Washington : India is the only G20 country that has fulfilled all the promises it made in Paris on climate change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, asserting that India will not only fulfil its responsibilities but will also help others including the US in this critical area. The Prime Minister was referring to […]
MDBs Agree Principles for Aligning Financial Flows with Paris Agreement Goals – EQ Mag
MANILA, PHILIPPINES : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) have released the principles of how they will ensure alignment of financing with the goals of the Paris Agreement—the culmination of work over the last 5 years to ensure a consistent and harmonized approach. The principles (see Related documents below) represent […]
Third G20 FWG concludes; discussed risks of climate change, transition pathways, says India’s Chief Economic Advisor – EQ Mag
Kochi : The Third G20 Framework Working Group (FWG) meeting held here deliberated on key areas like macroeconomic risks stemming from climate change and transition pathways, V Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India, said on Wednesday. After the conclusion of the two-day long FWG meeting, Nageswaran interacted with reporters at a […]
India vulnerable to climate change due to heavy population: UNEP Executive Director Erik Solheim – EQ Mag
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Erik Solheim has said that India is particularly vulnerable to climate change because of its heavy population. COIMBATORE : United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Erik Solheim has said that India is particularly vulnerable to climate change because of its heavy population. “You see the effects of […]
Green hydrogen to combat climate change – EQ Mag
Gorden Glenn, Chairman, President & CEO of Minnova Corp, details its green hydrogen strategy, innovative technology, and production processes and highlights the role that green hydrogen can play in the energy transition. Combating climate change is a global initiative supported by policymakers, regulators, investors, and consumers all making a concerted effort to reduce greenhouse gases […]
Budget 2023 breakdown: Climate change package expands EV charging, public transport, lower energy costs – EQ Mag
New climate-focused initiatives include expanding the electric vehicle charging network across the country with public facilities in every town with more than 2000 people. It also includes expanding free public transport, funding to make 100,000 homes more energy efficient and encouraging the uptake of renewable energy including hydrogen power. It builds on a pre-Budget announcement […]
Climate change: A fast-growing India has the world’s fate in its hands – EQ Mag
Once upon the time, India looked upon international climate meetings with something akin to distaste. Indira Gandhi played the role of malcontent at the 1972 Stockholm conference that kicked off modern environmental diplomacy, characterizing such concerns as a luxury for rich countries that poorer nations couldn’t afford to indulge. In 2009, then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh […]
Campaigners call for fossil fuel deadline, more climate aid – EQ Mag
Environmental campaigners urged climate envoys from dozens of nations gathering yesterday in Berlin to discuss a global deadline for phasing out fossil fuels and ways of increasing aid to poor countries hit by global warming. About 40 countries, including tmacaudailytimeshe United States, China, India and Brazil, are attending the Petersberg Climate Dialogue being held in […]
G20: An opportunity to meet the Global South’s climate finance needs – EQ Mag
The present commitments made by the developed countries to provide climate finance have proved to be insufficient. The G20 needs to find pragmatic solutions to mitigate this issue of green finance. The world is at a critical juncture in history; the urgency of tackling climate change can no longer be delayed or treated as aspirational. […]
AIM, NITI Aayog, and UNCDF Team Up to Make India a Global Agri-tech Leader, Expand Innovations to Developing Economies – EQ Mag
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) today jointly launched a whitepaper aimed at making India a global leader in Agri-Tech innovation and expanding these innovations to the least developed countries in Asia and Africa. The whitepaper, meticulously prepared by experts from AIM, NITI Aayog, and UNCDF, offers […]