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India’s announcement of its revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement — the term applied to the mitigation and other climate action targets that countries voluntarily commit to under the agreement — represents a considered step forward when India’s energy and development policies are encountering serious headwinds. It is clear that the government…
Aerial view of the Outeiro port at the Para river in Belem, Para State, Brazil on August 25, 2025. Brazil will host the UN climate conference COP30 in November in the Amazonian city of Belem. | Photo Credit: AFP Instead of big-ticket announcements, the forthcoming edition of the U.N. climate summit is expected to focus…
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Aerial view of the Outeiro port at the Para river in Belem, Para State, Brazil on August 25, 2025. Brazil will host the UN climate conference COP30 in November in the Amazonian city of Belem. | Photo Credit: AFP Instead of big-ticket announcements, the forthcoming edition of the U.N. climate summit is expected to focus…
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Washington: President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday announced the United States’ intention to withdraw from the Paris climate accord for a second time, a defiant rejection of global efforts to combat planetary warming as catastrophic weather events intensify worldwide. The Republican leader also said his administration would declare a “national energy emergency” to significantly expand…
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump . | Photo Credit: Reuters With the Republicans firmly in control of the U.S. government, a seismic shift in American climate policy is imminent, threatening to unravel years of slow but hard-earned progress in addressing the climate crisis. With president-elect Donald Trump referring to climate change as a “hoax”, the most…
A woman demonstrates a sign on veganism at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. | Photo Credit: AP In a landmark decision on the first day of the global climate talks here, COP29 has officially adopted the new operational standards for a mechanism of the Paris Agreement under Article…
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Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Echoing the Centre’s concerns on “protectionism”, the Economic Survey has noted that the forthcoming Carbon Border Adjustment Tax (CBAT) mooted by the European Union “went against the spirit of the Paris Agreement.” The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), as it is called, are tariffs that…
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Solar panels in the Pavagada Solar Park, Karnataka. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Modern economic growth and rising demand for goods at relatively lower prices have led to inevitable exploitation of nature, and consequent climate change. There is no denying that unfettered capitalism has contributed to over extraction of natural resources and increasing emission of…
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Solar panels in the Pavagada Solar Park, Karnataka. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Modern economic growth and rising demand for goods at relatively lower prices have led to inevitable exploitation of nature, and consequent climate change. There is no denying that unfettered capitalism has contributed to over extraction of natural resources and increasing emission of…
Read More “Room for optimism: review of Akshat Rathi’s Climate Capitalism” »
Saudi Aramco, Coal India and Gazprom did not immediately respond to requests for comment. | Photo Credit: AP “The vast majority of planet-warming carbondioxide emissions since 2016 can be traced to a group of just 57 fossil fuels and cement producers,” researchers said on April 4. “From 2016 to 2022, the 57 entities including nation-states,…
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