PM Modi Announces India-US Clean Energy Partnership at Global Climate Summit
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We will help raise investment, demonstrate clean technologies, enable green cooperation: PM Modi
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Thursday that India and the US are launching an “Agenda 2030” partnership on green cooperation as they take “high-speed” and “massive” concerted actions globally to combat climate change. Pitch for
Addressing a virtual summit on climate change convened by US President Joe Biden, PM Modi said that a guiding philosophy of “back to basics” should be an important pillar of the post-COVID era economic strategy and said that India Has taken many bold steps “on clean energy, energy efficiency and biodiversity, despite the challenges of its development.”
World to do more for stronger global climate change: Amin Aslam
Published On 23 April,2021 05:15 am
He said the world needs to get off the warpath with nature, which would only exacerbate disasters.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Thursday called upon the global community to ‘do more’ on the global climate action to protect the world community from unfolding deleterious impacts of climate change.
The world, he stressed, needs to get off the warpath with nature, which would only exacerbate disasters.
“The world has to do more, and fast-track efforts to confront the climate change,” the Prime Minister Imran Khan’s aide stressed while addressing the virtual US-led Leaders Summit on Climate hosted by the US government in Washington on April 22, also the World Earth Day.
World urged to ‘do more’ for protecting earth from climate change
Islamabad
April 23, 2021
Islamabad : While the global warming-hit world is fast heating up, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change called upon the global community to ‘do more’ on the global climate action to protect the world community from unfolding deleterious impacts of climate change.
The world, he stressed, needs to get off the warpath with nature, which would only exacerbate disasters.
“The world has to do more, and fast-track efforts to confront the climate change,” the Prime Minister Imran Khan’s aide stressed while addressing the virtual US-led Leaders Summit on Climate hosted by the US government in Washington on Wednesday.
Australia’s vague approach to climate change will cost our economy, expert says
By Melissa Coade
Thursday April 22, 2021
On his first day in office, President Biden announced the US would be recommitting to the Paris Agreement, (Image: AAP)
Australia’s climate change policies are regarded as ‘insufficient’ by the Biden administration, which will use a summit to announce a new target for US carbon emissions by 2030.
On the eve of US President Joe Biden’s summit to tackle the world’s climate crisis, Australia’s position remains disappointing, RMIT’s Dr Emma Shortis has said.
Speaking to
The Mandarin ahead of the two-day leaders’ summit, she observed that how the US responds to Australia’s weak action on climate change will be telling.
A technology blunder at Joe Biden s virtual climate summit overnight saw Scott Morrison speak while on mute to other world leaders for 30 seconds.
When he was invited to speak by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Mr Morrison s lips moved but no words could heard.
World leaders are attending the virtual summit to discuss climate and carbon emissions goals, with President Biden making it a pillar of his government.
The prime minister appeared unaware that 39 other world leaders on the call couldn t hear him until Mr Blinken eventually interrupted to say: Mr Prime Minister I m not sure we are hearing you here.