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Elon Musk Twitter Takeover Raises Fears of Climate Misinformation Surge During COP27 Summit
Elon Musk's Twitter takeover has raised fears that climate change deniers looking to block action and "greenwashing" companies could have free rein on the platform. The self-declared free-speech absolutist fired thousands of staff, including sustainability executives Sean Boyle and Casey Junod, who signed off from the platform last week. He has pro...
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Teachers' Group Express Dismay Over Deletion Of Chapters On Environment Issues In NCERT Syllabus
The NCERT has deleted chapters on critical issues such as climate change and monsoon from the syllabus to reduce the load on students in view of Covid disruptions in the last two years, claimed a group of college and university teachers fighting climate change.
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India Votes Against UN Draft Resolution On Climate Change. Here's Why
India on Monday voted against a UN Security Council draft resolution that linked climate change with global security challenges as it argued that the move attempts to undermine the hard-won consensus reached at the recently concluded Glasgow Summit.
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India Highlights Terrorism, Climate Change At UN Security Council Debate
India on Thursday highlighted terrorism and climate change at UNSC open debate on "Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Security in the context of Terrorism and Climate Change".
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UN Declares Access To Clean Environment A Fundamental Right
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday recognised access to a clean and healthy environment as a fundamental right, formally adding its weight to the global fight against climate change and its devastating consequences.
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Joe Biden Expected To Back India's Bid For UN Security Council
The Biden administration will place high priority on strengthening the Indo-US relationship by pushing India to became a permanent member of the UN Security Council, continuing co-operation on terrorism, climate change, health and trade, according to a policy paper released by the Biden campaign during the presidential election.
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We Made IITs, Pakistan Made Lashkar, Says Sushma Swaraj At UN: 10 Points
In a takedown of Pakistan for its non-stop support to terrorism, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday dismissed Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's accusations of violating human rights, telling the United Nations General Assembly, "Look who is talking". "We are completely engaged in fighting poverty; alas our neighbour Pakistan se...
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The Arctic Council's Climate Pleas Fell On Deaf Ears
When ministers from the eight states of the Arctic and representatives of the region's native peoples met last month in Alaska, evidence of global warming was all around them.
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US Welcomes India's Prominent Role In World: White House Official
The US welcomes more prominent and effective role played by India on a wide range of global problems from climate change to maritime security, a top White House official has said "We welcome India not just because it is consequential because we share and often promote norms about a rules based order," Peter Lavoy, the White House's point person for...
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Working on UN Security Council Reform, Says Angela Merkel
Reforming the UN Security Council, climate change and security featured in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's address at the Indo-German summit held in Bengaluru today.
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Island Nations Seek UN Help Combatting Climate Change
More than a dozen small island nations made an urgent appeal to the UN Security Council on Thursday for help in combatting climate change, which they said poses a threat to their very existence.
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4 Degree Rise in Global Temperature May Make Outdoor Work Impossible in North India: Study
If the world warms up by 4 degrees Celsius, there is 30 per cent probability that temperatures will be so high that even moderate outdoor work cannot be carried out in the hottest month in northern India, a study on the risks of climate change has said.
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PM Modi, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Discuss Climate Change, Security Council Reforms
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has discussed pressing issues like UN Security Council reform and climate change with Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose "global leadership" was on Tuesday lauded by him.
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Court in Delhi Refuses to Hear RK Pachauri's Plea to Travel Abroad
A Delhi court, today, refused to hear the plea of TERI Director-General RK Pachauri, who is facing sexual harassment allegations from a woman employee, to travel abroad for the Global Water Summit in Greece after the complainant questioned the maintainability of his plea.
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PM Modi Reconstitutes Council on Climate Change, RK Pachauri Retained
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today re-constituted a high-level advisory group on climate change, days ahead of a crucial UN meet on global warming in Peru.
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Elon Musk Twitter Takeover Raises Fears of Climate Misinformation Surge During COP27 Summit
Elon Musk's Twitter takeover has raised fears that climate change deniers looking to block action and "greenwashing" companies could have free rein on the platform. The self-declared free-speech absolutist fired thousands of staff, including sustainability executives Sean Boyle and Casey Junod, who signed off from the platform last week. He has pro...
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Teachers' Group Express Dismay Over Deletion Of Chapters On Environment Issues In NCERT Syllabus
The NCERT has deleted chapters on critical issues such as climate change and monsoon from the syllabus to reduce the load on students in view of Covid disruptions in the last two years, claimed a group of college and university teachers fighting climate change.
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India Votes Against UN Draft Resolution On Climate Change. Here's Why
India on Monday voted against a UN Security Council draft resolution that linked climate change with global security challenges as it argued that the move attempts to undermine the hard-won consensus reached at the recently concluded Glasgow Summit.
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India Highlights Terrorism, Climate Change At UN Security Council Debate
India on Thursday highlighted terrorism and climate change at UNSC open debate on "Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Security in the context of Terrorism and Climate Change".
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UN Declares Access To Clean Environment A Fundamental Right
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday recognised access to a clean and healthy environment as a fundamental right, formally adding its weight to the global fight against climate change and its devastating consequences.
-
Joe Biden Expected To Back India's Bid For UN Security Council
The Biden administration will place high priority on strengthening the Indo-US relationship by pushing India to became a permanent member of the UN Security Council, continuing co-operation on terrorism, climate change, health and trade, according to a policy paper released by the Biden campaign during the presidential election.
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We Made IITs, Pakistan Made Lashkar, Says Sushma Swaraj At UN: 10 Points
In a takedown of Pakistan for its non-stop support to terrorism, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday dismissed Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's accusations of violating human rights, telling the United Nations General Assembly, "Look who is talking". "We are completely engaged in fighting poverty; alas our neighbour Pakistan se...
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The Arctic Council's Climate Pleas Fell On Deaf Ears
When ministers from the eight states of the Arctic and representatives of the region's native peoples met last month in Alaska, evidence of global warming was all around them.
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US Welcomes India's Prominent Role In World: White House Official
The US welcomes more prominent and effective role played by India on a wide range of global problems from climate change to maritime security, a top White House official has said "We welcome India not just because it is consequential because we share and often promote norms about a rules based order," Peter Lavoy, the White House's point person for...
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Working on UN Security Council Reform, Says Angela Merkel
Reforming the UN Security Council, climate change and security featured in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's address at the Indo-German summit held in Bengaluru today.
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Island Nations Seek UN Help Combatting Climate Change
More than a dozen small island nations made an urgent appeal to the UN Security Council on Thursday for help in combatting climate change, which they said poses a threat to their very existence.
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4 Degree Rise in Global Temperature May Make Outdoor Work Impossible in North India: Study
If the world warms up by 4 degrees Celsius, there is 30 per cent probability that temperatures will be so high that even moderate outdoor work cannot be carried out in the hottest month in northern India, a study on the risks of climate change has said.
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PM Modi, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Discuss Climate Change, Security Council Reforms
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has discussed pressing issues like UN Security Council reform and climate change with Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose "global leadership" was on Tuesday lauded by him.
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Court in Delhi Refuses to Hear RK Pachauri's Plea to Travel Abroad
A Delhi court, today, refused to hear the plea of TERI Director-General RK Pachauri, who is facing sexual harassment allegations from a woman employee, to travel abroad for the Global Water Summit in Greece after the complainant questioned the maintainability of his plea.
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PM Modi Reconstitutes Council on Climate Change, RK Pachauri Retained
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today re-constituted a high-level advisory group on climate change, days ahead of a crucial UN meet on global warming in Peru.
