PM Modi Sets India's 2070 zero Carbon Emission Target at COP26 Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that India is the only country that is delivering in letter and spirit the commitments on tackling climate change under the Paris Agreement.
India will meet a target of net zero emissions by 2070, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the COP26 global climate summit.
The Prime Minister reiterated that developed nations must fulfill the promised $1 trillion as climate finance, saying this should be tracked the same way as climate mitigation.
Long-lost 'Island of Gold' Resurfaces in Indonesian River
The remnants of the long-lost "Island of Gold" — where tales describe man-eating snakes, fire-belching volcanoes and Hindi-speaking parrots — may have been found in the Musi River near Palembang, Indonesia. And of course, there is gold, oozing from the river bottom.
Divers probing the muddy river bottom have hauled up hundreds of figurines, temple bells, tools, mirrors, coins and ceramics. They have found golden sword hilts and gold-and-ruby rings, carved jars and wine jugs and flutes shaped like peacocks.
These treasures all point to one thing: Scientists have located the lost city of Srivijaya, once a wealthy and powerful port along the ocean trade route between East and West.
Nov 01, 2021
India Unveils Online Climate Dashboard
As world leaders prepared to gather for the UN climate change conference, COP26, in Glasgow in the UK, India launched an online dashboard - the 'Climate Equity Monitor' to assess equity in climate action, inequalities in emissions besides energy and resource consumption across the world.
The "Climate Equity Monitor" also tracks the climate policies of several countries from the perspective of developing countries.
It tracks the performance of "Annex-I Parties" comprising developed countries under the UNFCCC (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) based on the principles of the Climate Convention, i.e. equity and the principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities (CBDR-RC).