New Delhi declaration is rich in intent but lacks a targeted action plan to tackle the global environmental challenge
Climate conferences such as COP27 make new promises, with little progress on the previous ones. But that should not stop India from rolling out a decarbonisation initiative
The success of the U.N. climate summit in Egypt, which has entered the second week, will be measured by the progress made on the contentious issue of climate finance, but the signs are not encouraging
The draft encourages "the continued efforts to accelerate measures towards the phase down of unabated coal power and phase out and rationalize inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, in line with national circumstances and recognizing the need for support towards just transitions".
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Indian negotiators formally called on the Egyptian Presidency of climate talks for the expanded language to be included in the cover text
"The climate crisis is about human security, economic security, environmental security, national security, and the very life of the planet,” Biden said.
The glaciers that are likely to disappear include the last remaining ones in Africa, in Kilimanjaro National Park and on Mount Kenya; those on the Pyrenees’ Mont Perdu, which spans the borders of France and Spain; and in Italy’s Dolomites.
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A deal to discuss climate compensation is a good start to COP27 but India is expected to drive a hard bargain as developed countries haven’t provided the promised funds, while the World Meteorological Organization says the planet is now 1.15 degrees warmer
The detection highlights how piles of garbage — which generate the potent greenhouse gas when organic material like food scraps break down in the absence of oxygen — are triggering some of the world’s strongest and most persistent methane emissions.
Officials said India will counter any effort to classify loans as climate finance.
Emerging and poor economies are also expected to highlight the loss and damage due to climate change, and demand financial resources to mitigate disasters
More than 30,000 delegates, including representatives from some 200 countries, will gather Nov. 6-18 in the seaside resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh to hash out details around how to slow climate change and help those already feeling its impacts.