US climate chief John Kerry said defended the Glasgow deal by saying "this is not the finish line for climate change...what we need is to live in pollution free".
Several countries, including small island states, said they were deeply disappointed by the change promoted by India to “phase down,” rather than “phase out” coal power, the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Dia Mirza, who is United Nations Environment's Goodwill Ambassador, was speaking at a panel discussion. Mirza noted that the UN and its various programmes have made science accessible to people.
China also agreed for the first time to crack down on methane leaks, following the lead of the Biden administration’s efforts to curb the potent greenhouse gas. Beijing and Washington agreed to share technology to reduce emissions.
Boris Johnson attended a world leaders’ summit that kicked off the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow last week, and will return to the Scottish city Wednesday.
"Six years ago in Paris, you (world leaders) pledged to limit global warming ideally to 1.5 degrees. The recent UN panel on climate change warned that this opportunity may be slipping from our grasp," BLACKPINK's Rose said.
It was on October 17 that Kerala saw rainfall in excess of 200 mm; October 18 and 19 saw Uttarakhand receive rainfall in excess of 200, 300 400 and even 500 mm rainfall whereas on October 20, it was sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim that saw extreme rainfall events
Bhupender Yadav underlined unity and strength of LMDC as fundamental in UNFCCC negotiations to preserve the interest of Global South in the fight against climate change.
Prime Minister Modi was joined by his British counterpart Boris Johnson on the second day of the COP26 climate summit here. The launch event was also attended by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
India constitutes 17 per cent of global population and India's contribution to the emission has only been 5%. But today, the entire world admits that India is the only major economy which has delivered on Paris agreements in letter and spirit," Prime Minister Modi said while presenting India's vision at COP26 climate summit.
The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow gathers leaders from around the world, in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming.
"The developed countries, which have already enjoyed the fruits of low-cost energy for several years have to go in for net-zero much faster and if possible going for net-negative," said India's Sherpa at G20 and Union Minister Piyush Goyal.
India, the world’s third biggest emitter, has yet to follow China, the U.S. and the European Union in setting a target for reaching ‘net zero’ emissions. Negotiators are hoping India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will announce such a goal in Glasgow.
Actress Bhumi Pednekar is starting a series of chats on national radio to reach out to a wider set of people and engage them on the subject of climate conservation, an issue she feels needs immediate attention.
After concluding the first session of the G20 summit, PM Modi, taking to Twitter said that the proceedings at the G20 Summit were "extensive and productive".
On October 23 2021, Srinagar recorded the coldest October in 39 years, with similar conditions in other parts of Kashmir.
In his departure statement, Modi had said he will be visiting Rome and the Vatican City from October 29-31 at the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
The summit will allow leaders representing 80 per cent of the global economy to talk — and apply peer pressure — on all those issues.
6-years-ago, nearly 200 countries agreed to individualized plans to fight global warming in historic 2015 Paris climate agreement.
One, a first-of-its-kind intelligence assessment on climate change, identified 11 nations of greatest concern, from Haiti to Afghanistan and India is one of them.
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