Climate Change
A Reminder for India : 13 October was International Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Day
CHANAKYA FORUM IS COMMITTED TO EXECUTE REQUISITE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR REDUCTION OF DISASTER RISK AND ENHANCEMENT OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT CULTURE, FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANITY. Headlines in the media inform us…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
PM Narendra Modi Calls for Global Alliances to Tackle Climate Change at the World Sustainable Development Summit
New Delhi, Delhi, India (NewsVoir) While making a concerted pitch for co-ordinated global action to combat climate change, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi emphasised that environmental sustainability can only be…
India achieves target of 40 % installed electricity capacity from non- fossil fuel sources
At COP 21, as part of its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), India had committed to achieving 40% of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil energy sources by 2030. The country…
Impact of Glasgow Likely to be ‘Net Zero’
Net Zero carbon is the new mantra of the climate action plan, which emerged in Glasgow. This means that the impact of greenhouse gas emissions in future should be neutralised…
By TP Sreenivasan
China’s Xi calls for stronger action on climate change
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping on Monday called on all parties to take stronger action to jointly tackle the climate challenge, the official Xinhua news agency reported. In…
India among 11 ‘countries of concern’ on climate change for U.S. spy agencies
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghanistan, India and Pakistan were among 11 countries singled out by U.S. intelligence agencies on Thursday as being "highly vulnerable" in terms of their…
Net Zero: Just Patching Over Emissions or Path for Saving Planet?
More than 190 countries committed in 2015 to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in an effort to stave off the worst effects of climate change…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
We need more, EU and U.S. urge China ahead of climate summit
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States and European Union's climate envoys urged China to step up its targets to cut emissions on Thursday, adding to the pressure…
Al Gore: China could surprise the world at Glasgow climate talks
By Axel Threlfall and Timothy Gardner (Reuters) -Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is hopeful China and the United States will set aside their differences at U.N. climate change talks…
EU, Britain urge Russia to commit to net zero CO2 emissions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union, Britain and Italy have urged Russia to commit to reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 and step up its plans to tackle…
COP26 should focus on climate finance in scope, scale and speed and transfer of green technologies at low cost says India at UN
Representing India virtually at the UN Secretary General’s meeting with select leaders on Climate Change on 20th September,2021 convened by H.E. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary General and H.E. Boris…
UK’s COP26 chief says ball in China’s court on making it a success
LONDON (Reuters) - The ball is in China's court when it comes to making the United Nations COP26 climate change conference in November a success, Britain's Alok Sharma, the summit's…
