Paris Climate Agreement

January 21, 2025 12:41 AM

Will take back Panama Canal & leave Paris climate accord: Trump

President Donald Trump on Monday said he will issue executive orders that will declare a national emergency along the border and all illegal entry will be immediately halted, adding that he will start the process of sending back people who came to the U.S. illegally. Trump also said he will be ordering troops to secure the border. The President announced a slew of measures that he said would end American decline and mark the beginning of a golden age. They include a new body to collect tariffs...

November 7, 2024 10:40 PM

Trump win worries international partners ahead of COP29 climate summit

Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election has darkened the outlook for a strong deal at the COP29 climate summit next week and will increase pressure on Europe and China to lead international progress in curbing planetary warming, according to climate negotiators. Trump, who has called climate change a hoax, has said he plans to withdraw the U.S. from the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement at the start of his second presidency, and his policy advisers have floated removing t...

September 16, 2024 6:13 PM

Paraguay becomes 100th member of International Solar Alliance

Paraguay has become the 100th country to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA) as a full member. The South American nation officially handed over its Instrument of Ratification to the ISA in New Delhi on Wednesday. The ceremony took place during a meeting between Paraguay's Ambassador to India, Fleming Raul Duarte, and Abhishek Singh, Joint Secretary of Economic Diplomacy and States Division at India's Ministry of External Affairs. Singh, who serves as the Head of Depository for the ISA, ...