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January 9, 2026 4:41 PM

Climate action is an opportunity, not a constraint: Vice President Radhakrishnan at Bharat Climate Forum 2026

Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan said that climate action should be viewed not as a limitation on development but as a strategic opportunity to accelerate inclusive growth, strengthen energy security and build a future-ready economy. He was delivering the inaugural address on Friday at the Bharat Climate Forum 2026 in New Delhi. Commending the Council for International Economic Understanding for shaping the Forum into a national platform for serious reflection and purposeful action, the Vice-...

December 10, 2025 1:04 PM

IISF 2025 witnesses record-breaking footfall of over 2 lakh visitors

The India International Science Festival (IISF) 2025 concluded in Panchkula with a record attendance of more than 200,000 participants. The event drew 1,800 students, 167 educators and 32 resource persons across major activities such as the Hackathon, Gurukula, Science and Technology Village, Nari Shakti, Youth Science Congress and the Thought Leaders’ Roundtable. Specialised tracks including New Age Technology, Blue Economy, Himalaya in Changing Climate and Clean & Nuclear Energy also ...

November 19, 2025 8:37 PM

PM Modi to embark on three-day visit to South Africa for G20 Leaders’ Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Johannesburg, South Africa, from November 21 to 23, to attend the 20th G20 Leaders’ Summit hosted by the Republic of South Africa, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Wednesday. According to the MEA release, this year’s Summit marks the fourth consecutive G20 meeting held in the Global South, underscoring the growing influence and cooperation of developing nations in shaping global governance. During the Summit, PM Modi will present...

November 10, 2025 1:42 PM

Indigenous leaders join COP30 climate summit as it opens with unclear outcome ahead

As COP30 opens on Monday for the more than 190 countries participating, it was unclear what exactly they would discuss during the two-week U.N. summit in Brazil’s Amazon city of Belem. Also unclear is how they’ll handle testy issues, such as a 2023 pledge to wean off polluting energy sources and demand for financing to make that happen. But the biggest question mark was whether countries would aim to negotiate a final agreement – a hard sell in a year of fractious global politics and U.S....

November 9, 2025 5:39 PM

What is the COP30 climate summit, and why does it matter?

Every year, the U.N. climate conference conjures hundreds of headlines on global efforts to spare the world from climate catastrophe. This year's begins on Monday in the Brazilian rainforest city of Belem. But what exactly happens at these annual summits? Here’s what you need to know: WHAT IS A COP? The annual conference is known as a COP, which stands for Conference of the Parties that signed the 1992 U.N. climate treaty. The treaty, called the U.N. Framework on Climate Change Convention ...

November 9, 2025 2:22 PM

As COP30 gathers, what’s the latest in climate science?

With the pace of climate change speeding up, extreme weather and other impacts are taking an increasing toll on populations and environments across the globe. Here are some of the developments this year in climate science: WARMER, FASTER Global temperatures are not just climbing, they are now climbing faster than before, with new records logged for 2023 and 2024, and at points in 2025. That finding was part of a key study in June that updated baseline data used in the science reports done ever...

November 7, 2025 10:13 AM

India leads with people-first approach to climate resilience: Dr. Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh on Thursday called for a people-led movement to tackle climate change, stressing the need for synergy between policy, technology, and youth-driven innovation to ensure sustainable urban futures. Delivering the inaugural address at the Asian Conference on Geography (ACG 2025) at Jamia Millia Islamia, Dr. Singh said the meet was both “timely and crucial” as it focuses on the deeply interconnected issues of climate change, urbanizatio...

November 5, 2025 4:00 PM

EU agrees weakened climate target in final-hour deal for COP30

EU climate ministers agreed a 2040 climate change target in the early hours of Wednesday after watering down the goal in last-minute negotiations, as they raced to clinch the deal before the U.N. COP30 summit in Brazil. After negotiating late into Tuesday night, climate ministers from European Union countries approved in a public vote a compromise to cut emissions 90% by 2040, from 1990 levels, but with flexibilities to weaken this aim. The weakened target would let countries buy foreign carbo...

October 28, 2025 4:53 PM

Window for fast marathons closing because of climate change, report finds

Climate change is narrowing the window for record-breaking performances at the world's top marathons, according to new research released ahead of Sunday's New York City Marathon. Concerned elite athletes say rising temperatures are reshaping the sport with some city marathons more impacted than others. Berlin's event last month was raced in unseasonal temperatures of 75 degrees Fahrenheit. A report by U.S.-based non-profit Climate Central finds that 86% of 221 global marathons analysed on thei...

October 27, 2025 7:58 PM

Athletes call for climate adaptation fightback ahead of COP30

Climate change is one of the toughest opponents facing any athlete, warns Brazilian soccer player Tamires Dias, one of around 40 elite sportsmen and women involved in the launch of a new global campaign that will feature at next month's COP30 summit in her country. Dias, who played in two Women's World Cups, has been joined by the likes of Brazilian tennis player Beatriz Haddad Maia, surfer Maya Gabeira, Romanian Olympic swimmer David Popovici and former England soccer player Raheem Sterling to...