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'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.
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.
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.
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.
After violent clashes between police & protesters in Santiago, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has said Chile won't host upcoming APEC & COP25 summits.
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.
In May 1974, RSS chief Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras spoke at a lecture series in Pune about caste-based discrimination and social equality within the Hindu fold.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.
What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.
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