Paris Climate Deal

India not only on track to achieve its Paris Agreement targets, but to exceed them: PM Modi

India is not only on track to achieve its Paris Agreement targets, but to exceed them beyond expectations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during the Climate Ambition Summit 2020 on Saturday, highlighting that the country has reduced its emission intensity by 21 per cent over 2005 levels.

Joe Biden vows to rejoin Paris climate deal on day 1 of presidency

Joe Biden has vowed that the US would rejoin the Paris climate accord on his first day in the White House.

US formally exits Paris climate deal amid election uncertainty

The United States has formally made an exit from the Paris Climate Agreement amid election uncertainty. This comes three years after Trump had announced his intent to remove the country from participating in the landmark global pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

US begins formal withdrawal from Paris climate deal

As the United States has officially begun the process of withdrawing from the Paris climate deal, President Donald Trump has been hugely criticised by environmental experts and critics, who termed it as a reckless failure of leadership. Meanwhile, Mike Pompeo has submitted a formal notice to the United Nations in this regard.

Paris climate agreement non-negotiable, no compromise on basic principles: India

It said the outcome at Katowice should be inclusive, consensus based and an integrated package, including all the components of the Paris Agreement Work Programme, to reflect the global consensus reached three years ago on this very day while adopting the Paris Agreement.  

No impact on India of US exit from Paris climate deal: Top official

"In all our negotiations that we are having today and tomorrow, the US is a part of the negotiation work. They are still with us on the negotiations," he said.  

India ready to take lead on climate action: Sushma Swaraj

"The world needs a roadmap for finance and technology to achieve the goals set out in the Convention and its Paris Agreement in everyone's collective interest," External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said at a high-level meeting on climate change here on Wednesday.

Donald Trump blames India, China for his decision to withdraw from Paris climate deal

Trump in June last year announced his decision to withdraw from the Paris deal, saying the accord would have cost America trillions of dollars, killed jobs, and hindered the oil, gas, coal and manufacturing industries.

US absence at Paris summit a 'disgrace': John Kerry

John Kerry noted that many Americans remain "absolutely committed” to the 2015 Paris climate accord despite President Donald Trump’s threat to abandon it.

Paris Climate Summit: Leaders needed to fix global ‘mess’, says Kofi Annan

“We are seeing more and more troubles and conflicts still continuing, because of the lack of global commitment and global vision”

Donald Trump will bring US back into climate deal, says Emmanuel Macron

The French President, on the eve of a climate summit he arranged in Paris, condemned the manner in which the US had signed an international deal, then withdrawn from it.

Climate change: Nearly 20 nations join hands to phase out coal

A climate expert said that this a first-of-its-kind attempt to phase out the traditional coal power on such a massive scale after the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement.

Climate change: UK, Canada launch alliance to phase out coal

Even Germany and Poland, hosts of climate talks this year and next, are holding onto coal for the foreseeable future.

US cities, states defy President Trump, still back Paris climate deal

Businesses and universities said they are still committed to curbing global warming even as US President Donald Trump’s administration is walking away from the Paris climate accord.

Syria joins Paris climate agreement, US stands alone

Syrian officials announced their intention to ratify the accord at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, on Tuesday, CNN reported.

Sushma Swaraj at UNGA: Developed world must help less fortunate ones on climate change

Addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Swaraj said that it was not just mere coincidence that the world has witnessed hurricanes, earthquakes, rains that inundate storms which terrify.

India ready to work above and beyond Paris climate deal, says Sushma Swaraj

India today reaffirmed its commitment to the landmark Paris climate change agreement, saying it is willing to "work above and beyond" the pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

No change in US stance on Paris climate accord: White House

UN chief asks nations to commit to Paris deal amid 'dramatic floods'

The Paris climate deal aims to prevent the Earth from heating up by 2 degrees Celsius since the start of the industrial age. The US is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases after China.

US notifies United Nations of Paris climate accord pullout

The notification comes two months after President Donald Trump announced his intention to leave the Paris climate accord.