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King listed as taking part in Cop27 opening ceremony despite not appearing

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 King was listed as taking part in the opening ceremony of Cop27 despite not …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Rishi Sunak pulls out of Cop-27 climate summit and downgrades the status of his climate minister

Daily Mail

Rishi Sunak has provoked a row after Downing Street revealed the new Prime Minister won't be attending the Cop-27 climate summit in Egypt next month. Downing Street also confirmed that Mr Sunak had downgraded the status of climate minister Graham Stuart, who will no longer be attending Cabinet. Rishi Sunak has provoked a row after Downing Street revealed the new …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Why the COP27 climate summit has to be about climate justice

Live Mint

In less than a month, the world’s governments will gather in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt for COP27, a crucial summit on climate change. This is a time when there needs to be complete unity of purpose among the 198 countries that are members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In fact, the rich countries—which account for an …

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2 years, 10 months ago

'Pro Planet People': PM Modi Invokes 3Ps from COP26, Talks About Sustainable Lifestyle at Global Summit

News 18

Energy requirements of the people of India are expected to double in the next 20 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as he urged developed countries to fulfil their commitments on finance and technology transfer. Delivering the inaugural address at the 21st World Sustainable Development Summit 2022 on the theme ‘Towards a resilient planet: Ensuring a sustainable and …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Was the COP26 climate summit a missed opportunity for India?

Live Mint

At the recently concluded United Nations conference of parties summit on tackling climate change, India was widely criticised for its key role in weakening crucial language on coal phase-out, resulting in a watered-down version of the Glasgow Climate Pact. While its 2070 target met with scepticism for being too distant, most observers lauded India for its ambitious 2030 targets, given …

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3 years, 1 month ago

What was achieved at the COP26 climate summit?

Live Mint

“When will leaders lead? Encourage member nations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change —the Conference of Parties, or COP—to present improved national decarbonisation plans that will limit global warming rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius; adopt resolutions that call for phasing out fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas; get wealthy nations to deliver on climate finance to …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Cop26 agreement: What’s in the final text?

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. Countries ‘requested’ to set tougher 2030 climate plans A crucial element of the new deal is a request for …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Why did India object so fiercely to coal ‘phase out’ in Cop26 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. Read our privacy policy The Cop26 summit in Glasgow ended with a last-minute controversy over the language on coal, …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Amazon deforestation in Brazil surges to 15-year high

Al Jazeera

Space research agency findings come after the Brazilian government at the COP26 climate summit pledged to end illegal deforestation by 2028. Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest soared 22 percent in one year to the highest level since 2006, according to the government’s annual report, undercutting President Jair Bolsonaro’s assurances that the country is curbing illegal logging. At the United Nations …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Cop26: What are carbon markets and how will they work?

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 summit in Glasgow ended with a deal to set rules for international carbon …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Energy summit in UAE after COP26 stresses fossil fuel demand

Associated Press

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Energy ministers from across the developing world gathered in the emirate of Abu Dhabi on Monday and stressed the need for continued investment in fossil fuel production — a message just days after these same nations joined around 200 countries in accepting a compromise deal aimed at limiting rising global temperatures and curbing greenhouse …

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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 Wrap: Are India & China Really Responsible for the Watered-Down Pact?

The Quint

The COP26 summit, one of the largest international events since the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world, was held in Glasgow in the backdrop of a looming climate emergency. Given the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s pledge to take action on “carbon, cars, cash and trees”, switching away from fossil fuel cars is an important step towards net-zero. My friend Surina …

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3 years, 1 month ago

IIT Bombay Team Gets $250,000 Grant from Elon Musk Foundation at COP26 Summit

News 18

Faculty members and students of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay have won a $250,000 grant for creating a tri-modular technology for large scale carbon dioxide removal from source points of emission and changing them into salts. According to an official release of XPRIZE Foundation, the students’ team of IIT Bombay is among the 23 student-led teams that have won …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Op-Ed: The failure at Glasgow and what needs to happen next

LA Times

Aminath Shauna, the Maldives’ minister of environment, climate change and technology, said at the closing session of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland: “The difference between 1.5 and 2 degrees is a death sentence for us. It will be too late.” The one thing the climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, made clear is that human society remains in business-as-usual …

