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Paris Climate Accord

Global carbon emissions pricing raised record $104 bn in 2023: World Bank

The largest single contributor to global carbon revenue is the EU's Emissions Trading System

Updated On: 21 May 2024 | 6:59 PM IST

From Nazca Lines to the Mona Lisa, a history of unique climate protest

The protests, meanwhile, do reveal the anger and frustration activists feel, especially with the decision of Egyptian authorities and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Updated On: 10 Nov 2022 | 12:32 PM IST

India still a long way from cutting its dependence on coal-fired plants

India is the world's second-largest coal-producing nation (770 million tonnes per annum) and coal accounts for 50 per cent of the 407.79 Gw of electricity generation in the country

Updated On: 09 Nov 2022 | 8:00 PM IST

None of G7's leading stock index aligned with Paris climate goals

New research from the SBTi revealed that none of the G7's leading stock indexes are currently aligned with a 1.5 degrees Celsius or two degrees pathway

Updated On: 10 Jun 2022 | 1:52 PM IST

World Bank vows to keep board apprised of climate action progress

The World Bank on Tuesday agreed to boost its spending on climate change to 35% from 28% and to provide annual progress reports to its board

Updated On: 23 Jun 2021 | 8:02 AM IST

Sustainability and the feeding frenzy

Book review of ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, JUNK: A History of Food, From Sustainable to Suicidal

Updated On: 01 Mar 2021 | 12:26 AM IST

UN chief calls US' re-entry into Paris Climate Agreement a 'day of hope'

UN chief Antonio Guterres said the absence of a key player for the past four years was a missing link that created a gap and weakened the historic accord

Updated On: 20 Feb 2021 | 12:17 PM IST

World leaders applaud formal return of US to Paris climate pact

The United States is back in the Paris climate accord, just 107 days after it left

Updated On: 19 Feb 2021 | 1:56 PM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Budget with a long-term view, corporate earnings & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Updated On: 28 Jan 2021 | 6:29 AM IST

Combating climate change

US must ensure that developed world does its bit

Updated On: 27 Jan 2021 | 10:48 PM IST

Biden launches sweeping Covid-19 changes on first full day in White House

The Biden administration is aiming at a coordinated federal coronavirus response to the 10-month pandemic, focused on boosting vaccines, increasing testing, reopening schools

Updated On: 22 Jan 2021 | 2:32 AM IST

India will achieve Paris Agreement targets and exceed them, says PM Modi

Modi said: "We have reduced our emission intensity by 21 per cent over 2005 levels"

Updated On: 13 Dec 2020 | 12:22 AM IST

President-elect Biden names climate statesman John Kerry as climate envoy

John Kerry is getting one more chance to lead the fight against climate change after President-elect Joe Biden named him climate envoy for national security

Updated On: 24 Nov 2020 | 6:43 AM IST

As the election hangs in balance, US officially exits Paris climate accord

On November 5, 2019, President Donald Trump had officially begun the process of withdrawal from the Paris climate accord

Updated On: 04 Nov 2020 | 11:11 PM IST

India bigger problem than China in climate change fight, says Bloomberg

The billionaire and philanthropist, who announced his presidential run only this year, asserted that the US was making a difference

Updated On: 20 Feb 2020 | 3:56 PM IST

Energy giants face 35% output cut to hit Paris climate goals: Watchdog

Carbon Tracker said that current rates of emissions from the energy majors would see the world's carbon budgets surpassed within decades due to an inexorable rise in oil and gas output

Updated On: 02 Nov 2019 | 3:01 AM IST

China's Belt and Road may render Paris climate goals unreachable: Analysis

The 2015 accord enjoins nations to cap temperature rises to "well below" two degrees Celsius (3.6 Farenheit) above pre-industrial levels

Updated On: 02 Sep 2019 | 9:03 AM IST

India sees boosting green power by 2030, exceeding Modi's climate target

The polluting fuel will continue to produce half of the country's electricity by 2030, compared with about 72% now

Updated On: 02 Jul 2019 | 8:46 AM IST

G20 summit: It's Trump versus the rest again on climate change goal shift

Negotiators had worked through the night to try and reach agreement on the communique released Saturday after the G-20 summit

Updated On: 29 Jun 2019 | 2:16 PM IST

Paris climate accord pledge of $100 bn still a distant dream, shows study

Of the $111 billion invested in clean energy technologies only $10 billion was provided by rich countries, according to data compiled by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Updated On: 07 Nov 2017 | 8:32 AM IST