US President Joe Biden’s move to rejoin the 2015 Paris Agreement hailed
In one of his first acts as president, President Biden issued an executive order on Wednesday to bring the United States, the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter, back into the global treaty committing nearly 200 countries to halt rising temperatures quickly enough to avoid disastrous climate change.
Jan 21, 2021, 20:02 PM IST
Mankind at risk: Global temperatures to rise by 1.5 degree Celsius by 2030-2052, says UN
There has already been a rise of 1C since the mid-1800s as industrialisation lifted emissions of CO2, the main greenhouse gas blamed for climate change.
Oct 08, 2018, 08:51 AM IST
Policies of India and China to offset US inaction on climate change, says study
China was on track to over-achieve its pledge+ under the Paris Agreement to peak its carbon emissions by 2030.
Nov 15, 2017, 19:27 PM IST
Countries need to take action to limit global warming: UN Environment
At least 200 countries need to take urgent action to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming.
Oct 31, 2017, 17:42 PM IST
France's Emmanuel Macron to try to convince Donald Trump to back Paris accords - diplomats
A newcomer to international diplomacy, Macron travels to Brussels for a NATO summit before heading to Sicily for G7 summit.
May 24, 2017, 14:35 PM IST
Global warming: Arctic sea ice may vanish this century despite climate action, warn scientists
The 2 degrees Celsius target may be insufficient to prevent an ice-free Arctic, James Screen and Daniel Williamson of Exeter University in Britain wrote in the journal Nature Climate Change after a statistical review of ice projections.
Mar 07, 2017, 09:52 AM IST
Rich nations say on track for promised $100 billion climate finance
Rich countries said on Monday they were on track to keep a promise to provide developing nations with $100 billion a year to tackle climate change by 2020, up from an estimated $62 billion in 2014.
Oct 18, 2016, 00:50 AM IST
Governments seek rules for Paris climate deal; temperatures soar
NASA said at the weekend that last month was the warmest April in statistics dating back to the 19th century, the seventh month in a row to break temperature records.
May 16, 2016, 20:32 PM IST
India cheers as Paris delivers ''historic'' climate accord
India immediately welcomed the pact, saying it was balanced and addressed most of its concerns.
Dec 13, 2015, 07:35 AM IST
Ready to help countries implement climate pact: World Bank
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Saturday welcomed the historic global climate agreement reached in Paris, saying the World Bank was ready to help countries deal with climate change.
Dec 13, 2015, 06:39 AM IST
Paris climate talks by the numbers
Tonnes of greenhouse gas produced by the conference, equal to the annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of 4,420 cars over the course of a year.
Dec 13, 2015, 05:47 AM IST
Scientists welcome climate pact but still alarmed
Climate scientists Saturday welcomed a pact to battle global warming as a major political advance, but warned of a gaping hole -- the lack of a detailed roadmap for cutting greenhouse gases that cause the problem.
Dec 13, 2015, 05:43 AM IST
Highlights of the proposed UN climate accord
The agreement identifies climate change as "an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet".
Dec 13, 2015, 05:31 AM IST
Planned UN climate deal blow to fossil fuels: Green groups
A global accord to tame global warming at UN talks in Paris on Saturday will be a huge blow to the fossil-fuel business, Greenpeace and other prominent environment groups predicted.
Dec 13, 2015, 05:28 AM IST
Tears, cheers and selfies as climate pact sealed in Paris
The roughly 2,000 ministers, negotiators and activists in the cavernous plenary hall on the outskirts of the French capital took to their feet in a joyous uprising as their French hosts beamed onstage.
Dec 13, 2015, 05:24 AM IST
World 'met the moment' with historic climate accord: Barack Obama
President Barack Obama on Saturday praised the "strong" and historic" accord hammered out in Paris, which he said could mark "a turning point for the world" on climate change.
Dec 13, 2015, 05:17 AM IST
Time to turn words into climate action: IMF chief
"The Paris Agreement is a critical step forward for addressing the challenge of global climate change in the 21st century," Lagarde said in a statement.
Dec 13, 2015, 01:52 AM IST
Engineering climate: From pariah to saviour?
Once dismissed as dangerous science fiction, schemes to stave off global warming by re-engineering Earth`s climate may well gain in traction as a result of the Paris agreement.
Dec 13, 2015, 01:39 AM IST
Know: How the world found common ground in landmark climate accord
After four years of global negotiations, two weeks of intense talks and more than a few sleepless nights, climate officials from almost 200 nations meeting in Paris are on the cusp of a landmark accord to arrest climate change.
Dec 13, 2015, 01:31 AM IST
