Climate Change

As intense round-the-clock COP29 climate talks enter their final stretch in Baku, delegates on Wednesday are eagerly awaiting updates on the progress of negotiations regarding a new climate finance target. Meanwhile, high-level discussions…
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Indian benchmark indices BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading higher on Friday. At around 11 AM, the BSE Sensex was at 77,778, up 622 points, or 0.81 per cent, while the Nifty 50 was at 23,540, up 190 points, or 0.82 per cent. After…
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President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be US attorney general just hours after his other choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew his name from consideration. Bondi is a longtime Trump ally…
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A streamlined compilation of proposals of the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) Presidency’s draft decision text on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) is down to 10 pages compared to 25 in the previous versions. Now it has…
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India on Tuesday called for a significant boost in climate change adaptation finance, underlining that developing countries were suffering largely due to the historical emissions of developed nations. “For us as developing countries, our…
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Australia and Turkiye are in a standoff over which country is better suited to host United Nations climate change talks in 2026, with neither willing to give up on their bid. Both countries have been in the running since 2022, but matters…
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Bangladesh is grappling with its worst dengue outbreak in years. At least 407 people have died from dengue-related complications this year, and 78,595 patients have been hospitalised nationwide, according to official data. An overwhelmed…
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India’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from burning fossil fuels are expected to increase by 4.6% in 2024, the highest among major economies, according to a new report by Global Carbon Project, an organisation that quantifies the world’s…
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It outlines the importance of glaciers for sustaining life, their role as indicators of climate change, and their accelerated retreat due to global warming. The report emphasizes the urgent need to drastically reduce greenhouse gas…
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A new report released by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) executive secretary Simon Steil in Baku on Thursday recommended that COP29 negotiations on climate finance should focus on mobilising $1 trillion…
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