Tag: COP24
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India succeeds in evolving global climate roadmap (2018 In Retrospect)
By Vishal Gulati, New Delhi : Clearing the smoke of uncertainty over the issue of a cleaner environment, India this year succeeded in its multilateral diplomacy to evolve a roadmap for the international community to decisively address climate change. Also, India’s success in renewable energy auctions, in reducing emissions besides its largest commitment to eliminate…
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India’s energy subsidies moving in the right direction
By Vibhuti Garg & Tara Laan, India has become an outspoken proponent of renewable energy, including at the just-concluded COP24 in Poland and as champion of the International Solar Alliance (ISA). But do the facts back up the rhetoric? Is the central government walking the talk? Money, as they say, isn’t everything – but an…
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Decarbonisation or Destabilisation? Trust gap widens as time narrows at COP24
By Rajendra Shende, “Since I last addressed the COP in 2009, I’ve been deposed in a coup, thrown into jail, and forced into exile. But almost 10 years since I was last at these climate negotiations, I must say, nothing much seems to have changed,” said Mohammad Nasheed, former President of the Maldives, adding: “We…
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India will ‘overachieve’ Paris commitments: Experts
By Vishal Gulati, Katowice (Poland) : At a time when there is a call for all countries to do more to fight climate change, India is telling the world at the ongoing UN climate negotiations, COP24, that it is in a position to comfortably overachieve its Paris climate change commitments, and will do more. India…