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India is ahead of many major economies on climate action, but globally national governments are not showing the political will to phase out use of fossil fuels quickly enough to restrain runaway global warming

As the contentious climate negotiations in Katowice in Poland entered its second week, an international collective of experts urged faster moves to avoid a global catastrophe

The progress in the first week of climate negotiations in Katowice has been painfully slow, and a logjam over financial transparency can unravel agreements in other areas such as green technology transfer

It’s been a trying time for the Indian solar power sector due to recent policy and financial headwinds, and unless they change in the favour of project developers, the going could be tough

India’s severe air pollution can only be combatted through strong political action, even as the World Health Organisation warned that health costs of climate change have become unacceptable

The growth of global carbon dioxide emissions has picked up pace again after a brief slowdown, making it more difficult to restrain global warming, and adding urgency to the shift away from fossil fuels 

The Global Climate Risk Index 2019 released at the Katowice summit shows that intense cyclones, excessive rainfall and severe floods make India and its neighbours among the worst affected countries in the world

India said at the ongoing Katowice climate summit that it is well on track to meet its energy capacity and emissions intensity goals in 2020, 10 years ahead of its pledge under the Paris Agreement

The annual summit opens in the coal mining city of Katowice in Poland, with no sign of agreement over how much money industrialised countries may provide to combat climate change

Youngsters from fishing communities in coastal Tamil Nadu are preferring to work as menial labour abroad rather than venture out to the sea with its shifting wind patterns and ocean currents