The members of United Nations negotiated and adopted the Paris Agreement in which India made four commitments, including reducing greenhouse gas emission intensity of its GDP by 33-35 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, under its NDC. In the run up to two key United Nation’s summits on Climate Change this month, India has […]
Investors with $34 trn demand action on climate change ahead of G20 summit
Almost 200 nations agreed in Paris in 2015 to limit the global average temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times Investors managing more than $34 trillion in assets, nearly half the world’s invested capital, are demanding urgent action from governments on climate change, piling pressure on leaders of the world’s 20 […]
Why House Democrats Passed a Paris Accord Bill That’s Going Nowhere
Political Climate speaks with Rep. Kathy Castor on passing HR 9, the first meaningful climate change bill to pass the House of Representatives in nearly a decade. Democrats came together last week to present a united front on tackling climate change, but will it matter before 2020? Political Climate speaks with Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL) […]
Bloomberg-Backed Cities Initiative Aims to Deploy 2.8GW of Renewables by 2021
The American Cities Climate Challenge Renewable Accelerator was created to help cities decarbonize their electricity systems. The Rocky Mountain Institute, World Resources Institute and the city of Minneapolis on Tuesday announced the formation of a new group designed to help municipalities procure more renewables in the next two years. The program is based on RMI’s […]
