New ‘Race to Zero’ campaign needs to leverage optimistic messaging into concrete climate action

Messaging needs to be leveraged to put pressure on holdout national governments to increase climate ambition

COVID-19: How far will green stimulus to combat climate change go?

COVID-19 disruptions caused shocks to power and oil sector that will cause drop in carbon emissions. However, long-term implications are uncertain

कोविड-19: आपदा को अवसर में बदलने से चूक न जाएं हम

कोविड-19 से पहले जो कोयला परियोजनाएं सफलतापूर्वक लाभ नही�…

COVID-19 tanked India’s carbon emissions, but stimulus will drive them up again

The Rs 90,000-crore stimulus for power distribution companies fails to consider emissions reductions

COVID19: Green stimulus should step in to counter oil price crash

There is no inevitable link between oil prices and carbon emissions, a lot depends on responsible policy  

कोविड-19: क्रूड कीमतों में बड़ी गिरावट के बीच ‘ग्रीन पैकेज’ की जरूरत

तेल कीमतों और कार्बन उत्सर्जन के बीच कोई तय या अनिवार्य �…

COP 26 deferred for COVID-19: 2020 remains critical for climate policy

New national targets are due and novel coronavirus pandemic response is not an excuse for fossil fuel subsidies

Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden differ deeply on climate justice, common sense

Senators Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are not far apart in their climate rhetoric  

2020 Climate Targets: The Paris Agreement legally requires better targets this year

Climate justice can grow out of science and law, but it requires political leadership to take these twin dictates seriously

IEA’s push for climate ambition must start at home

International Energy Agency's latest carbon dioxide numbers try to greenwash biggest historic polluters

Adani Carmichael coal: Do we need it or not?

If we are ramping up coal production abroad at a time when the IPCC and UN say it should drop, we should know what we are getting into

CoP 25: Marginal improvements in new text on Article 6 Sustainable Development Mechanism

But some bad options have not been excluded, and human rights protections are still weak  

Climate Emergency CoP 25: The European Green Deal is far from good enough

It offers a 50 per cent reduction when it should target complete decarbonisation by 2030

जलवायु आपातकाल, कॉप-25: क्या सचमुच नेट कार्बन एमिशन शून्य हो जाएगी दुनिया?

यदि 1.5 डिग्री सेल्सियस का लक्ष्य हासिल करना है, तो पूरी तर…

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Developed countries have already exhausted the Earth’s carbon budget

Carbon space for Africa and India will be pittance; China too is consuming more carbon from the budget

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Why 2020 is a critical year for the planet

This is the year countries will declare the second round of their national targets to reduce GHGs

जलवायु आपातकाल, कॉप-25: विकसित देशों ने पहले ही खत्म कर दिया अपने हिस्से का कार्बन बजट

भारत और अफ्रीका को मिला है अपने हिस्से से कम कार्बन स्पे�…

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Can the world reduce its greenhouse emissions to zero by 2050?

To reach this target, the world must completely stop using coal by 2050, shift electricity generation to renewables and gas and remove large …

Climate Emergency CoP 25: What exactly are carbon markets?

Rules and guidelines on carbon markets, which trade in 'carbon credits' will be finalised in CoP 25 at Madrid, Spain

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Developed countries have largely consumed world's carbon budget

The historical division of the carbon pie has been iniquitous, with rich, developed countries taking the lion's share 

Climate Emergency CoP 25: World to warm by 3.2°C

If current national policies the world over persist, global mean temperature will rise by 3.2°C

जलवायु आपातकाल, कॉप-25: दुनिया के लिए वर्ष 2020 अहम क्यों है?

इसी वर्ष दुनिया के तमाम देश ग्रीनहाउस गैस के उत्सर्जन क�…

जलवायु आपातकाल कॉप-25: भारत ही हासिल कर सकता है दो डिग्री सेल्सियस का लक्ष्य

अमेरिका, चीन व यूरोपीय संघ ग्रीनहाउस गैस के उत्सर्जन को �…

Climate Emergency CoP 25: India is the only major economy to be ‘2 degree compatible’

The US, China and the EU are ‘highly insufficient’ in their efforts to reduce GHG emissions

Climate Emergency CoP 25: 70% of top polluting countries failed to meet GHGs reduction target

Countries should have been on track to meet the first round of their emission reduction targets under the 2015 Paris Agreement.