Climate Change Pledges
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Opinion: To achieve its ‘net zero’ goal, India must protect its forests
India’s forest cover now stands at around 24%, but a significant part of that area has lost much of its tree cover.
Namrata Kabra & Sanya Saroha
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Why India’s UN commitments on climate targets aim low but its policies at home are more ambitious
It reflects a reluctance among large developing economies to accelerate their efforts to contain climate change without finance from developed countries.
Tarun Gopalakrishnan, The Conversation
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Five things you need to know about the Glasgow Climate Pact
India’s pledge to reach net-zero emissions by 2070 was one of the most important commitments at the 2021 UN climate summit.
Simon Lewis, The Conversation & Mark Maslin, The Conversation
Trending
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A journalist examines the similarities and the differences between Indians and Pakistanis today
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Does India really benefit from NRIs heading the world’s new-age empires?
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The unsolved mystery of the fake PMO officer in Kashmir
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Calls for an environment-friendly Ramzan revive Islam’s long tradition of caring for the planet
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‘Rahul Gandhi has power of truth’: Opposition alleges vendetta after conviction in defamation case
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‘Pakistan doesn’t believe in net-zero’: An interview with Imran Khan’s top climate official
Malik Amin Aslam lays out the country’s climate action path.
Aron White
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Why the latest plan to fund climate action is bound to fail developing countries
The $100 billion a year promise is inadequate as poor nations will need $600 billion every year from 2020 to 2050 to just decarbonise their energy sectors.
Monika Mandal, IndiaSpend.com
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Should India consider a ‘net-zero’ climate pledge on reducing greenhouse gasses?
There is a risk that debates over whether net-zero approaches are consistent with India’s development needs may damp action.
Navroz K Dubash
Video
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Watch: SUV is stranded in the middle of a river, passengers have to be rescued
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‘Can you feel it?’ Watch Jennifer Aniston and Jimmy Fallon guess what’s inside mystery box
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Watch: Massive fire breaks out in a factory in Gujarat’s Valsad, huge plume of smoke covers the sky
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Caught on camera: The moment when a train collided with a bus at a railway crossing in Bangladesh
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‘A reporter is arrested under a law meant for terrorists...’: A newspaper editor on press freedom
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UN climate change summit: India says it is on course to achieving its targets ahead of deadline
Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said the country is monitoring the progress on its targets at the highest level.
Scroll Staff
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Paris deal: Billionaire Michael Bloomberg offers to cover US dues after Washington’s withdrawal
The contribution aims to help poorer nations reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Scroll Staff
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World Bank to stop financing oil and natural gas exploration, extraction projects from 2019
The announcement was made at the One Planet conference in Paris.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ review: Even higher stakes and crazier action
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Watch: Oppression and rebellion in Independence-era drama ‘August 16 1947’
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‘Gumraah’ trailer: Crime thriller stars Aditya Roy Kapur in a double role, Mrunal Thakur as a cop
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How OP Nayyar was one of the original disruptors of Hindi film music
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Watch: The blunder years in ‘School College Ani Life’ starring Tejasswi Prakash, Karan Parab