Over 20 ministerial-level Global Champions’ from UN Member States issued messages Wednesday calling for urgent action to achieve affordable, clean energy for all by 2030 India has said the Sustainable Development Goal of achieving affordable and clean energy for all will require concerted global action, strong political commitment as well as innovative ways of expanding […]
Kerry, UN hail Modi govt’s energy policy, National Hydrogen Mission
New Delhi: US climate czar John Kerry has hailed the Narendra Modi government’s move to lead India to a hydrogen based economy. Hydrogen is a zero-carbon fuel, and is considered to be one of the key sources of clean energy for the future. This fuel can be produced from various sources like natural gas, nuclear […]
UN chief calls for ‘urgent transition’ from fossil fuels to renewable energy
New York: Building a global coalition for carbon neutrality by mid-century will be the UN’s “central objective”, the world body’s top official told a conference on climate action on Monday. “All countries need credible mid-term goals and plans that are aligned with this objective”, Secretary-General António Guterres said, addressing the virtual COP26 Roundtable on Clean […]
S. Korea, UN launch $18 m solar project in remote parts of Indonesia, Timor-Leste
United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has launched a US$18 million project to provide access to solar power and clean water in remote parts of Indonesia and Timor-Leste. The four year project, called ACCESS (Accelerating Clean Energy Access to Reduce Inequality), was funded by KOICA and will benefit about 20,000 people living in the targeted areas […]
UN ‘very appreciative” of India’s solar power donation
United Nations : The UN is “very appreciative” of India’s donation of the Gandhi Solar Park and is using the electricity it generates, according to Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “We are using solar panels. As you know, India had donated that, and we’re very appreciative for the donation,” he said […]
Climate change: India pitches for financial support
In the run-up to two key UN summits on Climate Change, India has raised the pitch for finance and technology support to developing nations to achieve the Paris Agreement goals of keeping a global average temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said […]
India’s Investment in Renewable Resources Not Enough
India needs to make an annual investment of more than Rs 1.77 lakh crore ($25 billion) every year for 10 years to reach its target. India’s national climate action plans, known in UN parlance as nationally determined contributions (NDCs), under the Paris Agreement set three major goals – to increase the share of non-fossil fuels […]
UN chief calls on world leader to attend 2019 Climate Summit
New Delhi: The UN SecretaryGeneral António Guterres has called on the world leaders to visit New York on 23 September this year with concrete, realistic plans to enhance their nationally determined contributions by 2020, in line with reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent over the next decade, and to net zero emissions by […]
INTERVIEW-New UN environment chief seeks fair deal for all in climate fight
NEW YORK: The United Nations’ new environment chief, Inger Andersen, will push for fossil fuel workers to get a chance at joining the growing green energy sector, she said in an interview. The Danish economist, who began as executive director of UN Environment earlier this month, emphasized the need to care for those left unemployed […]
UN chief Guterres says world ‘not on track’ with climate change
In a strong message for action on climate change, Guterres said international political resolve was fading and it was the small island nations that were “really in the front line” and would suffer most Wellington: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres launched a brief South Pacific tour in New Zealand Sunday, warning the world was “not on track” to limiting […]