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Laurent Fabius, the French politician who chaired talks on a landmark, global climate change deal in 2015, on Wednesday denounced moves by US President Donald Trump to undo Obama-era climate change regulations.

Pope Francis urged scientists on Monday to be in the vanguard of protecting the environment, in a speech critical of politicians yet to show "concrete will" in implementing global climate agreements.

The White House has applauded India's ratification of the Paris Agreement, saying the move would bring the two countries closer than ever to achieve climate change goals.

India on Sunday formally ratified the COP21 Paris climate deal, marking a milestone in a treaty that binds nations to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the threat of global warming due to human activities.

A recent study by Climate Action Tracker (CAT) concluded that in order to meet the Paris Agreement's goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C the last petrol or diesel-powered passenger vehicle will have to be sold by 2035.

India will ratify the COP21 climate deal made in Paris last year on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a surprise announcement at the BJP conclave in Kerala today.

President Francois Hollande, today, finalised ratification of the Paris climate accord reached in December 2015, making France the first industrialised country to do so.

The COP21 climate conference held in Paris last December acted as a wake-up call in this context, according to a statement released by Isro.

Six world leaders and the heads of powerful multilateral organizations agreed Thursday to push for broader implementation of carbon pricing schemes to accelerate the fight against global warming.

US President Barack Obama today spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanking him for his leadership, saying India played a "critical role" at the climate change summit in Paris which ensured the event was a "historic success."

India's concerns of both national and environmental targets were achieved in the Paris Agreement on climate change and a statement regarding this will be made in the Parliament this week, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.

India was the cynosure of all eyes at the Conference of Parties (COP21) climate summit in Paris and ultimately lived up to the expectations, Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal today said.

To rousing cheers and tears of relief, envoys from 195 nations approved on Saturday an accord to stop global warming, offering hope that humanity can avert catastrophic climate change and usher in an energy revolution.

After four years of global negotiations, two weeks of intense talks and more than a few sleepless nights, climate officials from 195 nations meeting in Paris adopted a landmark accord to arrest climate change.

Ahead of voting on the crucial final draft at the climate meet in Paris, French President Francois Hollande called Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apprise him of the latest status of negotiations at the meet.

Laurent Fabius, the French politician who chaired talks on a landmark, global climate change deal in 2015, on Wednesday denounced moves by US President Donald Trump to undo Obama-era climate change regulations.

Pope Francis urged scientists on Monday to be in the vanguard of protecting the environment, in a speech critical of politicians yet to show "concrete will" in implementing global climate agreements.

The White House has applauded India's ratification of the Paris Agreement, saying the move would bring the two countries closer than ever to achieve climate change goals.

India on Sunday formally ratified the COP21 Paris climate deal, marking a milestone in a treaty that binds nations to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the threat of global warming due to human activities.

A recent study by Climate Action Tracker (CAT) concluded that in order to meet the Paris Agreement's goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C the last petrol or diesel-powered passenger vehicle will have to be sold by 2035.

India will ratify the COP21 climate deal made in Paris last year on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a surprise announcement at the BJP conclave in Kerala today.

President Francois Hollande, today, finalised ratification of the Paris climate accord reached in December 2015, making France the first industrialised country to do so.

The COP21 climate conference held in Paris last December acted as a wake-up call in this context, according to a statement released by Isro.

Six world leaders and the heads of powerful multilateral organizations agreed Thursday to push for broader implementation of carbon pricing schemes to accelerate the fight against global warming.

US President Barack Obama today spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanking him for his leadership, saying India played a "critical role" at the climate change summit in Paris which ensured the event was a "historic success."

India's concerns of both national and environmental targets were achieved in the Paris Agreement on climate change and a statement regarding this will be made in the Parliament this week, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.

India was the cynosure of all eyes at the Conference of Parties (COP21) climate summit in Paris and ultimately lived up to the expectations, Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal today said.

To rousing cheers and tears of relief, envoys from 195 nations approved on Saturday an accord to stop global warming, offering hope that humanity can avert catastrophic climate change and usher in an energy revolution.

After four years of global negotiations, two weeks of intense talks and more than a few sleepless nights, climate officials from 195 nations meeting in Paris adopted a landmark accord to arrest climate change.

Ahead of voting on the crucial final draft at the climate meet in Paris, French President Francois Hollande called Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apprise him of the latest status of negotiations at the meet.