UN plastic treaty talks grapple with re-use, recycle, reduce debate
There was “chaos, not progress”, at the INC-3 (third round of United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating…
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Emissions Gap Report: World facing ‘hellish’ 3C of climate heating, UN warns Cop28
The latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report (EGR) has found that today’s carbon-cutting policies are so…
New coal development at a nine-year low globally, except China: Report
More than 95% of the coal plant capacity starting construction this year was in China,…
Only 0.3% of climate finance went to family farmers producing a third of the world’s food
About $300-350 billion climate change finance per year is needed to create more sustainable and…
Health risks soaring in the face of climate inaction globally: Lancet report
New global projections reveal the mounting threat to health due to further delayed action on…
European Union’s new climate chief inspires no confidence on mitigation and finance
Wopke Hoekstra, a Dutch politician who has worked with oil and gas giant Shell, will…
Top court ban on fireworks ‘goes up in flames’, AQI breach 1000 in many areas in Delhi
The air quality index (AQI) in Delhi exceeded ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ marks and “went…
El Nino may last till April 2024: ‘Expect warmer winter, more fog, summer heatwaves’
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has said the ongoing El Niño event may continue until…
GHG emissions to skyrocket? Nations aiming to double fossil fuel production by 2030 : UN report
Profiling 20 major fossil fuel producer countries, the research highlights how the persistence of the…
Coal share rises to 66.7%: India uses more coal to fight outages in dry weather
India increased the use of coal to generate electricity to stop outages and meet record…