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Expecting NDCs of India, China, EU by end of month: COP30 CEO

Ana Toni, CEO of COP30 and Brazil's National Secretary for Climate Change. (REUTERS)
Published on Sep 05, 2025 06:30 AM IST

Announce NDCs by end of month: UN climate chief to nations

Announce NDCs by end of month: UN climate chief to nations
Published on Sep 04, 2025 07:04 AM IST

Climate action is shared responsibility: Faith leaders in Varanasi

The leaders urged the government to address the demands put forward under the Buniyaad campaign for reforming the brick industry and to take necessary action (FOR REPRESENTATION)
Published on Sep 02, 2025 10:59 PM IST

Saving climate action in the age of global fragmentation

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In South Asia, heatwaves, sea-level rise, and flash floods are lived realities for its populace. (AFP/Uttarakhand’s State Disaster Response Force (SDRF))
Published on Aug 30, 2025 09:43 PM IST

Changemaker: From rural roots to national impact

Sandy Khanda, founder of Green Pencil Foundation. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)
Published on Aug 22, 2025 08:02 AM IST

What the ICJ ruling means for climate action and justice

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The court ruled that climate action is no longer optional. States have clear legal obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Paris Agreement, and customary international law to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis (PTI)
Published on Aug 08, 2025 12:05 PM IST

India’s path through COP30 and carbon innovation

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Published on Aug 05, 2025 08:58 AM IST

India to forge own path in global energy transition: Senior UN climate official

Selwin Hart described India as “extremely pivotal to multilateralism, sustainable development, and climate action,” noting that the country has traditionally been “an extremely strong advocate for conveying the interests of the developing world.” (HT)
Published on Jul 26, 2025 06:34 AM IST

Beyond billion-dollar climate pledges and global summits

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Climate crisis (AP)
Published on Jul 27, 2025 10:21 PM IST

Rethinking the climate fight beyond conferences

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Residents of Sai Nagar locality of Bathinda town surveying the damage due to the flooding on Friday morning. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
Published on Jul 23, 2025 10:51 PM IST

Under India’s presidency, we will work on redefining Brics, says Modi at summit

In this image via PMO on July 7, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a session during the 17th annual BRICS Summit in Brazil. (PMO)
Updated on Jul 07, 2025 10:46 PM IST

India’s new NDCs must take private sector along

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In several cases, government signals enabled private sector investment and progress (Bloomberg)
Updated on Jul 03, 2025 08:53 PM IST

In Bonn, the pursuit of elusive climate finance

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The developed world resists any binding obligations on quantum, duration, and conditionality of funding that they must provide to the developing nations to undertake necessary climate action. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Jun 19, 2025 09:21 PM IST

Bonn climate summit a key test ahead of UN meet

The shadow of failed climate finance talks at COP29, Baku, also shroud these meetings. (AP)
Published on Jun 15, 2025 07:22 AM IST

Arctic sounds another warning on climate

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With time running out, hesitation on rebuilding the consensus pushes the planet further towards climate peril. (AFP)
Published on Jun 12, 2025 08:15 PM IST

Review last year’s tree plantation status: Haryana chief secy

Haryana chief secretary Anurag Rastogi during a meeting with senior officials regarding “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0” in Chandigarh on Monday. (Sourced)
Published on Jun 10, 2025 05:40 AM IST

India’s Path Through COP30 and Carbon Innovation

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Green Earth
Published on Jun 05, 2025 06:40 PM IST

India, UK, and France can be the new climate leaders

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The UK and France’s experience in green finance, combined with India’s developmental perspective, could reshape climate funding for developing regions (AP)
Updated on Apr 23, 2025 05:04 PM IST

Earth Day 2025: Top events happening in the United States, a complete guide

What are some of the best Earth Day 2025 events happening in the US?
Published on Apr 22, 2025 06:25 AM IST

At Brics, India stresses fair utilisation of carbon space

At Brics, India stresses fair utilisation of carbon space
Published on Apr 04, 2025 07:10 AM IST

‘India reserves right to grow responsibly’: Bhupender Yadav at NGT Conference

President Dropadi Murmu with Union environment ministerBhupender Yadav and Supreme Court judge Justice Vikram Nath during two-day National Conference ‘Environment – 2025’ organised by NGT, in New Delhi on Saturday. (ANI)
Published on Mar 29, 2025 03:19 PM IST

Mothers' 'Quilt of Hope' at WHO conference calls for stronger climate action

Mothers' 'Quilt of Hope' at WHO conference calls for stronger climate action
Published on Mar 26, 2025 09:11 PM IST

No objection to decision on New Collective Quantified Goal at COP29: Azerbaijan lead negotiator

Activists participate in a demonstration for climate finance at the COP29 UN Climate Summit, in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov 21, 2024. (AP)
Published on Mar 12, 2025 06:14 AM IST

From knitting scarves to challenging govts, women fighting for clean air, climate justice globally

From knitting scarves to challenging govts, women fighting for clean air, climate justice globally
Published on Mar 08, 2025 02:52 PM IST

Geopolitical tensions weakening trust, US decision will influence COP30: Brazil's climate minister

Geopolitical tensions weakening trust, US decision will influence COP30: Brazil's climate minister
Updated on Mar 06, 2025 03:36 PM IST

Tiny island is selling citizenship for $105,000 to save itself from rising seas

The funds from the citizenship program will be used by the country for its climate action initiatives.
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 06:35 PM IST

‘India slashed GHG emissions by 7.93% in 2020’

Union minister for environment, forest & climate change and labour & employment Bhupender Yadav. (ANI)
Published on Mar 06, 2025 07:20 AM IST

New approach for accelerating youth-centric development

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Published on Mar 04, 2025 06:21 PM IST

US policy flips and a new climate order

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US President Donald Trump listens as French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a joint press conference in the East Room to the White House in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (AFP)
Updated on Feb 25, 2025 10:10 PM IST

Why climate leadership is set for a China-India tango

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This photograph taken on January 27, 2025 shows Hindustan Ambassador yellow taxis (L) and a Tata Motors electric vehicle (EV) riding past the Esplanade Mansion, a heritage building in Kolkata. Kolkata cherishes its past, which is why the one-time Indian capital is mourning a vanishing emblem of its faded grandeur: a hulking and noisy fleet of stately yellow taxis. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP) / To go with 'India-Culture-Automobile', FOCUS (AFP)
Published on Feb 22, 2025 10:22 PM IST