Climate Change

Will Costa Rica's ambitious plan to negate climate change work?

The Central American country does not have any law restricting use of fossil fuels, but it has stepped up its ambition to fully decarbonise the country’s economy by 2021

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Time up for reinvention?

If 2018 was the year of revolt, 2019 should be the year of realisation that we must change the way we do business

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COP24: Developed nations successfully wipe out equity in finance, reporting

These countries seem to be working towards a weak and non-ambitious Paris rulebook

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COP24: Sum and substance of climate diplomacy

Climate change negotiations must move from being a zero-sum game to a positive-sum game

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COP24: BASIC willingness to be transparent must bring Katowice consensus closer

At COP24, developing countries agreed to report on climate actions on par with developed countries

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COP24: A principled debate on adaptation communications

UN estimates that cost of adaptation in developing countries will rise to $140-300 billion each year by 2030

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COP24: Balanced rulebook must reflect latest climate science

The conference in Katowice will see parties negotiate to arrive at a consensus on the final rules and guidelines that would operationalise the Paris agreement

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BASIC ministerial meeting on climate change: Countries miss IPCC’s point

Developing countries, especially from BASIC, must shift away from committing to engaging in climate action depending on what has been committed by developed nations

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BASIC Ministerial on Climate Change: India calls for developed countries to step up at Katowice

Government argues for a just implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement that incorporates the principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities and capabilities of developing and developed nations

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A comprehensive GHG inventory for India is within reach

It will not necessarily require new resources, but better co-ordination and commitment of existing resources

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Why world cannot afford a 2°C rise

The climate change goal must be fixed at 1.5°C so that we get a chance to avert the worst impacts

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The wake up call

It’s time we understood that the IPCC's report could be an underestimate of the kind of dangers that await a warmed world and stopped questioning the science of climate change

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IPCC Report: We need behavioural change, not climate change

While stringent legislation and progressive policy changes are crucial for inducing action and limiting global warming, we, as citizens and consumers, need to change too

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IPCC Special Report: Climate adaptation needs multi-level support

Adaptation is a local process that needs involvement of local authorities and communities in designing and implementing adaptation policies

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IPCC Special Report: Climate risks require India to rethink its approach

The report warns of increased risk of coastal flooding, heatwaves, food scarcity and vector-borne diseases

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IPCC 1.5 Report: Mitigation pathways clear, but countries need to commit

“Far-reaching transitions” in energy, land, infrastructure and industrial systems are needed

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IPCC Special Report: Scientific consensus must form basis for political action

It is the integrity of the scientific process that must take precedence over politics, rather than the other way round

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IPCC Special Report: Why sector-specific vision for 1.5°C is important

Sector-based analysis in IPCC Special Report offers an alternative vision for limiting warming to 1.5°C

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Climate change should be at centre of India's development policies

Beyond a certain temperate increase, our ecosystem and economy cannot adapt and, climate change is a clear and present danger

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This indigenous tribe of Kenya needs the world’s attention

The Sengwer hunter-gatherer people of the Embobut forest are being criminalised and dispossessed of their ancestral lands by the Kenyan State

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Call for business unusual

What has happened in Kerala is also happening across the world. It is an uncomfortable fact that we do not have a semblance of the plan to deal with this changing weather system