If every project was held to measurable net-zero standards, India could show the world that a country’s prosperity doesn't have to be delinked from the planet’s prosperity.
The Paris Agreement is the only global climate pact with equal participation of as many as 193 countries. The US exit could have 'dangerous impacts' in India and other countries.
Multiple attempts previously to both define and adopt it have failed. Yalchin Rafiyev, the lead negotiator of COP29 from Azerbaijan, called it a 'game-changing tool'.
Study by Canadian scientists published Thursday in journal Science proposes novel method of storing carbon in deadwood by covering it in clay & burying it underground to reduce emissions
Over 35 Indian firms have committed to climate action since Paris Agreement but analysis by CRH finds 'massive gap between companies’ renewable energy commitments & actions'.
Climate Analytics report said global renewable energy capacity needs to grow 3.4-3.6 times by 2030 & that goal of tripling renewables should be treated 'as a floor, not a ceiling'.
The UN climate conference that starts tomorrow is likely to take up the Global Methane Pledge, which India will be under pressure to sign, and review a stocktake of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Paris Agreement aimed to limit increase in global temperatures to 'well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels'. Scientists express concern about spike, which came days ahead of COP28.
Declaration acknowledges need for developing countries to be aided in energy transition & critical role of circular economy, and calls for AI to be leveraged for the public good.
Years are quietly being stripped off my lifespan, and somehow that doesn’t ruin my day. But getting scolded for one careless word in an email? That can send me spiralling.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
If we decentralise how will the big companies survive? India should have started the transformation process first with decentralisation , supporting local production, roof top solar subsidies but we have only supported big companies with huge transmission lines , a waste of expenditure and by occupying lot of agriculture land many times forcibly. I was thinking atleast BJP government will think logically. But even Modiji didn’t do that. Now you want to decentralise after building a huge grid. Now the government wants to invest in nuclear energy by small modular reactors. Do we have a plan?
If we decentralise how will the big companies survive? India should have started the transformation process first with decentralisation , supporting local production, roof top solar subsidies but we have only supported big companies with huge transmission lines , a waste of expenditure and by occupying lot of agriculture land many times forcibly. I was thinking atleast BJP government will think logically. But even Modiji didn’t do that. Now you want to decentralise after building a huge grid. Now the government wants to invest in nuclear energy by small modular reactors. Do we have a plan?