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Ex UK minister Alok Sharma knighted | List of British Indians in high honours

Alok Sharma, an Indian origin minister under the previous Boris Johnson government who oversaw Britain's COP26 presidency, has received knighthood for his contribution to combating climate change. Agra-born Sharma was knighted by King Charles III in his first New Year Honours list released on Friday in London. Recipients in the New Year Honours List have been awarded for their outstanding …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Cop26 agreement: Is the world any closer to meeting the 1.5C global temperature rise target?

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow has entered its final days after almost two weeks …

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3 years, 1 month ago

COP26: How a dispute over coal nearly sank the Glasgow Climate Pact

India Today

It was very nearly a diplomatic disaster. Alok Sharma, the president of the U.N. climate conference in Scotland, had convened the final meeting of representatives from nearly 200 countries to deliver the Glasgow Climate Pact, a deal meant to ensure the world still has a chance to avert the worst impacts of global warming. China, India, and other developing nations …

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3 years, 1 month ago

UK PM Boris Johnson Hails Big Step Forward' with COP26 Deal

News 18

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the deal struck at the end of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow as a big step forward and the first-ever international agreement to phase down the use of coal. His statement followed an agreement between nearly 200 countries on a final communique late on Saturday, which recognises India’s intervention for the world …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Boris Johnson blasts China and India for forcing nations into 'watered down' COP26 deal

Daily Mail

Alok Sharma 'fought back tears' as the summit came to an end last night The Glasgow Pact was watered down after pressure from India and China There is fury from EU nations due to last-minute wording changes over coal Boris Johnson took a swipe at China and India tonight after they connived to water down a climate deal at Cop …

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3 years, 1 month ago

COP26: What’s in the Glasgow Climate Pact?

Al Jazeera

UK, the host of COP26, says the Glasgow Climate Pact keeps alive hopes of averting the worst impacts of global warming. “But its pulse is weak, and we will only survive if we keep our promises.” Targeting fossil fuels The pact for the first time includes language that asks countries to reduce their reliance on coal and roll back fossil …

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3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 wraps with nations agreeing to deal aimed at averting climate catastrophe

India Today

UN climate talks in Scotland ended with a global agreement that aimed at least to keep alive hopes of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, and so maintain a realistic chance of saving the world from catastrophic climate change. The overarching aim set by conference host Britain was one that climate campaigners and vulnerable countries had found far too …

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3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 climate deal includes historic reference to fossil fuels but doesn’t meet urgency of the crisis

CNN

Glasgow, Scotland CNN — Nearly 200 nations reached a climate agreement on Saturday at COP26 with an unprecedented reference to the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis, even after an 11th-hour objection from India that watered down the language around reducing the use of coal. He orally made India’s requested amendment, changing the text to a phasing “down” …

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3 years, 1 month ago

What is in the latest draft of the Cop26 climate change agreement?

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. • The document voices “alarm and utmost concern” that human activities have already caused around 1.1C of global warming …

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3 years, 1 month ago

'No Drama Sharma': Meet Agra-Born UK Minister Who Presided Over COP26

News 18

Alok Sharma was hardly a household name in Britain, let alone the rest of the world, when appointed to lead the UN climate talks now reaching a climax in Glasgow. Reflecting on his own role, the self-effacing former UK business secretary said on Thursday: “People sometimes describe me as ‘No Drama Sharma’.” The nickname is modelled on the former US …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Explained: Important terms and issues from UNFCC's COP26 summit you need to know

Firstpost

The Paris accord set a target for limiting global warming but left it up to each country to submit its own emissions reduction targets, known as Nationally Determined Contributions. The U.N. climate summit, known as COP26 this year, brings officials from almost 200 countries to Glasgow to haggle over the best measures to combat global warming. NDCs The Paris accord …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Biden takes aim at China and Russia at G20 as COP26 climate summit kicks off in Glasgow

ABC

The G20 meeting in Rome has wrapped up with few concrete agreements on tackling climate change, raising fears momentum may be lost as the UN climate summit begins in Glasgow. Key points: US President Joe Biden slams Russia and China for not bringing proposals to deal with climate change World leaders are now gathering in Glasgow to discuss efforts to …

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3 years, 1 month ago

COP-26 is our last best hope, says president Alok Sharma opening the climate summit

Firstpost

The Indian-origin cabinet minister called upon more than 120 world leaders gathered for the World Leaders’ Summit to do their bit for the planet Glasgow: The COP26 summit is “our last best hope” to agree on implementing the Paris Agreement, which limits the rise in global temperatures and keeps the goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius alive, summit President Alok Sharma …

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3 years, 1 month ago

'Our last, best hope to keep 1.5 degrees in reach': COP26 President as climate summit opens in Glasgow

