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Achieving solar targets while complying with WTO norms

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) recently ruled against India's Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) for setting up solar power plants. Yet, there are ways to meet DCR in a way...

Are worst doubts about future of climate change coming true?

Rewinding fast backward reveals that when the Kyoto Protocol was opened for signature 18 years ago, on March 16, 1998, only six countries signed...

Developed nations must mobilize $100 bn for Paris climate deal: India

India has urged developed nations to announce their "enhanced" pre-2020 climate action plans and undertake the "urgent" task of mobilising $100 billion, lack of...

India, France launch $1 tn potential solar program

India and France have launched a programme with $1 trillion potential to help developing countries harness fully their solar resources for a clean energy...

TERI shares important roles in climate change initiatives

International support through sharing expertise and experiences and by providing financial assistance is essential for climate change projects to succeed, said Ajay Mathur, director...

Investors can be convinced of returns from green investments: Singhi

Investors and corporate boards can be convinced to make green investments by showing them the value of tangible and intangible future returns, industrialist Mahendra...

175 nations at UN sign Paris Climate Change Agreement

Representatives from 175 countries met on Friday at the UN to sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and made clear the urgency of...

India can challenge developed nations on green issues: Prakash Javadekar

India is now challenging the developed nations on environmental issues and won't be pressured by them, according to Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar. "We are showing...

India will need $1 trillion in energy investments by 2030

India will need $250 billion in the next five to six years and $1 trillion by 2030, a scale of investment "unparalleled anywhere in...

7 am: Peak pollution levels In four cities

If you think mornings are the best time for outdoor exercise, you’re wrong. Mornings experience the worst air pollution in four Indian cities, according to...

Himachal’s offsite thermal power plant in limbo

The fate of a 500 MW offsite thermal power plant of the Himachal Pradesh government's joint venture with a West Bengal-based company is in...