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Educational institutes pledge for carbon neutrality
December 21, 2020
To mark the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate change, and in an effort to boost the global commitment to slow down global warming and arrest climate change, Climate Ambition Summit was hosted by United Nations, UK and France, in partnership with Chile and Italy....
Read MoreCarbon neutral economy can be historical ‘new normal’
December 11, 2020
December 12, 2020, marks the 5th Anniversary of Paris Climate Agreement. The year 2020 is the only year since 1992 when the annual global meeting of United Nations Framework Conventions on Climate Change, UNFCCC, has not been held, due to COVID restrictions. Paradoxically, each y...
Read MoreSowing the seeds for tomorrow’s climate leaders
December 9, 2020
To mark the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate change, and in an effort to boost the global commitment to slow down global warming and arrest climate change, Climate Ambition Summit is being hosted by United Nations, UK and France, in partnership with Chile and Ita...
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 MoreRevisions in Montreal Protocol to reduce HFCs
October 17, 2016
Days after many countries joined hands to mitigate the increase in global climate issues, new revisions in the Montreal Protocol are now focusing towards reducing the use of Hydro Fluorocarbons (HFCs) contributing in the increase of global warming.
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 MoreAir pollution the root cause of 1.6 million yearly premature deaths in India
June 28, 2016
A recent International Energy Agency (IEA) report on energy and air pollution, ‘World energy outlook’ (WEO), estimated that air pollution causes 6.5 million premature deaths across the world in a year, with India alone being the contributor of 1.6 million premature deaths, al...
Read MoreAir and water Pollution
April 29, 2016
According to Central Pollution Control Board, India’s large metro cities and 41 tier-II cities are facing high air and water pollution. As per the findings of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), metro cities and around 41 tier-II cities including Tezpur, Rishikes...
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