India to discuss free, universal access to scientific knowledge in runup to G20 summit

Steep subscription prices of sceintific journals, open access mandate for public-funded research among roundtable agenda

G20 nations agree to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030

Indian Presidency establishes Green Hydrogen Innovation Centre under International Solar Alliance

G20 Summit: 7 COVID-19 deaths every minute, rich countries urged to share soon-expiring vaccines

By the end of October, US, EU, Britain and Canada would have a stock of 240 million unused vaccines

G20 Summit: Weather at Bharat Mandapam being monitored for meet where DRR on top of agenda

A new automated weather station has been installed near the site to ensure that movements of heads of states and other delegates go on smoothly …

G20 Summit: New Delhi Leaders' Declaration adopted with consensus on various environmental goals

Countries committed to “urgently accelerate our actions to address environmental crises and challenges, including climate change”

Market and mitigation dominated G20 climate actions — not a good signal leading to COP28, claim experts   

Woefully inadequate in response to Global Stocktake Report and unlikely to keep temperature rise within 1.5°C  

G20 Summit: Good progress on easing debt in Zambia, Ethiopia & Ghana, says finance minister

India releases G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration stating developing countries would need $5.8-5.9 trillion up to 2030 to …

Cynophobia, Cynophilia and India’s dog-eat-dog wars

The latest episode of the Indian canine conflict happened recently as the G20 Summit took place in Delhi

Delhi intensifies demolition drive as G20 summit approaches; 3 lakh people affected, say activists

Demolitions have happened as early as 4 am; people are given little time before being evicted 

G20 Summit: Oxfam urges action on COVID-19, climate, poverty and hunger

G20 leaders have a choice to either take urgent action or continue what they are doing, Oxfam says

Trump successfully pushes for including US stance on fossil fuels in G20 declaration

World leaders, including Theresa May, urge Trump to consider re-joining the Paris Agreement

G-20 countries deceive the world by promoting fossil gas production

Shifting reliance from one fossil fuel to a relatively lesser polluting fossil fuel will not lead to de-carbonization

G20 climate goals just won't do the job, claims new report

Latest Nationally Determined Contributions of 4 countries same or weaker than previous committments

India is not making businesses disclose climate risks: report

The country has not followed the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Six G20 nations failing to take action in line with their Paris Agreement pledges

Six other countries in this group—Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy and the UK, together with the European Union as a bloc—were …

India’s emission targets most ambitious among G20 nations

While India’s greenhouse gas emissions have doubled in last 25 years, they are still below the G20 average, says a climate change study

G20 Summit: India launches Global Biofuel Alliance

With multi-stakeholder support spanning 19 countries, the alliance aims to triple global sustainable biofuel production by 2030

Without new policies, plastic consumption across G20 countries to double by 2050: Report

Only a combination of existing policies along with new ones can arrest the trend & slow consumption

Why G20’s debt-relief strategy is failing

The Indian Prime Minister says a G20 strategy has driven global debt restructuring since his country assumed leadership. That's not the full …

G20 nations provided a record $1.4 trillion in support of fossil fuels last year

Setting a minimum carbon taxation rate between $25-75 per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent depending on the country’s economy would raise …

G20 energy ministers call for cooperation on nuclear energy & low-emission hydrogen

A tripling of renewable energy has been changed to “tripling of clean technology capacity,” says expert

Heat waves likely to last ‘25 times longer’ in India by another 2-4 decades, says climate report

 The heatwaves will last over five times longer if global temperature rise is constrained to about 2°C, says report launched ahead …

G20 countries have key to vaccine equity, ending COVID-19 pandemic: WHO chief at health meet

G20 leaders need to fulfill their dose-sharing pledges by September-end 2021, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries at health meet in Rome

Financial institutions back G20 plans for global infrastructure initiative

World Bank, IMF, multilateral development banks say infrastructure key to tackling poverty

G20 nations subsidise fossil fuel exploration by $88bn a year: study

Study carried out by US and UK experts is the “most detailed breakdown yet of global fossil fuel subsidies”