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3 years, 1 month ago

U.K. PM says COP26 climate deal 'tinged with disappointment'

The Hindu

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday hailed a global accord to speed up action against climate change as "truly historic" and "the beginning of the end for coal power". But he said his "delight at this progress" at the UN COP26 summit in Glasgow was "tinged with disappointment" because of a failure to secure the agreement of all countries …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Climate experts support India's stand on 'phase down' of coal at COP26

The Hindu

Climate experts on Sunday came in full support of India, after it was criticised by several nations for using the term "phase down" instead of "phase out" of coal at COP26 in Glasgow, saying it should not be seen as a diversion from its commitment towards this global climate crisis. While the world expressed disappointment, climate experts in India felt …

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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

Glasgow climate summit | Coal ‘phase-down’ is a right, says India Environment Minister

The Hindu

A day after the 26th United Nations Conference of Parties in Glasgow ended on Saturday, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, in a personal blog, dwelt on India’s last-minute intervention that played a key role in the final text of the agreement that called for coal to be “phased down” rather than “phased out”. The 26th United Nations Conference of Parties …

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3 years, 1 month ago

‘Phasing Down’ Rather Than ‘Phasing Out’ Fossil Fuels, India’s Intervention At COP26

ABP News

New Delhi: A new climate agreement had been accepted by negotiators from around 200 countries at the COP26 summit on Saturday in Glasgow. The new climate agreement also includes a deal proposed by India to “phase down” fossil fuels rather than “phasing out”, reported PTI. The deal proposed by India regarding fossil fuels was criticised by several countries. The criticism …

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3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 Limited to 'Blah, Blah, Blah', Says Greta Thunberg, Vows to 'Never Give Up'

News 18

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg said Saturday the COP26 UN climate talks had achieved nothing but “blah, blah, blah” after nations reached a compromise deal in Glasgow. And we will never give up, ever.” During the conference, Thunberg and other activists had denounced the way it was playing out, arguing that world leaders had failed to match their words with …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Infographic: What has your country pledged at COP26?

Al Jazeera

With the annual climate change summit over, what have world leaders achieved at COP26? Saturday’s Glasgow Climate Pact is the first climate package to directly reference coal and fossil fuels, although many countries were angered by a last-minute change to the text replacing the call to phase “out” the use of coal with a call to phase it “down”. Phasing …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch politicians and organizations react with mixed emotions to COP26 climate deal

NL Times

Dutch politicians and members of environmental organizations met the climate deal world leaders reached at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow with skepticism. State secretary of climate Dilan Yesilgöz said the Netherlands has "made progress but needs a more ambitious and concrete final statement." "A decline in fossil fuel energy is needed to keep disastrous 1.5-degree goal and to prevent …

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King listed as taking part in Cop27 opening ceremony despite not appearing

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'Pro Planet People': PM Modi Invokes 3Ps from COP26, Talks About Sustainable Lifestyle at Global Summit

Was the COP26 climate summit a missed opportunity for India?

What was achieved at the COP26 climate summit?

Cop26 agreement: What’s in the final text?

Why did India object so fiercely to coal ‘phase out’ in Cop26 agreement?

Amazon deforestation in Brazil surges to 15-year high

Cop26: What are carbon markets and how will they work?

Energy summit in UAE after COP26 stresses fossil fuel demand

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

COP26 Wrap: Are India & China Really Responsible for the Watered-Down Pact?

IIT Bombay Team Gets $250,000 Grant from Elon Musk Foundation at COP26 Summit

Op-Ed: The failure at Glasgow and what needs to happen next

U.K. PM says COP26 climate deal 'tinged with disappointment'

Climate experts support India's stand on 'phase down' of coal at COP26

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

Glasgow climate summit | Coal ‘phase-down’ is a right, says India Environment Minister

‘Phasing Down’ Rather Than ‘Phasing Out’ Fossil Fuels, India’s Intervention At COP26

COP26 Limited to 'Blah, Blah, Blah', Says Greta Thunberg, Vows to 'Never Give Up'

Infographic: What has your country pledged at COP26?

Dutch politicians and organizations react with mixed emotions to COP26 climate deal