New Delhi/Shimla, Dec 15 (IANS) The national capital Delhi was on Friday colder by at least two notches than the ‘Queen of Hills’ Shimla and Dharamsala, both the preferred hill destinations in Himachal Pradesh.
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) An eight-year-old British Indian, one of the youngest attendees at the recently-concluded COP28 in Dubai, has called for faster and target-based transitioning away from fossil fuels to safeguard the future of children, especially in the Global South.
Dubai, Dec 13 (IANS) For the first time, the UN climate talks have addressed the need to stop burning fossil fuels. Also the COP28 marks the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era, said climate negotiators and observers on Wednesday.
Gurugram, Dec 13 (IANS) Penalty of Rs 28.69 lakh has been imposed on 253 persons for violating the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) norms between October 1 and December 13.
Dubai, Dec 13 (IANS) The two-week 28th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP28) concluded on Wednesday after few hours of overrun with a historic agreement by 198 parties (197 countries plus the European Union) to deliver a new era of climate action.
Srinagar, Dec 13 (IANS) With minus 5.3 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature on Wednesday, Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far.
Dubai, Dec 12 (IANS) World leaders joined the World Economic Forum’s programme at the 28th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP28) to advance dialogue, innovation, and cooperation for accelerated climate action.
Dubai, Dec 12 (IANS) UK Climate Minister Graham Stewart, who was attending the final phase of the two-week-long negotiations in the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) here, has left the talks midway and returned to Westminster to attend the Rwanda vote, a critical vote on immigration policy back home home.
Dubai, Dec 12 (IANS) Stating they are facing the most demanding COP (conference of parties) agenda of all time, Ambassador Majid Al Suwaidi, COP28 Director-General on Tuesday, just a few hours before the two-week UN Climate Change Conference concludes, said what “they are seeing right now is that everybody is working through that agenda” and “including the language on fossil fuels would be historic”.
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) A sharp decline in the number of water bodies in Kolkata during the last few years has become a cause of major concern for many.
