New Delhi : A major poll of public opinion on climate change in the G20 countries published on Monday by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the University of Oxford shows how public support for climate action is set to strengthen in the near future as climate-aware teenagers become of voting age, enter the workforce, […]
G20 Fails to Agree on Phasing Out Coal, India Asks Nations to Cut High Emissions
New Delhi : India has urged the G20 nations which have per capita greenhouse gas emissions above the world average to bring them down, as the grouping’s Energy and Climate Joint Ministerial failed to agree on phasing out coal power and overseas coal financing. Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister, R K Singh, taking […]
G20 Loath to Commit in Climate Meeting Tussle Over Carbon Wording
The G20 meeting is seen as a decisive stage ahead of United Nations climate talks, known as COP 26, which takes place in 100 days’ time in Glasgow in November. Energy and environment ministers from the Group of 20 rich nations have yet to agree on commitments to cut carbon emissions, two sources said, after […]
Wind Industry Calls on G20 to Speed Up Renewable Power Growth
Some of the biggest names in renewable energy are calling on the leaders of the Group of 20 nations to take action to speed up the deployment of green power to prevent dangerous global warming. Even as the cost of wind and solar power declines and installations increase, the pace of growth is too slow […]
G20 Finance Ministers Under Pressure to Deliver Climate Funding For Poor
Developed nations are under pressure ahead of the COP26 climate conference in Scotland to deliver a promised $100 billion a year for vulnerable countries to adopt clean energy and adapt to a warmer planet, up from about $80 billion in 2018. The world’s 20 largest economies face mounting calls to boost climate finance for poorer […]
How the energy Saudi Arabia’s sun brightens the world
Saudi Arabia is keen to localize the renewable energy sector and achieve its goal of increasing the contribution of renewables to electricity production in the Kingdom. These targets are part of the wider “Green Saudi Arabia” and “Green Middle East” initiatives — two powerful projects that positively impact global environmental interests and strengthen the Kingdom’s […]
Will Saudi Arabia derail G20 climate-led recovery?
A pandemic recovery plan to be thrashed out at this weekend’s G20 summit is to have strong climate conditions, even with ‘climate villain’ Saudi Arabia at the helm. Saudi Arabia’s state-owned petroleum giant, Saudi Aramco, has emitted significantly more CO2 than any other major fossil fuel company on earth over the last half century. Emissions […]
Will meet our goal of 175 GW of renewable energy well before target of 2022
Will meet our goal of 175 GW of renewable energy well before target of 2022; now we are seeking to achieve 450 GW by 2030: PM Modi at G20. Source: PTI
PM Modi Bats For ISA, Says It Will Contribute To Reducing Carbon Footprint
PM Modi bats for ISA, says it will contribute to reducing carbon footprint New Delhi [India]: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the International Solar Alliance would help in reducing carbon footprint and called it the fastest-growing international organisation with 88 signatories. Speaking at the G20 summit virtually, Prime Minister Modi said, “We […]
‘In G20, only India on course to meet 1.5 degree Celsius target’
NEW DELHI: Extreme weather events led to around 16,000 deaths and economic losses of $142 billion in G20 nations on average every year during 1998-2017 with India reporting the highest number of deaths among them and figuring in the list of top five countries in terms of economic losses during the period, said a global […]