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Boris Johnson to announce hike in UK’s climate finance at COP26 Summit

At the World Leaders Summit opening ceremony, the UK PM will urge countries to take concrete steps on phasing out coal, accelerate transition to e-vehicles, and halt deforestation.

COP26 ‘last, best hope’ to keep 1.5-degrees-C global warming goal alive, says summit chief

UK minister Alok Sharma, president of COP26, made these comments while formally opening the two-week-long climate change summit in Glasgow Sunday.

Even if all 2030 climate targets are met, the planet will heat by 2.7℃ this century. That’s not OK

Time is fast running out to avert more dangerous climate changes, and the world cannot afford a missed opportunity at COP26

What is COP26, why it is important & India’s role at the climate change conference

COP26 will be held in Glasgow from 31 October-12 November. ThePrint explains its importance, India’s stake in climate change, and upcoming negotiations.

With $36 billion boost to net worth in a day, Elon Musk is now worth more than Pakistan GDP

The surge in Musk’s net worth is powered by an order of 1 lakh Tesla vehicles from US-based car rental company Hertz, which sent electric vehicle giant’s shares surging by 13% Monday.

Wildlife panel scraps 2% fee proposal for projects in eco-sensitive zones, to keep cost flexible

National Board for Wildlife has now proposed to seek measures to mitigate impact of projects in protected areas and eco-sensitive zones as part of project proposals.

COP26 opportunity to move from words to actions, can’t rely on govt action alone, experts say

US Consulate in Mumbai, think-tank Atlantic Council's South Asia Center and CII discuss how climate action requires the 'speed and scale' of private industries too.

World should prepare for 2.7 degrees Celsius rise by 2100 on today’s emission pledges: UN report

The UN’s Emissions Gap report says projected emissions need to reduce by 55% by 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

74% of India’s districts prone to extreme climate like droughts, floods & cyclones, says study

Council for Energy, Environment and Water measured each district’s vulnerability to climate change, found 5 states — Assam, Andhra, Maharashtra, Karnataka & Bihar — most at risk.

2020 deadline missed, developed countries now hope to deliver $100 bn climate finance by 2023

‘Climate Delivery Plan’ released ahead of UN climate change conference (COP26) outlines agenda & timetable for developed countries to deliver monetary help to low-income nations.

On Camera

Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar didn’t have a cabaret-classical split. It was about genre, style

Consider Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar’s duet ‘Chhod Do Aanchal’. The sequence was set in a flower garden, and the girl’s bashfulness was not even remotely relatable to a cabaret dancer.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.