Climate Summit 2017
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Bonn climate talks end as developing countries fight the odds to keep their hopes alive
After bitter fights, intrigue and convoluted trade-offs, the window of opportunity had been kept open to implement Paris climate change agreement.
Nitin Sethi
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Bonn climate summit: India and other developing countries score a victory
Developed countries will now need to report what they have done so far to stop climate change.
Nitin Sethi
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Bonn climate talks: What the debate around Loss and Damage is about (and why it is so heated)
Harjeet Singh of ActionAid International explains what’s at stake.
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Salman Rushdie’s new memoir un-wounds the ‘knife’ of language
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Bonn climate talks: In second week, ministers will try to break impasse on pre-2020 agenda
In the first week, developing countries were perplexed by the US and EU acting in tandem, as also the less-than-neutral stance of Fiji as president.
Nitin Sethi & Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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Bonn talks: Developing world chides developed countries for failing to deliver on climate goals
137 developing countries collectively demand that rich nations be bound by deadlines to deliver on their commitments.
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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Bonn climate meet: Talks on developed world’s obligations can’t be postponed, says Africa Group
Xolisa Ngwadla, lead coordinator for the Africa Group of Negotiators, lays out the block’s priorities at the ongoing climate summit.
Nitin Sethi & Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Bonn talks: US and EU oppose assessments of their current climate change commitments
Developed countries do not want to discuss whether they are on track to fulfil their promises to cut emissions and provide funds to developing nations by 2020.
Nitin Sethi & Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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Fiji, presiding over Bonn climate talks, defers assessment of rich countries’ current commitments
India and other Like-Minded Developing countries protested the decision. They say this could raise doubts over promises rich countries make in the future.
Nitin Sethi & Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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Principle of equity must guide Bonn talks, says member of Indian PM’s climate change council
Excerpts from an interview with JM Mauskar on India’s expectations from the Bonn climate change negotiations.
Nitin Sethi
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Bonn talks: India and China wrest focus back on action by rich countries to prevent climate change
As part of the Like-Minded Developing Countries group, the two want to ensure that discussions are also held on what developed countries have done so far.
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
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Rich nations must take holistic view on climate change, says developing countries group spokesman
Excerpts from an interview with Majid Shafiepour, the spokesperson for Like-Minded Developing Countries group, which includes India and China.
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava & Nitin Sethi
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Bonn climate change talks: Fiji’s proposal to raise targets on cutting emissions angers India, China
The island nation wants all countries to compulsorily raise goals before 2020. But some countries say this subverts the accepted decision-making process.
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava & Nitin Sethi
The Field
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go