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November 9, 2023 5:46 PM

India’s G20 Summit focused on Climate Financing to address developing countries’ climate challenges

The G20 Leaders' Summit that concluded in Delhi on September 10 stressed seriousness to address the rising temperatures and climate change. The G20 nations committed to urgently accelerate their actions to address environmental crises and challenges ...

September 11, 2023 3:25 PM

India’s clean energy push at G20 is a historic initiative

The launch of a global biofuel alliance at a recently concluded and very successful G20 summit in New Delhi, is a great step towards energy transition. Aimed at boosting the use of cleaner fuels, this global alliance on ethanol has the potential to e...

September 10, 2023 1:08 PM

G20 acknowledges insufficiency in global climate ambition

The G20 nations, led by India, underscored on Saturday the lack of global ambition and action in combating climate change to meet the temperature goals stated in the Paris Agreement. The G20’s declaration, released at the Leaders’ Summit...

September 10, 2023 11:49 AM

G20 Summit: UK commits $2 billion to UN-backed climate fund

Britain will commit to provide $2 billion to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to help developing countries cope with climate change, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday at the G20 Leaders Summit in New Delhi. The pledge would be the biggest single...

September 6, 2023 4:35 PM

Africa Climate Summit 2023: Health Missing from Agenda

On the final day of the three-day Africa Climate Summit, taking place in Nairobi, Kenya, from September 4-6, discussions are set to take place around climate innovations. From low-carbon resilient mobility and transport systems to efficient industria...

September 6, 2023 2:32 PM

Climate Catastrophe: Climate Catastrophe: Greece, Spain, Brazil, China and others are facing extreme flooding

After wildfires, torrential rains and extreme flooding are wrecking havoc on the world. With extreme flooding in Las Vegas, Spain, Greece, Brazil,Turkey, Sri Lanka, more and more communities are facing extreme weather condition, resulting in loss and...

September 5, 2023 4:57 PM

Africa Climate Summit begins, focus on financing the efforts to fight this menace

African leaders arrived on Tuesday, September 5, at the inaugural Africa Climate Summit being held in Nairobi, including Salva Kiir of Sudan, Paul Kagame of Rwanda and U.S. special envoy on climate, John Kerry. The summit is focused on mobilising fin...

September 4, 2023 12:22 PM

12 killed as 61k lightning strikes in 2 hours send shockwaves in Odisha

A staggering 61,000 lightning strikes in nearly two hours sent shockwaves in the state of Odisha, which killed atleast 12 people and 14 were reported injured, said the Special Relief Commissioner's (SRC) office on Sunday. A post shared on X by the S...

September 1, 2023 2:36 PM

Delhi records the highest-ever average air quality in eight-years

Delhi registered its best ever average air quality for the period between January – August 2023 during the last 8 years (barring the COVID affected 2020) January-August in 2023 has recorded daily average PM2.5 concentrations of about 77 µgm/m3 as...

August 31, 2023 12:50 PM

India-US hold meeting to launch Renewable Energy Technology Action Platform

With an aim to advance new and emerging renewable technologies, a meeting between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), was held on August 29, 2023. In the meeting, the delegations exchanged insi...

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