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Javadekar: India has met 50% of renewable energy targets

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 26, 2019

Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of scaling up clean energy capacity, Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday stated that the country has already met around 50% of its 2022 targets. Speaking at the India Climate Leaders’ Dialogue here,...

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PM Modi pledges to more than double India's non-fossil fuel target to 450 GW

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 24, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday gave a clarion call for a "global people's movement" to bring about a behavioral change to deal with climate change as he made a path-breaking pledge to more than double India's non-fossil fuel target to 450 gigawatts. In his...

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UN Chief says India making fantastic efforts in renewable energy

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2019

India is a very important actor and "fundamental partner" in international efforts on climate action and is making a "fantastic effort" to grow its renewable energy basket, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said. UN Secretary General Guterres, who has met Prime Minister Narendra...

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India Wants Coalition For Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure: Top UN Envoy

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2019

India, a leader in the International Solar Alliance, is looking at bringing together developed and developing nations for another coalition to focus on disaster resilient infrastructure to help nations build better after natural calamities, the country's top envoy to the UN...

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More coal plants means suffering for another 50 years for Indians: UNEP ED

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2019

Nearly three years after ratifying the Paris Climate Agreement, India continues to pave way for coal-fired thermal power plants. Under these circumstances, the country would unceasingly keep choking under the toxicity of fossil fuels for at least half a century. “...

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Climate Emergency: India offers financial and technical support to developing nations

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 3, 2019

In the run up to two key United Nation’s summits on Climate Change this month, India has raised the pitch for finance and technology support to developing nations to achieve the Paris Agreement goals of keeping a global average temperature rise this century well below 2...

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