'Step up emission reduction ambition'

Developed countries ask developing countries to do more to tackle climate change

One step forward, two steps back

Countries want to do little to keep global average temperature rise to below 2oC. The Warsaw climate talks have exposed this. A report by Uthra …

The gas game

Fluorocarbons, which created a hole in the ozone layer, have generated intense global debates. But these have been more about business than …

Soon: India’s first REDD project

Forest conservation effort in Meghalaya can claim carbon benefits

Energy transition is now a must

Marie-Hélène Aubert, adviser to the French president for international negotiations on climate and environment, was recently in New …

World Bank should clean up its act, say UK MPs

EU apex court upholds emissions cap on aviation sector

EU Aviation Directive will be binding; airlines' operations cost to increase

India, China slam EU’s carbon emissions tax on airlines

Say it would jeopardise international efforts to combat climate change

Energy sector biggest greenhouse gas emitter in India, says national communication to UNFCCC

More climate models needed for improving future projections: scientists

LDCs ring the alarm bell before Bonn

Demand higher ambition; will EU still take the lead?

Message from Bonn: Drop Bali agenda

Disagreements begin; parties to discuss informally to adopt long-term cooperation agenda

Equity, the new buzzword at Bonn climate negotiations

But a workshop on equity at the climate inter-sessional refused to move beyond well-embedded party demarcations

Durban action plan talks get stalled

Parties disagree over ambition on climate action

Cattle burps

Methane emissions from Indian livestock lower than estimated

Progress at Bonn marred by old climate politics

Will negotiating parties be able to sort out their differences at Doha?

Death knell sounded for dirty carbon credits from coal

CDM Executive Board decides to put the methodology used by coal power plants to earn carbon credits under further scrutiny

US Senate committee approves blocking EU's aviation emissions tax

15 non-European countries gather in Washington DC to discuss if EU's aviation law can be set aside. Strong possibility exists of a full blown …

Run up to Doha climate summit: parties make final pit stop in Bangkok

Round-tables proposed on vision and ambition, Uthra Radhakrishnan reports from Bangkok

US attempts to shift focus of climate negotiations

Pushes countries to address the problem of short-lived climate pollutants

Climate conference: developed countries push for closing talks under Long-Term Cooperative Action

They make no promise on extending financial and technology support to developing countries

No balanced package for Doha

Bangkok climate talks divided over closure of long-term cooperative action

Billionth carbon credit issued

Kyoto Protocol device marks impressive milestone, but its effectiveness remains doubtful

CO2 emissions from Indian aviation sector less than the global average

India releases first ever report on aviation carbon footprint

Agenda for Doha

Closure of long-term cooperative action, sought by the US and other developed countries that want to wriggle out of climate change mitigation …

Climate studies, the Indian way

At climate meet researchers present studies on subjects unique to Indian context