Climate Change

India pledges to reduce emissions and increase use of non-fossil fuels

NEW DELHI: India has pledged to further reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions its produces for every dollar of economic output, increase the share of non-fossil fuels in the installed power

Publication Date: 
05/10/2015
Urmi A Goswami
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Carbon Sinks, Green House Gases, UNFCCC, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Renewable Energy, Climate Adaptation
Climate Change

India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution: working towards climate justice

The Union Environment Ministry submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), committing to cut the emissions intensity of GDP by 33-35 per cent by 2030 from 2005 levels.The INDCs, which lay out the blueprint for tackling climate change, emphasised eight key goals — s

Publication Date: 
02/10/2015
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Climate Change, India, Climate Agreements, UNFCCC, Carbon Intensity, GDP, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Finance
Climate Change

Low-carbon development in sub-Saharan Africa: 20 cross-sector transitions

Sub-Saharan Africa is at a critical point, experiencing rapid population growth, particularly in urban areas, and a young and growing workforce.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2015
James Ryan Hogarth, Caroline Haywood, Shelagh Whitley
Overseas Development Institute
Tags:
Low Carbon Economy, Green House Gases, Africa, Economic Development, Urbanisation, Agriculture, Forests, Energy, Transport, UNFCCC
Climate Change

Climate finance in 2013-14 and the USD 100 billion goal

Developed countries committed to mobilise jointly USD 100 billion a year in climate finance by 2020 for climate action in developing countries.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2015
OECD
Tags:
Climate Change, Finance, UNFCCC, Developing Countries, India, Global, Multilateral Development Bank (MDB), Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Copenhagen Green Climate Fund, Private Sector, Public Sector
Climate Change

There should be no tampering with UN climate framework: India

Asserting that countries need to respect differentiation as a "principle" to deliver climate justice to the developing world, India today said that there should be no "tampering" with the elements

Publication Date: 
01/10/2015
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, UNFCCC, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), COP 21 (Paris), Global Warming
Climate Change

India to submit ‘climate action plan’ to UN today

India will on Thursday submit its post-2020 'climate action plan' to a UN body in Bonn, specifying what the country will do to fight the threat of climate change.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2015
Vishwa Mohan
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, India, Global Warming, UNFCCC, European Union (EU), COP 21 (Paris), Technology Transfer, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation
Climate Change

Promote green credit: Javadekar

‘Polluters should not get away with paying for carbon emissions’

Publication Date: 
28/09/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, UNFCCC, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Climate Change

India to announce climate commitments on Gandhi Jayanti

India will announce on October 2 its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) in the lead up to the Paris climate summit in December, the government indicated on Friday, hours after Pri

Publication Date: 
28/09/2015
Varghese K. George
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, India, COP 21 (Paris), UNFCCC, Renewable Energy, Developing Countries, Low Carbon Economy
Climate Change

Intervention by Environment Minister at the Second Meeting of the Business Dialogue for COP 21

The following is the text of the Intervention made by Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, at the Second Meeting of the Business Dialogue for COP-21 hel

Publication Date: 
28/09/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, UNFCCC, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), COP 21 (Paris), Developing Countries, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Energy

Council for sustainable development to promote green energy in India

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a not-for-profit CEO-led body that seeks to promote sustainable development, wants to help push renewable energy growth in India.

Publication Date: 
24/09/2015
M Ramesh
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development, UNFCCC, World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Energy

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