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Weeks before COP27, UN Climate Change says current plans not enough
October 26, 2022
A new report from UN Climate Change has asked countries to set far more ambitious targets for themselves for cutting their greenhouse gas emissions as the current efforts are not enough to limit global warming. The report released today shows that while some countries are managin...
Read MoreParis Climate Agreement comes into force
November 5, 2016
After rolling ratifications of the Paris Climate Agreement by nations, the accord finally entered into a legal force on November 4, thus binding the governments, who have agreed to control the global temperature rise, to adhere to their promised contributions
Read MoreIndian women honoured with UN Climate Solutions Award
October 7, 2016
Soon after India confirmed its intention to contribute towards climate change mitigation, the United Nations recognised 1,000 rural Indian women internationally on September 28, by honouring them with the ‘United Nations Momentum for Change Climate Change Award’, for their in...
Read MoreIndia ratifies the Paris Climate Agreement on October 2
September 27, 2016
Though India was earlier reluctant to ratify the Paris Climate Agreement any time soon, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 25, 2016, announced that the country will ratify the accord on October 2 this year.
Read MoreParis Climate Agreement may soon become an international law
September 22, 2016
The Paris Climate Agreement has been signed by numerous countries now, and to speed up the process of turning the agreement into an international law, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, invited leaders to a special ceremony in New York on September 21, 2016.
Read MoreEcology and Paris agreement
April 20, 2016
India on Tuesday urged the developed world to declare its enhanced action plan for the second period of Kyoto Protocol, after the Paris Climate Change Agreement. Addressing a press conference on the eve of his departure for New York for the signing of Paris Climate Change Agreeme...
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