Historic Paris climate pact puts world on green path CoP21 agreement adopted unanimously at the plenary session amid cheers; Common but differentiated responsibilities give developing nations a cushion; Developed nations to raise $100 billion a year as the floor to help other countries The stage is set for all countries to move to a low […]
Read MoreIndia’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution 1. Sustainable Lifestyle To put forward and further propagate a healthy and sustainable way of living based on traditions and values of conservation and moderation. 2. Cleaner Economic Development To adopt a climate friendly and a cleaner path than the one followed hitherto by others at corresponding level of economic […]
Read MoreHimalayan Tsunami in Uttarakhand, Dopper Weather Radar What is cloudburst? Extreme amount of precipitation in a short span of time. creates flash-flood conditions. Often accompanied by thunder and lightning. Why cloudburst? A cloudburst can occur anytime and at any place which is affected by convective weather systems. India surrounded by oceans from three sides. Hence […]
Read MoreTotal Forest and Tree Cover has Increased; Increase in Carbon Stock an Assurance to Negotiators at Cop 21: Javadekar Environment Minister Releases India State of Forest Report 2015 The Government today announced that India’s forest and tree cover has increased by 5, 081 sq km. While the total forest cover of the country has increased […]
Read MoreFour ways how women suffer more from climate change than men Climate change affects men and women differently and the difference mostly boils down to cultural norms and expectations Women hold up half the sky.” But as man-made changes damage the earth’s atmosphere, former Chinese communist party chairman Mao Zedong’s metaphorical statement is imbued with […]
Read MoreTowards an ambitious and fair deal Why India must resist the attempt by developed countries to dilute the concept of differentiated responsibilities. Just as the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) gets under way in Paris, a growing campaign by policy influencers and opinion-makers in […]
Read MoreModi launches International Solar Alliance The new body, which has invited all countries located fully or partly between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn to join, is to function from the National Institute of Solar Energy in India, Gurgaon. India launched an International Solar Alliance (ISA) at the CoP21 Climate Conference here on Monday, with […]
Read MoreModi asks rich nations to cut emissions, share carbon space with poor Prime Minister wants the $100 billion a year plan for assistance from the rich to poor nations by 2020 expedited. Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned the focus of the Paris Climate Conference to the historic high carbon emissions of rich nations and asked […]
Read MoreThe numbers behind climate change Climate change has a long history. Scientists have been warning about rising temperatures and carbon dioxide levels since the 1960s. However, it took a couple of decades before governments started moving. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was set up in 1988, and two years later, further international cooperation […]
Read MoreWondering what’s COP21, ADP? Here’s a glossary for U.N. climate talks It sounds like English. Yet to the untrained ear the language used in the U.N. climate talks is about as comprehensible as Klingon. Sometimes you wonder whether the negotiators are trying on purpose to make a simple idea sound more complex than it is. […]
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