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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicUN Climate Summit

Topic: UN Climate Summit

‘Climate finance’ for the Pacific is mostly loans, saddles small island nations with more debt

Recent research shows extreme weather is already costing vulnerable island nations $141 billion each year. This will rise to $1 trillion annually by 2030.

Australia to launch bid with Pacific nations to co-host 2026 UN climate summit

Australia's energy minister announced the bid on Saturday, as the new labour government seeks to position the country as a renewable energy powerhouse on the global stage.

After much criticism, Rishi Sunak reverses decision and decides to attend UN climate summit

He said he is attending the summit to 'deliver on Glasgow's legacy of building a secure and sustainable future' - a reference to an agreement at last year's event that Britain hosted.

Uttar Pradesh to Odisha, young Indians are on the frontline of a ‘triple planetary crisis’

Real stories of young Indians on the frontlines of the triple planetary crisis are inspiring. We need more, says UN Resident Coordinator in India.

India has a good story in terms of climate change action, says ex-diplomat Shyam Saran

Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran says India will likely face questions on its coal consumption, especially from US, at the UN Climate Change Conference this November.

World was about to close deals that could save oceans, and then Covid changed everything

The oceans are critical to any effort to slow global warming. Delay in global agreements has only made matters that much more desperate.

Carbon market rules divide envoys at UN climate talks in Madrid

Industrial nations and environmental groups want a system with strict rules that guarantee genuine reductions while countries like Brazil and Australia want more flexibility to draw in investment.

Why Chile is on the boil and had to call off global trade and climate summits

After violent clashes between police & protesters in Santiago, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has said Chile won't host upcoming APEC & COP25 summits.

Not just Greta Thunberg, this young Indian climate activist is also taking on govts

Eleven-year-old Ridhima Pandey is one of the 16 petitioners who filed a complaint to protest the lack of government action on the climate crisis at the UN Climate Action Summit.

The new ‘father of India’ & the difference between Greta Thunberg & Donald Trump

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Dogs matter more to Indian middle class than people

Why do people who complain that our municipalities are incapable of offering proper shelter to dogs not worry about the pathetic shelter offered to refugees and victims of political persecution?

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.