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India delays climate pledge, pressures rich nations on funding at UN climate talks

India is unlikely to submit its climate pledge before the end of the United Nations climate summit this week, raising concerns about its influence on global climate change efforts

The Independent UK

India Celebrates Clean Energy Milestone But Coal Still King

Non-fossil fuels now account for half of India's installed energy capacity -- years ahead of schedule -- but the third-largest greenhouse gas polluter remains deeply reliant on coal for electricity generation.

International Business Times

Poonch’s forgotten victims: With 13 deaths, the city was left defenceless

On May 13, three days after the Indo-Pak ceasefire, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation. During his 22-minute speech, he did not speak about the devastation in Poonch – a city that paid the price of the military escalation between India and Pakistan.

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How Pakistan quietly became world’s biggest solar importer

South Asian country’s quiet solar surge shows how clean energy is no longer just an environmental choice, but a powerful economic solution, experts say

The Independent UK

Punjab: Police busts narco-smuggling network in Tarn Taran; Two arrested

Punjab Police DG Gaurav Yadav wrote on social media platform X about cracking the trans-border drug smuggling network. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Cop29: The trillion-dollar question that has left climate summit at an impasse

Talks over an agreement toi to inject climate finance into developing countries remain fraught as UN asks delegates to ‘cut the theatrics’

The Independent UK

What UK’s climate leadership could look like at Cop29

Analysis: To fill the vaccum of climate leadership at Cop29, the UK needs to take on one of the thorniest issues in UN negotiations

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US leads wealthy countries spending billions of public money on unproven ‘climate solutions’

Exclusive: Over $12bn in subsidies awarded for technologies like carbon capture experts call ‘colossal waste of money’

The Guardian - US

Revealed: wealthy western countries lead in global oil and gas expansion

The US and the UK among countries with low dependence on fossil fuels criticized for ‘hypocrisy’ on climate pledges

The Guardian - US

Hard to believe Aus Post fraudster thought he was doing 'lawful work': judge

Police claim phone scam operation valued at more than $5 million.

The Canberra Times

What BJP and Congress manifestos say – and don’t say – on key environmental issues

While air pollution continues to occupy a prominent place in the manifestos of India’s two biggest political parties, one of the biggest causes of climate change- coal, and the need for a justful transition away from it-remains missing from the manifestos of these parties.

Newslaundry

In Davos, An Australian Mining Boss Presses Industries To Go Green

Andrew Forrest, a blunt Australian billionaire who made his fortune in iron ore mining, stood out among the heads of emissions-spewing industries at the meeting of global elites in Davos.

International Business Times

Azerbaijan names former oil executive to head Cop29 climate talks

Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, has been named as president-designate of the Cop29 climate conference. He will be the second oil executive in a row to head the global environmental summit after UAE's Sultan Al Jaber in 2023.

Radio France Internationale

Azerbaijan names a former oil executive to lead 2024 climate talks

Mukhtar Babayev, has been named to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks later this year, prompting concern from some climate activists over his former ties to the state oil company.

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Azerbaijan's Ecology Minister Faces Concerns Over UN Climate Talks

Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan's ecology minister, has been appointed to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks. This has raised some concern among cli...

The Independent UK

Azerbaijan names a former oil exec to lead climate talks. Activists have concerns

Azerbaijan’s ecology minister has been named to lead the United Nations’ annual climate talks later this year

The Hindu

Should India set a higher bar to address climate change?

The Hindu Parley podcast discusses whether India should set a higher bar to address climate change

International Business Times

UAE's Jaber, Oil Boss Who Brokered 'Beginning Of End' For Fossil Fuels

Sultan Al Jaber, the UAE oil chief who headed COP28 in Dubai, promised that this year's UN climate talks would be "different".

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The Independent UK

Some nations want to remove more pollution than they produce. That will take giving nature a boost

As countries at the COP28 climate talks are wrangling over deadlines for lowering their carbon dioxide emissions, a Danish-led group of countries has decided to set the ultimate goal: to remove more CO2 from the atmosphere than they emit

The Guardian - UK

$700m pledged to loss and damage fund at Cop28 covers less than 0.2% needed

Money offered so far falls far short of estimated $400bn in losses developing countries face each year

France 24

The oil boss, the islander, the ecofeminist: Five people to watch at COP28

World leaders, scientists and activists gather in Dubai this week for the latest UN-sponsored COP summit aimed at forging a global response to the climate emergency. From the controversial Emirati host Sultan al-Jaber to climate leader and Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados, FRANCE 24 takes a look at some…

The Hindu

HOCKEY | Punjab claims the senior National men’s title after a marathon shoot-out

Punjab win 4th title in 13th Hockey India Senior National Men's Championship after 9-8 win in shoot-out over defending champions Haryana. TN bag bronze, beating Karnataka. Udhayanidhi Stalin gave away prizes.

The Guardian - UK

‘Loss and damage’ deal struck to help countries worst hit by climate crisis

Governments draw up blueprint for fund to be administered at first by World Bank after tense Abu Dhabi talks

The Independent UK

Developed nations pledge $9.3 billion to global climate fund at gathering in Germany

The German government says developed countries have pledged $9.3 billion to help poor nations tackle climate change

The Independent UK

G20 countries agree to increase clean energy but reach no deal on phasing out fossil fuels

G20 leaders have agreed to triple renewable energy and try to increase the funds for climate change-related disasters but maintained the status quo with regards to phasing out carbon spewing coal

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