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    India Urges Global Leadership and Equity in Climate Action at CoP29 in Azerbaijan

    Kirti Vardhan Singh urged all nations to work with determination toward meaningful outcomes at CoP29, describing the conference as pivotal for shaping future climate action.
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    Will COP29 Deliver the Trillions?  Can Countries Agree on a New Climate Finance Target?

    Round-the-clock negotiations in Baku on the always thorny topic of money are reportedly moving slowly. Delegates from developing nations are calling for more and faster progress on new funding for loss and damage and accelerated clean energy goals.
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    Climate Finance Missing to Deliver on Global Stocktake

    A year on from the ‘Global Stocktake’ on climate action, there are few signs of progress as climate adaptation remains ‘fragmented, uneven’. Experts say...
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    Climate Finance: ADB Commits $2 Billion Annual Aid to Pakistan

    ADB President Asakawa’s meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif witnessed the signing of agreements for two major projects: the Sindh Emergency Housing Reconstruction...
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    India Launches ‘Mission Mausam’: A 2,000 Crore Initiative to Revolutionize Weather and Climate Forecasting

    Through this comprehensive initiative, the Government of India aims to enhance resilience against climate change and extreme weather events, ultimately benefiting communities across the...
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    Half Of All ADB Lending Will Go To Climate Finance by 2030

    By setting ambitious climate finance targets and expanding its private sector engagements, ADB is positioning itself as a leading force in the global fight...
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    With Fewer Than 100 Days to COP29, What’s on the Agenda?

    Creative solutions are needed, including from the private sector, to make Baku COP29 the 'finance COP', as it has been billed. Article 6 of...
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    Expert Committee on Climate Finance Submits Report on Transition Finance

    Given GIFT-IFSC's role as a gateway connecting India to the global economy, a key challenge is creating an enabling framework for transition finance in...
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    In the Lok Sabha: Government Highlights Weather and Climate Preparedness Initiatives

    A state-of-the-art Earth System Model (ESM), developed by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, is generating regional climate projections.
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    UNODC Global Human Trafficking Report: Victims Up 25 Per Cent; Children Exploited; Forced Labour Cases Spike

    The Report records a 25 per cent increase in the number of trafficking victims detected globally in 2022 compared to 2019 pre-pandemic figures. Between 2019 and 2022, the global number of victims detected for trafficking for forced labour surged by 47 per cent.
    Accountability

    India Bangladesh Relations on the Edge?

    One must acknowledge and accept that India went overboard in its support for the government under Sheikh Hasina at the cost of ignoring all others.

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    Climate change

    In the Lok Sabha: Government Highlights Weather and Climate Preparedness Initiatives

    A state-of-the-art Earth System Model (ESM), developed by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, is generating regional climate projections.
    Afghanistan

    UNODC Global Human Trafficking Report: Victims Up 25 Per Cent; Children Exploited; Forced Labour Cases Spike

    The Report records a 25 per cent increase in the number of trafficking victims detected globally in 2022 compared to 2019 pre-pandemic figures. Between 2019 and 2022, the global number of victims detected for trafficking for forced labour surged by 47 per cent.
    Accountability

    India Bangladesh Relations on the Edge?

    One must acknowledge and accept that India went overboard in its support for the government under Sheikh Hasina at the cost of ignoring all others.
    Afghanistan

    UNODC Global Human Trafficking Report: Victims Up 25 Per Cent; Children Exploited; Forced Labour Cases Spike

    The Report records a 25 per cent increase in the number of trafficking victims detected globally in 2022 compared to 2019 pre-pandemic figures. Between 2019 and 2022, the global number of victims detected for trafficking for forced labour surged by 47 per cent.
    Afghanistan

    Climate Change in Afghanistan: A Looming Crisis for Millions

    UNICEF reports that eight in ten Afghans lack access to safe drinking water. Furthermore, over 64 per cent of the population is affected by drought, exacerbating food shortages and economic hardships.

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