India TV News

The newly opened summit remains “our last, best hope to keep 1.5 in reach,” said Alok Sharma, the British government minister chairing the Glasgow talks, known as COP26. India yet to set climate change target India, the world’s third biggest emitter, has yet to follow China, the U.S. and the European Union in setting a target for reaching ‘net zero’ …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Cop26: Activists heckle ‘hypocrite’ Alok Sharma at youth climate event

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Activists have interrupted a speech by Alok Sharma, the government minister who is president of …

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3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 begins: PM Modi to launch 2 key initiatives, says Indian envoy to UK

India Today

The 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change kicked off on Sunday in Scotland's Glasgow and will conclude on November 12. On Sunday, India's High Commissioner to UK Gaitri Issar Kumar said that PM Modi would be launching two important initiatives under the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure and the International Solar Alliance. At …

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3 years, 1 month ago

COP26: World gathers amid calls to avert climate disaster

Al Jazeera

COP26 aims to keep alive a target of capping global warming at 1.5C, amid warnings of disastrous climate catastrophe. COP26 president Alok Sharma opened the two-week summit saying the talks were “last, best hope” to keep the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C alive. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged world leaders attending the UN climate change conference in …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Why are activists calling for Cop26 to be cancelled?

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Our concern is that those countries most deeply affected by the climate crisis and those countries suffering from the …

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3 years, 2 months ago

UN chief warns world on ‘one-way ticket to disaster’ over climate

Al Jazeera

Antonio Guterres says he is ‘very concerned’ upcoming COP26 in Glasgow will fail. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has said the world’s current climate situation is “a one-way ticket for disaster”, reiterating the urgency of agreement at the COP26 climate conference at the end of the month. Guterres said on Thursday that such an increase was “obviously a one-way ticket …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Government urged to stop new oil drilling in Surrey ahead of Cop26

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Boris Johnson’s government has been urged to change course over its support for new oil …

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3 years, 2 months ago

‘Cop26 is not a photo op’: UK calls on leaders to honour climate promises at Glasgow summit

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world’s most polluting countries must come forward with tougher plans for how they reduce …

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3 years, 2 months ago

COP26 chief Alok Sharma calls on the G20’s climate laggards to ‘step up’

CNN

London CNN — COP26 President Alok Sharma called out the G20 nations that have not increased their pledges on climate ahead of the international talks in the Scottish city of Glasgow, which begin in less than three weeks, alluding to nations like China, India, Australia and Saudi Arabia. “So I say to those G20 leaders, they simply must step up …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Environmental groups say UN climate talks should be postponed

Live Mint

A coalition of environmental groups called on Tuesday for this year’s climate summit to be postponed, arguing that too little has been done to ensure the safety of participants amid the continuing threat from COVID-19. “Our concern is that those countries most deeply affected by the climate crisis and those countries suffering from the lack of support by rich nations …

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3 years, 4 months ago

COP26 head to visit India next week

Live Mint

The president of the UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, to be held in Glasgow later this year, and UK government’s climate chief Alok Sharma is to visit India next week to meet the leaders of a country that is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after the US and China. “Alok Sharma is expected to visit India …

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Ex UK minister Alok Sharma knighted | List of British Indians in high honours

Cop26 agreement: Is the world any closer to meeting the 1.5C global temperature rise target?

COP26: How a dispute over coal nearly sank the Glasgow Climate Pact

UK PM Boris Johnson Hails Big Step Forward' with COP26 Deal

Boris Johnson blasts China and India for forcing nations into 'watered down' COP26 deal

COP26: What’s in the Glasgow Climate Pact?

COP26 wraps with nations agreeing to deal aimed at averting climate catastrophe

COP26 climate deal includes historic reference to fossil fuels but doesn’t meet urgency of the crisis

What is in the latest draft of the Cop26 climate change agreement?

'No Drama Sharma': Meet Agra-Born UK Minister Who Presided Over COP26

Explained: Important terms and issues from UNFCC's COP26 summit you need to know

Biden takes aim at China and Russia at G20 as COP26 climate summit kicks off in Glasgow

COP-26 is our last best hope, says president Alok Sharma opening the climate summit

'Our last, best hope to keep 1.5 degrees in reach': COP26 President as climate summit opens in Glasgow

Cop26: Activists heckle ‘hypocrite’ Alok Sharma at youth climate event

COP26 begins: PM Modi to launch 2 key initiatives, says Indian envoy to UK

COP26: World gathers amid calls to avert climate disaster

Why are activists calling for Cop26 to be cancelled?

UN chief warns world on ‘one-way ticket to disaster’ over climate

Government urged to stop new oil drilling in Surrey ahead of Cop26

‘Cop26 is not a photo op’: UK calls on leaders to honour climate promises at Glasgow summit

COP26 chief Alok Sharma calls on the G20’s climate laggards to ‘step up’

Environmental groups say UN climate talks should be postponed

COP26 head to visit India next week