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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: 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

Major win for India in climate diplomacy with deal signed with 1.5C alive

India TV News

In a major win in international diplomacy in the UN Climate Change Conference COP26, India on Saturday managed to convince the world to include coal to the 'phase down', instead of 'phase out' after days of negotiations. COP26 concluded in Glasgow with nearly 200 countries agreeing the Glasgow Climate Pact to keep 1.5C alive and finalise the outstanding elements of …

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3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 deal | U.N. chief says ‘not enough’, warns ‘catastrophe’ close; Greta Thunberg denounces it

The Hindu

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned of an impending "climate catastrophe", while environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg dismissed Saturday's COP26 climate conference deal as "blah, blah, blah". "But today's agreement is a big step forward and, critically, we have the first ever international agreement to phase down coal and a roadmap to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees." A European …

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3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 has wrapped up in Glasgow. So was the climate summit a success?

ABC

It was "our last chance to avoid the worst effects of climate change", according to COP26 president Alok Sharma and "the most important international meeting of the century", according to climate councillor Lesley Hughes. "Glasgow has not closed the emissions gap in 2030, which is vital to keeping 1.5C alive, but it has set up an urgent process to address …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Cop26: Deal hangs in balance as climate summit extended beyond deadline for 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 world’s hopes of avoiding catastrophic climate change were hanging in the balance tonight, as …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Toyota defends decision to not sign emissions pledge at COP26 by terming commitment ‘difficult’

Firstpost

Toyota – the world’s top-selling carmaker – has not signed the COP26 pledge, with Volkswagen, Hyundai-Kia, Stellantis and Renault-Nissan also absent from the list. Toyota defended a decision not to sign an emissions pledge proposed during the COP26 climate talks, saying its global business would make the commitment “difficult”. Ford, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors and Volvo Cars were among the auto …

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3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 draft text calls for tougher emissions pledges by 2022

Al Jazeera

Negotiators from nearly 200 countries will work from the draft to strike a final deal before the summit ends on Friday. The first draft of the “COP cover decision” asks countries to “revisit and strengthen the 2030 targets in their nationally determined contributions, as necessary to align with the Paris Agreement temperature goal by the end of 2022.” The Paris …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Our planet is our parent: Soumik Datta talks about his animated short film premiered at COP26 summit

The Hindu

Nine years ago, Soumik Datta turned down an invitation from Beyoncé and Jay-Z to tour with them. He collaborated with folk percussion artiste Cormac Byrne to rescore Satyajit Ray’s 1969 film Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, mixing contemporary orchestra with Indian classical and folk sounds. Soumik’s latest work, Songs of the Earth, an animated musical short film, emphasises this issue. Soumik …

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3 years, 1 month ago

COP26 pledges could keep rise below 2°C: Key studies

Hindustan Times

The recent pledges to rein in emissions made by countries at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow has for the first time given the world a shot at keeping global warming to under 2°C, according to three new analyses that also stress on the need for countries to still strive for the 1.5°C goal. “For the first time in history, …

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3 years, 1 month ago

COP26: 5 climate takeaways from Day 3 of the Glasgow talks

CNN

CNN — As world leaders left Glasgow, delegates at COP26 rolled up their sleeves to do the dirty work. The financing deal “represents a change in norms that would have been unthinkable only a few years ago,” Iskander Erzini Vernoit, a climate finance expert at think tank E3G, told CNN. “We’ve seen this go from the niche frontier concepts to …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Cop26: More than 100 leaders promise to halt deforestation by 2030

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 More than 100 national leaders will make a promise during the Cop26 summit to stop …

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3 years, 1 month ago

COP26: The Queen hails Charles and William but fails to mention Prince Harry

Daily Mail

The Queen failed to mention Prince Harry as she used her powerful plea to world leaders over the climate crisis to praise Prince Philip and gush over Prince Charles and Prince William for carrying on her late husband's work to protect 'our fragile planet'. The Queen praised William and Charles - but not Harry - as she urged world leaders …

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3 years, 1 month ago

CoP26 summit | World is strapped to a “doomsday device”, says U.K. PM Boris Johnson

The Hindu

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened a global climate summit on Monday, saying the world is strapped to a “doomsday device.” Mr. Johnson likened an ever-warming Earth’s position to that of fictional secret agent James Bond — strapped to a bomb that will destroy the planet and trying to work out how to defuse it. He was kicking off the …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Meet climate campaigner Pushpanath Krishnamurthy, who walked from London to Glasgow during COP26

India Today

Pushpanath – ‘Push’ – Krishnamurthy is a British citizen, originally from Bangalore, India, who spent three decades at the leading edge of development work across three continents, with NGOs such as Oxfam and Save the Children. In December 2009, Push embarked on his first long walk – his ‘Walk for Climate Justice’ – from Oxford, UK, to Copenhagen, Denmark, 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

COP26 this year is our best chance to stop global warming

ABC

It's been billed as the last best chance to keep warming to 1.5C. "It's the first real test of whether or not the Paris Agreement's ambition mechanism is going to work," climate scientist and European think tank Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare said. "It's already resulted in a lot of those big emitters — developed countries — making some pretty …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch, Canadian leaders hope for climate progress at G-20

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Canada and the Netherlands are counting on the weekend Group of 20 summit in Rome to make significant progress toward clinching an acceptable deal at the United Nations climate meeting starting immediately afterward. After a bilateral meeting Friday with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte in The Hague, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the timing …

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3 years, 3 months ago

NGO network demands COP26 be postponed due to rising COVID cases, vaccine inequality, expensive travel

Firstpost

The British government has offered to make vaccines available to all participants and pay hotel quarantine costs for those who need in order to make the event safe and inclusive. They also believe the pure logistics of the event, to make it safe, is insufficient due to the “failure to support the access to vaccines to millions of people in …

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3 years, 3 months ago

COP26 urged to prioritise adaptation as climate emergency surges

Al Jazeera

More than 50 officials convening in Rotterdam call for November’s COP26 climate talks to treat adaptation as ‘urgent’. At a dialogue in Rotterdam convened by the Global Center on Adaptation on Monday, more than 50 ministers and heads of climate organisations and development banks called for November’s COP26 climate talks to treat adaptation as “urgent”. What Africa needs is to …

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

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Major win for India in climate diplomacy with deal signed with 1.5C alive

COP26 deal | U.N. chief says ‘not enough’, warns ‘catastrophe’ close; Greta Thunberg denounces it

COP26 has wrapped up in Glasgow. So was the climate summit a success?

Cop26: Deal hangs in balance as climate summit extended beyond deadline for agreement

Toyota defends decision to not sign emissions pledge at COP26 by terming commitment ‘difficult’

COP26 draft text calls for tougher emissions pledges by 2022

Our planet is our parent: Soumik Datta talks about his animated short film premiered at COP26 summit

COP26 pledges could keep rise below 2°C: Key studies

COP26: 5 climate takeaways from Day 3 of the Glasgow talks

Cop26: More than 100 leaders promise to halt deforestation by 2030

COP26: The Queen hails Charles and William but fails to mention Prince Harry

CoP26 summit | World is strapped to a “doomsday device”, says U.K. PM Boris Johnson

Meet climate campaigner Pushpanath Krishnamurthy, who walked from London to Glasgow during COP26

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

COP26 this year is our best chance to stop global warming

Dutch, Canadian leaders hope for climate progress at G-20

NGO network demands COP26 be postponed due to rising COVID cases, vaccine inequality, expensive travel

COP26 urged to prioritise adaptation as climate emergency surges