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It takes two to tango

A successful US-India climate partnership marked by techno-financial assistance to pursue carbon neutrality can set a template for the rest of the world

Creo Syndicate: Secret club for billionaires who care about climate change

Creo acts like an investment bank, vetting about 300 deals per year, connecting investors with possible partners, and conducting research on technologies

India plans trading programmes for companies to curb pollution: Report

India is one of only a handful of large economies that have yet to set a target for achieving net-zero carbon emissions after Asian neighbours made public pledges over the last two months

Climate change: Fear and hope

Book review of Hope in Hell: A Decade to Confront the Climate Emergency

North India's energy systems can be moved to clean power by 2050: Report

The study found that north India's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be reduced from 825 MtCO2eq in 2020 to zero by 2050

Unilever to eliminate fossil fuels from cleaning products by 2030

Unilever's total greenhouse gas footprint is about 100 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents globally

Building the future

Covid-19 is not a mere oversight or an inconvenient accident; it is a result of the actions we have taken to build a world that is both inequitable and divisive

NASA finds drop in CO2, greenhouse emission in India during virus lockdown

NASA collaborates with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to document planet-wide changes in the environment, society during the Covid-19 lockdown

Amazon's greenhouses emissions worse than rivals, but better than Walmart's

Amazon for years has frustrated climate advocates by refusing to participate in increasingly common corporate social responsibility and environmental disclosures

The crucial role of banks and insurers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions

India, US and China are the top three polluters globally. Banks can help change that

Greta Thunberg accuses world leaders of 'creative PR' not leading to action

The activist cited scientific reports that have established that unchecked warming above 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) for the planet will be catastrophic.

India's fight against air pollution could increase greenhouse gas emissions

Government-mandated pollution control devices for coal-fired power plants, which reduce deadly sulfur-dioxide pollution, could also boost carbon dioxide emissions at individual plants

US, EU top carbon polluters, must pay 54% of climate action costs: Report

The report examines data on historical carbon emissions to calculate the 'fair share' of responsibility for climate financing

Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere hit record high in 2018: UN

UN called for swift action to safeguard "the future welfare of mankind."

World 'losing the race' to avert climate disaster, warns UN chief Guterres

Guterres said he was heartened by growing societal awareness, which meant that hope was not yet lost

Trump targets Nasa yet again, cancels greenhouse gas monitoring system

Scrapping the system was "disappointing", said Stephen Hagen, a senior scientist at Applied GeoSolutions in New Hampshire

Resounding nod to binding deal on greenhouse gases

Deal gives three groups of countries different deadlines to cut back on gases