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India’s Environment Secretary Leena Nandan also urged rich nations to take the lead in cutting emissions and achieving net-zero by 2030

Bangladesh leader Muhammad Yunus slams rich nations for burning up the planet at UN climate talks

Yunus said the climate negotiations, known as COP29, can be “humiliating” for poor countries. He likened the talks to a "fish market" packed with people trying to get the best bargains.

COP28: Climate finance must follow Dubai deal on moving away from fossil fuels, say experts

The financial offering from rich states to poor is far too small since developing and poor nations have little to no capacity to invest in clean energy or adaptation in the near term, experts said

Tech transfer, finance for industry transition remains a challenge: Bhupender Yadav

Environment Minister said the global industrial landscape has seen a significant shift since the launch of LeadIT, an initiative focusing on low-carbon industrial, in 2019.

COP28 releases crucial document to guide adaptation efforts, disagreement lingers

Unlike mitigation, where progress can be tracked using a single metric, adaptation requires a more complex approach.

OPEC push on fossil fuels draws ire at climate talks

The tone has veered between optimism and concern about the pace of talks as negotiators have held marathon sessions aimed at finding a compromise on the fate of oil, gas and coal.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman demands action, not words at COP 28

The 28th round of the annual UN climate talks to be held from Nov 03 to December 12 in the UAE and is anticipated to involve intense negotiations on compensation from rich countries to developing ones for climate impacts, fossil fuel usage, methane emissions, and financial aid for reducing planet-warming emissions and adapting to climate change.

Fossil fuel lobbyists attended UN climate talks over 7200 times, claims coalition against big polluters

The analysis by the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition comes amid a controversy over the appointment of Sultan Al Jaber, the head of the state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, as the president of the upcoming UN climate talks (COP28) in Dubai. Al Jaber has, however, argued that having the oil and gas industry at the table is essential.

PM Modi to attend UN climate talks in UAE on December 1

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.

World has waited far too long for this: India on compensation fund approved at UN climate talk

Making an intervention in the closing plenary of COP27, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav also said the world should not burden farmers with mitigation responsibilities.

State of Climate Action Report 2022 | A look at how the climate change is affecting the world

Countries around the world are set to gatehr in Egypt for the 27th United Nations Climate Change conference, commonly referred to as COP27, after the historic 2015 Paris Agreement. Keeping the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius within reach will require an enormous acceleration of transformations across all systems this decade.

Still wary of 'Trump Effect', UN climate talks open in Bonn

Five months after the world's most famous climate sceptic said he would yank the United States out of the 196-nation Paris Agreement, the diplomats and leaders tasked with implementing it remained both defiant and concerned.

Turkey shot down Russian jet to protect IS oil trade: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ankara of shooting down a Russian warplane to protect supplies of oil from the Islamic State group to Turkey.