The World Bank on Tuesday agreed to boost its spending on climate change to 35% from 28% and to provide annual progress reports to its board
Canada has set ambitious targets for slashing emissions to fight climate change, but faces a stiff challenge
Scientists say the world needs to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 45% by 2030 to have any hope of meeting Paris Agreement targets for the middle of century and averting catastrophic warming
This is according to a new report from the Capgemini Research Institute entitled 'Sustainable operations: A comprehensive guide for manufacturers'
The IMF chief noted that a carbon price floor arrangement does not mean carbon taxes per se.
The International Monetary Fund on Friday proposed to set up an international carbon price floor to help limit global warming and achieve the transition toward low carbon growth over this decade
The Bank of Japan said on Friday it will launch a new scheme to encourage financial institutions to boost lending and investment for fighting climate change
The cost of the mission has been estimated at Rs 4,077 crore over a five-year period and will be implemented in phases
Javadekar lauded the government's efforts to combat air pollution by introducing BS-VI emission norms for vehicles in April last year
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The Group of Seven wealthy democracies have wrapped up their first face-to-face summit in two years at a seaside resort in southwest England.
But climate groups said the promise made in the summit's final communique lacked detail and the developed nations should be more ambitious in their financial commitments
The oxygen that we get from nature is about increasing green cover and ensuring that our air - our every breath - is not polluted.
A group of 79 company bosses and investors managing $41 trillion issued separate calls on Thursday for world leaders to accelerate action on climate change
New research from the SBTi revealed that none of the G7's leading stock indexes are currently aligned with a 1.5 degrees Celsius or two degrees pathway
The situation suggests slower growth for the zero-emissions solar energy industry at a time world governments are trying to ramp up their efforts to fight climate change
Considering the adverse impacts of littered plastic waste on both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, the prime minister gave a clarion call in 2019 to phase out single-use plastics by 2022.
The coronavirus ravaged the United States and Europe and climate change has challenged the assumptions of many of its economic models
Private sector IndusInd Bank on Saturday said it will reduce carbon emissions to 50 per cent in next four years and raise climate financing to 3.5 per cent in two years.
The Biden administration said Friday it is cancelling or reviewing a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened species