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Though 50 countries have promised net zero emissions by 2050, the experts feel that the roadmap is vague. Representational Image. (AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India set to score brownie points at...

In Paris, there was a commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2030

29 Oct 2021 3:03 AM IST

The absence of a central authority to define rules for sharing a depletable, common resource is the central problem behind global warming.Representational Image. (AP)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Glasgow COP looming: Feel earth move under your...

At the current rate of around thirty-four billion tons of CO2 emissions per year, we could exhaust our carbon budget in...

25 Oct 2021 1:10 AM IST

India has not yet committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050, considered a vital goal in limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. (PTI)

PM Modi to attend Glasgow climate meet, environment minister says

Summit host Britain welcomed Modi's decision to attend

22 Oct 2021 3:15 AM IST

Britains 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...

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

14 Nov 2021 11:17 AM IST

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...

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 IST

China also agreed for the first time to crack down on methane leaks, following the lead of the Biden administrations 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...

11 Nov 2021 10:50 AM IST

Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a meeting during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow. (AP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Ambiguities remain amid India's pledges at...

PM's quantitative commitments at Glasgow earlier this month require a closer look than usual

7 Nov 2021 10:55 PM IST

A girl holds a draw reading Save Our World as demonstrators take part in the Fridays for Future Scotland march, during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Is there hope for planet, or will prophets of doom...

As with Covid, humanity is in this together

6 Nov 2021 2:43 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the World Leaders Summit Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment session at the COP26 Climate Conference. (AFP)

PM Modi offers to world ISRO's 'solar calculator' app, other climate...

Modi also participated during the day in an event hosted by US President Joe Biden on 'Build Back a Better World'

3 Nov 2021 7:03 AM IST