in Brazil | Residents Call Pantanal Wetland an Inferno

    Fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands have surged nearly tenfold so far this year to the highest levels since 2020. Brazilians in the Mato Grosso do Sul state described the fires ravaging the Pantanal wetland as an ‘inferno’. Here are personal accounts of people who live around the wetlands

  • Top climate investor in India seeks to raise a $1 billion fund

    Top climate investor in India seeks to raise a $1 billion fund

    “Water, food, agri-value chain and recycling will be the key themes the new fund will invest in,” Dhanpal Jhaveri, Eversource’s CEO said in an interview at his Mumbai office, without sharing a time line for the latest round of fund raising.

  • Science & Environment round-up: Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, a failed carbon-offset programme, tips to recharge Bengaluru groundwater

    Science & Environment round-up: Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, a failed carbon-offset programme, tips to recharge Bengaluru groundwater

    Bangalore's water crisis should send alarm bells ringing; more Indian cities could be headed towards water shortages with heat wave predicted in many cities across India. Plus, more environmental news and science updates.

  • COP28: Here are key highlights for Day 5

    COP28: Here are key highlights for Day 5

    The UAE pledged $270 billion in green finance by 2030 through its banks, and several development banks made fresh moves to scale up their funding efforts, including agreeing to pause debt repayments when disaster strikes

  • COP28 climate action summit: Indian diaspora greets PM Modi in Dubai | India’s agenda at COP28

    COP28 climate action summit: Indian diaspora greets PM Modi in Dubai | India’s agenda at COP28

    Prime Minister Modi on Friday landed in Dubai to attend the COP28 Climate Action Summit. The Ministry of External Affairs said in its statement that HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi, has invited the Prime Minister for the summit. MEA said that the visit reflected India's dedication to advancing its climate agenda on the global stage and contributing meaningfully to the dialogue on environmental sustainability. As the Summit commenced, PM Modi along with world leaders posed for a customary family photograph. Watch to know more!

  • COP28 explainer: What will be on the agenda for the world, and India

    COP28 explainer: What will be on the agenda for the world, and India

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be at COP 28. Among India's priorities at the climate conference are climate finance, loss and damage, promoting the Global Biogas Alliance, and negotiating demands around the cooling pledge and coal phase-down.

  • Explainer: Why the Global South will have a key role to play at COP28

    Explainer: Why the Global South will have a key role to play at COP28

    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.

  • World set to warm with current climate policies, UN warns

    World set to warm with current climate policies, UN warns

    The UN estimates that carbon emissions released into the atmosphere will increase by about 9% in 2030, compared with 2010 levels, based on current national pledges submitted ahead of the upcoming COP28 climate summit.

  • ‘Gobsmackingly bananas’ record temperatures are dividing scientists

    ‘Gobsmackingly bananas’ record temperatures are dividing scientists

    Global temperature records are being broken on a consecutive monthly basis. That’s not good

  • UK PM Rishi Sunak defends shift in climate policy as 'realistic' approach

    UK PM Rishi Sunak defends shift in climate policy as 'realistic' approach

    A day after his speech set out a pushback of petrol and diesel car ban and other cost-intensive measures to reduce the country's carbon emissions, Sunak fought back suggestions that he was filtering down the UK's climate commitments.

  • 2023 G20 Summit: 10 biggest green takeaways from the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration

    2023 G20 Summit: 10 biggest green takeaways from the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration

    From mainstreaming LiFE to scaling up climate finance, several issues found a mention in the declaration.

  • Himachal's flood fury to Hawaii's fatal wildfires — A look at extreme weather events across the world

    Himachal's flood fury to Hawaii's fatal wildfires — A look at extreme weather events across the world

    The devastating weather conditions have claimed at least 75 lives in India's Himachal Pradesh, 111 in United States' Hawaii, and forced the evacuation of thousands in Spain's Tenerife and Canada's Yellowknife.

  • Climate: Consumers are seizing the energy transition from big business

    Climate: Consumers are seizing the energy transition from big business

    Demand-side clean energy investment — equipment used by energy users, such as electric vehicles, heat pumps and sustainable materials — was running ahead of supply-side investments such as solar, wind, nuclear and battery power, hydrogen and carbon capture last year

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