India requires $1 trillion to adapt for climate adaptation
As the world grapples to find solutions to combat climate change, a new study has found that India would require over USD 1 trillion in the next 15 years to …
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COP21: BASIC countries push for roadmap on climate finance
The members of the leading emerging countries bloc BASIC, including India, have stressed on the need for the developed world to define a clear roadmap for providing USD 100 billion …
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China ups pressure, says differentiation critical to COP21’s success
PARIS: Amid the ongoing tussle between developed and developing countries at the global climate success, China, the world’s second largest emitter, has upped the pressure, and underscored the core principle …
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Modi’s multilateral moment
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined world leaders at the Paris conference on climate change, he showcased his effort to develop a new Indian approach to global challenges. Whatever the …
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Sunshine club: Modi flags off Solar Revolution in Paris
The much touted International Solar Alliance (ISA) of sunshine-rich countries was finally launched at the COP21 Climate Conference in Paris on November 30, with an announcement by Prime Minister Narendra …
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Climate changing? Modi-Sharif meeting in Paris sparks guessing game
Has the climate changed in the perennially prickly India-Pakistan relations? Or was it the Paris magic and collective pressure to cut out on emissions (read bad vibes)?. Whatever it was, the 160-second meeting between the leaders of India and Pakistan in Paris has made banner headlines, overshadowing more substantive discussions on the opening day of the global climate summit that is expected to birth a new green future for the planet and its inhabitants.
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The Need to Support Bangladesh in its Fight against Extremism
Though religious extremism in Bangladesh has been put in check under the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government, the radicals have been trying hard to regain lost ground. In recent months …
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COP 21: Modi puts the onus on developed world, focuses on equity
Underlining that climate change is a major global challenge, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the India Pavilion in Paris and stressed that the world must act with urgency to craft a comprehensive, equitable and durable agreement to limit global warming.
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COP 21: Modi pitches for carbon justice, reminds developed nations of ethics
Hitting out at rich nations for their approach towards climate change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told developed countries which powered their way to prosperity on fossil fuels that it …
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Food Security missing from WTO draft declaration
In a glaring omission, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) draft declaration for the ministerial meeting in Nairobi in December did not mention finding a permanent solution to India’s concerns on …
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