U.S. President Joe Biden will host leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a summit in Washington on May 12 and May 13, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement on Saturday.Read all the Latest News , Breaking News and IPL 2022 Live Updates here.Continue Reading
Climate change is getting more severe and intense with each passing year, and it is set to be the norm in the future if the necessary action is not taken, professor Tim Smith said on Tuesday while speaking at WION’s Climate Summit. Speaking at the event in New Delhi, Smith, professor, Sustainability Research Centre, Australia’s…Continue Reading
Speaking at the WION’s Climate Summit, European climate pact ambassador, Netherlands, Laura De Vries called on the government across the world to shift their focus on “sustainable investment”, saying that the present level of investment was insufficient to mitigate the effects of climate change. “So far, we have not invested (enough). For example, in Netherlands,…Continue Reading
India’s Minister for Road Transport and Highways Mr Nitin Gadkari made a big announcement at WION Climate Summit on March 15. He revealed that India’s first Hydrogen-powered car was to be unveiled on Wednesday (March 16). The car, made as a pilot project, was kept at his residence, he said. Gadkari was chief guest at…Continue Reading
FILE PHOTO: Smoke and steam billow from Belchatow Power Station, Europe’s largest coal-fired power plant operated by PGE Group, at night near Belchatow, Poland December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo/File Photo Indonesia, Poland, Vietnam and other nations on Thursday pledged to phase out their use of coalfired power and stop building plants, a deal the…Continue Reading
COP26 climate summit must act to ‘save humanity’: UN chief GuterresAFPLast Updated: Nov 01, 2021, 07:03 PM ISTSynopsis“Enough of brutalizing biodiversity. Enough of killing ourselves with carbon. Enough of treating nature like a toilet. Enough of burning and drilling and mining our way deeper. We are digging our own graves.”Agencies“It’s time to say: enough,” the…Continue Reading
Following a series of reports and studies warning that urgent action is needed to keep the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global average temperature increases to 1.5C within reach, the Un Climate Change Conference (COP26) opened with the key aims of raising ambition on all fronts and finalising the agreement’s implementation guidelines.”We are extremely grateful…Continue Reading
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reaffirmed India’s focus on a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific and support for ASEAN’s centrality in the region. The prime minister said India remains committed to strengthening respect for the shared values of multilateralism, rules-based international order, international law and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations. Also…Continue Reading