Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime has participated in climate talks with the United Nations International donors and non-governmental organizations. For the first time, the defacto government's officials joined parallel face-to-face online sessions to discuss the impact of climate change with their Western counterparts.

Taliban joins UN climate change talks

India's environment ministry is set to submit the nationally determined contribution (NDC) before the September 23 deadline set by a UN body. Earlier this month, the government had approved emissions target pledges under the NDCs.

India set to submit climate goals progress report to UN body ahead of deadline

Few states support climate action as enthusiastically as California. But the Golden State isn’t sending a governor to the U.N. climate change summit this year. Gov.

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European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen while speaking at the UN climate conference or COP26 said on Tuesday that over 80 nations had vowed to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent by the end of the decade.

World leaders at COP26 vow to cut methane emissions by 30%

President Joe Biden while addressing the UN climate change summit also known as COP26 said that the US will be able to meet the emissions target set at the climate summit in April.

US will reduce emissions by 50-52% below 2005 levels by 2030, says Biden at COP26

As the COP26 kicked off in Glasgow on Monday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that "anger and the impatience of the world will be uncontainable" unless a deal on climate change is struck.

We can get real on coal, cars, cash and trees, UK PM Johnson warns world leaders at COP26

Many countries are lobbying to change a crucial scientific report on how to tackle climate change, a massive leak of documents revealed. According to the document, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia are among countries asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels, reports the BBC.

Countries lobbying to reduce climate change goals ahead of COP26, reveal leaked documents

The Kremlin on Wednesday said a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden before the end of the year was a realistic possibility, as Moscow-Washington relations languish at post-Cold War lows.

Meeting between Putin, Biden possible before the end of the year: Kremlin

According to reports, Chinese President Xi Jinping is yet to confirm his participation in the climate change summit COP26 in Glasgow. UK PM Boris Johnson had said earlier that forcing wealthy nations to honour the UN's climate fund pledge will "be a stretch" as the world seeks to address the issue.

President Xi yet to confirm attendance in Cop26 climate conference

On the heels of jaw-dropping heat and flooding across three continents, nearly 200 nations gather Monday to validate a critical UN climate science report 100 days ahead of a political summit charged with keeping Earth liveable.

Climate cataclysms set stage for key UN science report

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74th UNGA: High-profile leaders go missing