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Brazil Commits $107 Mn To Accelerate Amazon Bioeconomy At COP30

Four-year initiative in five Amazon states targets 50 cooperatives, 3,500 families and higher-value bioeconomy products Brazil has introduced the Coopera+ Amazônia programme, a nearly R$107 million plan to strengthen 50 extractivist cooperatives working with babassu, açaí, Brazil nut and cupuaçu across Pará, Rondônia, Maranhão, Amazonas and Acre over 48 months. Announced in the Green Zone […]

Global Methane Report Shows 8% Cut Against 30% Goal

UNEP–CCAC review at COP30 finds current national plans deliver an 8 per cent methane reduction by 2030 versus the 30 per cent Global Methane Pledge target, with most cuts possible at low cost in energy, waste and agriculture Unveiled in Belém during COP30, the first Global Methane Status Report finds that, while there has been […]

Delhi Air Quality In ‘Very Poor’ Zone As AQI Hits 344

Delhi’s air quality slips to the ‘very poor’ band with several stations in ‘severe’ range, prompting Stage 4 restrictions on heavy vehicles, construction and schools, as the Supreme Court presses Punjab and Haryana to enforce stubble control measures Delhi recorded very poor air quality on the morning of 18 November, with the city’s Air Quality […]

KPI Green To Build Rs 696 Cr Solar Project For SJVN In Gujarat

KPI Green Energy signs Rs 696.50 crore deal with SJVN for a 200 MW solar project in Khavda, with full scope from equipment supply and construction to three-year post-COD operation and maintenance    KPI Green Energy on Monday said it has signed contract agreements with state-owned SJVN for an order worth Rs 696.50 crore to […]

Saatvik Bags Rs 177.5 Cr Solar Module Orders

Fresh utility and C&I contracts for high-efficiency solar modules underline steady demand for domestic suppliers in India’s renewables build-outGurugram-based Saatvik Green Energy has secured fresh orders worth Rs 177.50 crore through its material subsidiary, Saatvik Solar Industries, for the supply of solar photovoltaic modules to projects across several states. The contracts from independent power producers […]

Ocean Health Key To Climate Fight, Says COP30 Envoy

COP30 Special Envoy for the Oceans Marinez Scherer says a healthy ocean underpins climate regulation, urging stronger marine conservation, spatial planning and global governance as Brazil positions its Blue Amazon and coastal programmes at the heart of climate action “Without a healthy ocean, we lose climate regulation. It is what helps keep Earth habitable,” says […]

Nature And Youth Take Focus On Day 8 Of COP30

COP30 in Belém highlights nature-centred climate action and youth engagement, with new forest finance facilities, land tenure commitments, regenerative farming investments and methane pathways presented alongside youth and Indigenous-led dialogues On Day 8 of COP30, countries and partners demonstrated how putting nature at the centre of climate action drives progress for people, economies and the […]

Global Utilities Lift Clean Grid Investment Target To USD 148 Bn A Year At COP30

Power companies, backed by Germany, UK and major funds, warn outdated climate finance rules and underfunded grids risk derailing net-zero transition Global power utilities have sharply raised their planned investments in clean energy networks but warned that outdated climate finance rules and underfunded grids threaten to slow the energy transition, at the UN climate conference […]

Vedanta’s Nand Ghar Network Reaches 10,000 Centres

The rural childcare and women’s development programme now spans 16 states and plans 25,000 centres in Rajasthan within two years The Anil Agarwal Foundation, the social impact arm of the Vedanta Group, has expanded its Nand Ghar network to 10,000 centres across 16 states, covering more than four lakh children and three lakh women each […]

UN Climate Chief Backs $1.3 Tn Climate Finance Roadmap

Stiell backs USD 1.3 trillion climate finance roadmap, urges shift from ambition to delivery by 2035 UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell on Friday urged governments and financial leaders to move from “ambition to delivery” on climate finance, backing a roadmap that targets annual climate funding flows of 1.3 trillion dollars by 2035. Speaking […]