Climate organisations will have to grapple with the loss of billions of dollars of US funding — unless other nations or philanthropies step in to fill the void.
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.
India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.
Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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?