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The UK must urgently put the brakes on any deal that doesn’t align with its legally binding climate targets

Reconciling India’s Climate and Industrial Targets: A Policy Roadmap. Introduction India has performed remarkably well in terms of its climate trajectory over the past decade. From 2005 to 2014, the country’s GHG-emission intensity declined by 21 percent. [1] According to Climate Transparency, India is the only G20 nation on-track to achieve the targets under the Paris Agreement. [2] One of the key, albeit unfortunate, reasons behind India’s climate success is the underperformance of its manufacturing sector. Since industries constitute approximately one-fourth of the economy’s total ...

By Simi Mehta, Ritika Gupta, Manoswini Sarkar Climate change is one of the most pressing issues that the world is collectively facing at the moment. It is contended that strengthening the global response is pertinent to combat the threat of climate change. 1 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted in 1992 that entered into force on 21 March, 1994, primarily aims to prevent anthropogenic interference in the earth’s climate system and stabilize Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. With this aim, the Conference of Parties meets every year to assess progress and re...

The most important news on the environment, climate and energy of 2020 It's been quite the year. Despite the coronavirus pandemic overtaking most of the 2020 agenda, this was also a big year for environmental, climate, and energy news. There were some positive developments (such as the falling cost of renewable energy and the surge of solar and wind power) but also a lot of bad news, especially in regards to greenhouse gas emissions and plastic pollution. We selected what we consider some of the environmental highlights of the year and compiled a 2020 list. With 2021 around the corner, we hop...

India has set a target of installing 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022. As of now, it has already installed a renewable energy capacity of 89.41 GW.