In further sign of growing consensus on the issue, over 110 countries on Saturday signed a pledge agreeing to triple global renewable energy installed capacity by 2030, a goal that is being seen as crucial to keeping rise in global temperatures within 1.5 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial times.
In a separate announcement, the United States pledged $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund, the main financial instrument that channelises climate money to developing countries. The new commitment, by US Vice-President Kamala Harris, comes two days after the US promised to put in a paltry $17.5 million in the newly-created Loss and Damage Fund, for which it faced a lot of criticism.
