climate change

Need to Tap Renewable Energy, says Venkaiah Naidu

Renewable energy was a major solution in fighting climate change and meet the increasing energy demand in the country, he said. Referring to the enormous demand for the conventional sources of energy such as oil and gas in the country, Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu has emphasised upon the need to tap the country’s renewable […]

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Vikram Solar Slams Arun Jaitley’s Budget 2018 for Solar Sector

The budget 2018 is not very encouraging for the renewable and solar energy sector. The government has missed out on a major opportunity to take a lead towards combating climate change. The government has proposed to take out the import obligation on parts that make up sun powered boards. In his last full budget 2018 […]

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Clean Energy Can Become India’s Sustainability Model For World: Sweden

Lars Ronnas, Swedish Ambassador for Climate Change, asserted that there are “very strong interests” in his country for bilateral cooperation in this field. India has the “intellectual capacity” and potential to be a model for the rest of the world in tackling environmental issues, especially through the use of renewable energy sources, Sweden’s envoy for […]

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Qatar to Adopt First Renewable Energy Strategy

Many government bodies in Qatar are cooperating to adopt the first renewable energy strategy to diversify energy sources and reduce harmful emissions. To cut carbon emission and diversify energy sources, Qatar has increased its efforts to adopt the first renewable energy strategy. Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry, speaking at […]

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Developing World Says Rich Nations Shirking On Climate Change Pledge

The climate change pact rests on voluntary carbon-cutting pledges from virtually every country in the world. The failure of wealthy nations to deliver on short-term climate commitments could hinder the rollout of a landmark treaty, a bloc of 134 developing countries, including India and China, warned today at UN negotiations in Bonn. The diplomatic spat […]

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Piyush Goyal reiterates India’s commitments to combat Climate Change at the ‘World Conference on Environment 2017’

Piyush Goyal noted that the largest loss experienced due to climate change is to the poorest and the underprivileged section of the society Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal, addressing an august gathering at the ‘World Conference on Environment 2017’ said that such conferences are […]

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India positions itself as key player in 2016 on climate issues

Countries including India at the Marrakesh climate change summit agreed to conclude the framing of rules for the implementation of Paris agreement by 2018. India emerged as a major player in 2016 in the fight against global warming, ratifying the historic Paris agreement and also playing a “constructive” role in the Marrakesh climate summit to […]

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Dalmia Cement, Swiss Re and Helvetia Pledge to ‘Use Better Energy Better’

India’s Dalmia Cement, one of the world’s greenest cement company, and Swiss insurer Helvetia, have committed to 100% renewable electricity through RE100; a global, collaborative initiative of influential businesses working to massively increase demand for and delivery of renewable energy. RE100 is led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP. The news comes on […]

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