Climate Change

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Friday (February 28, 2025) met with EU Commissioners Jessika Roswall and Wopke Hoekstra and discussed issues of mutual interest in the field of environment, forest and climate change. In a post…
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China has a very important role to play in tackling climate change and others may look to the Asian country for additional leadership in the field, COP30 President-Designate Andre Aranha Correa do Lago said on Thursday. Asked about China’s…
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The President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) will hold an informal briefing on the priorities and preparations for the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30). Member States and Observers will be invited to deliver statements…
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After pulling out of the 2015 Paris Agreement, the United States (US) is now conspicuous by its absence at the 62nd Plenary Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underway in China. This is being viewed as another setback to…
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s meeting in Hangzhou, China opened on Monday with reports that US has withdrawn from the seventh assessment cycle presently underway. With the Trump administration announcing its…
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The Trump administration has pulled the US out of global discussions about an upcoming key UN climate change assessment, according to media reports. US State Department officials won’t take part in this week’s meeting in Hangzhou, China,…
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The world set yet another monthly heat record in January 2025, despite predictions of a slight cooling trend due to La Niña. According to the European climate service Copernicus, global temperatures in January 2025 were 0.09 degrees…
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The Department of Climate Change and Environment (DCCE) launched the second draft of the Climate Change Bill (“Bill“) in November 2024 for a public hearing. Some of the key revisions include provisions similar to the EU’s Carbon Border…
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Only 15 of the 195 parties to the Paris Agreement on climate change met the 10 February 2025 deadline to communicate to the UNFCCC Secretariat their 2035 climate plans. As of 19 February, a total of 17 countries have submitted their…
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The world's glaciers are melting faster than ever recorded under the impact of climate change, according to the most comprehensive scientific analysis to date. Mountain glaciers - frozen rivers of ice – act as a freshwater resource for…
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