The Paris Agreement is an international convention intended to address climate change and its consequences. It was adopted on December 12, 2015, at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also outlined various other green energy targets to achieve by the year 2030, calling them ...

As the deadline for submitting updated carbon reduction targets passed on Monday, the majority of nations – including major ...

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In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost Managing Editor Palki Sharma, India’s Ambassador to France, Sanjeev Singla talked ...

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Just 10 of the 195 parties signed up to the landmark Paris Agreement have published their new emissions-cutting plans, known as “nationally determined contributions” (NDCs), by the 10 February ...