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COP 29

On adaptation and loss and damage, many countries emphasised the need to significantly increase finance, highlighting the current imbalance favouring mitigation

Bonn Climate Conference 2025: Inside the Baku to Belem Roadmap consultations on climate finance

30 Jun 2025

4 min read

Countries gather in Seville for FfD4 Conference. It is a pivotal moment for global development finance

Countries gather in Seville for FfD4 Conference. It is a pivotal moment for global development finance

28 Jun 2025

4 min read

Bonn Climate Conference 2025: Just Transition Work Programme sees divide between justice and transition

Bonn Climate Conference 2025: Just Transition Work Programme sees divide between justice and transition

Rudrath Avinashi

21 Jun 2025

3 min read

Baku to Belem roadmap: Countries diverge on how to mobilise $1.3 trillion climate finance

Baku to Belem roadmap: Countries diverge on how to mobilise $1.3 trillion climate finance

11 Jun 2025

5 min read

Economic Survey 2024-25 highlights lack of climate finance for adaptation

Economic Survey 2024-25 highlights lack of climate finance for adaptation

Akshit Sangomla

31 Jan 2025

4 min read

JP Morgan is the most recent bank to withdraw from the Net Zero Banking Alliance

Green banks’ coalition goes bust: Biggest American fossil funders exit Net Zero alliance

31 Jan 2025

5 min read

COP 28

COP29 Presidency at the opening plenary of Bonn Climate Conference.

Bonn Climate Conference 2025: Diverging views stall UAE Dialogue on implementing Global Stocktake outcomes

02 Jul 2025

3 min read

Last week, Delhi's air quality deteriorated to what experts described as "severe-plus," a level far beyond the already alarming ‘severe’ category.

WHO renews call on India to join COP28 climate health pledge amid severe Delhi pollution

26 Nov 2024

3 min read

A landmark decision

A landmark decision

Anumita Roychowdhury

30 Oct 2024

8 min read

Climate policies becoming more gender-responsive climate policies: UN analysis

Globally, climate policies becoming more gender-responsive: UN analysis

09 Oct 2024

3 min read

COP 27

The $700 million announced at COP28 is less than 0.2 per cent of the irreversible economic and non-economic losses developing countries are facing from global heating every year. Photo of Khulna district in Bangladesh after Cyclone Amphan: iStock

Wealthy nations wrestle over seats on Loss and Damage Board, causing delays in fully operationalising Fund

Rohini Krishnamurthy

23 Feb 2024

4 min read

Representational illustration from iStock

COP28: A key negotiation highlights countries’ challenges with scaling up mitigation ambition

02 Dec 2023

3 min read

A medicane in Libya in September 2023 led to the deaths of at least 4,000 people. The non-LDC and non-SIDS status of the country makes it ineligible for the Loss and Damage Fund despite the vulnerability to extreme weather events. Photo: @WFP_DE / X (previously Twitter)

Funding Loss & Damage: Differences persist as COP28 looms

Tamanna Sengupta

26 Sep 2023

4 min read

Photo: @ClimateWed / X (formerly Twitter)

Libya floods 2023: Why the Loss and Damage fund should be operationalised equitably

Akshit Sangomla

13 Sep 2023

6 min read

COP 26

Mikko Ollikainen. Photo: @OllikainenAF / X

DTE Exclusive: Adaptation Fund head ‘discouraged & worried’ on not receiving adequate funds at COP28

06 Dec 2023

4 min read

Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga, head of the Philippines' delegation makes a point at COP28 in Dubai. Photo: @PHMissionNY / X

COP28 Recap: What was discussed at the Mitigation Work Programme?

Avantika Goswami

05 Jan 2024

3 min read

IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee at the opening of the Conference on March 13, 2023. Photo: @IPCC_CH / Twitter

Climate action: Meet to approve IPCC Synthesis Report begins in Switzerland

Rohini Krishnamurthy

13 Mar 2023

3 min read

Photo: iStock

Why hydrogen vs battery debate doesn’t need a winner: Understanding the emissions from ‘zero-emission vehicles’

Shubham Srivastava

19 Dec 2022

4 min read

COP 25

Centre constitutes committee for implementation of 2015 Paris Agreement

Centre constitutes committee for implementation of 2015 Paris Agreement

Akshit Sangomla

30 Nov 2020

2 min read

Photo: Twitter

Climate Emergency CoP 25: A failure on key deliverables

Tarun Gopalakrishnan

16 Dec 2019

5 min read

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Decent outcome on 2020 Ambition

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Decent outcome on 2020 Ambition

Tarun Gopalakrishnan

17 Dec 2019

3 min read

Photo: Twitter

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Madrid, the longest CoP ever, ends in disappointment

Akshit Sangomla

15 Dec 2019

4 min read

COP 24

CO2 levels were around 315 parts per million (PPM) in 1958, when US scientist Charles David Keeling started measuring atmospheric concentration of CO2. (Illustration: iStock)

When did CO2 become our planet's arch enemy?

Shrutikantha Kandali

15 Jun 2020

3 min read

Getting Amazon to pay its taxes could be Jeff Bezos’ biggest climate action

Getting Amazon to pay its taxes could be Jeff Bezos’ biggest climate action

Kapil Subramanian

20 Feb 2020

5 min read

Photo: Twitter

Climate Emergency CoP 25: New proposal by CoP Presidency will undermine next round of climate targets

Tarun Gopalakrishnan

14 Dec 2019

2 min read

Photo: Getty Images

Climate Emergency CoP 25: UN member states continue to default on payments

Tarun Gopalakrishnan

02 Dec 2019

2 min read

COP 23

Photo: UNFCCC

COP27: Agriculture finally on table; beware of greenwashing though, warn experts

07 Nov 2022

4 min read

Minister of environment, forest and climate change, Earth sciences, science and technology Harsh Vardhan also attended the meeting. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

BASIC ministers pledge support for robust and fair rule book on Paris Agreement

21 May 2018

3 min read

Push for gender equality at COP23, Gender Action Plan adopted

Push for gender equality at COP23, Gender Action Plan adopted

Aakriti Shrivastava

16 Nov 2017

3 min read

It is crucial that the upcoming negotiations fully address the shortcomings of the carbon market. Credit: Greensefa / Flickr

Climate negotiations and the invisible hand of carbon chaos

01 Dec 2017

4 min read

COP 22

Both poor and rich nations have been affected by climate extremes. Credit: North Carolina National Guard / Flickr

Climate-induced loss and damage continues to be neglected globally

14 Oct 2017

4 min read

The 22nd Conference of Parties
was held in the Moroccan city of
Marrakech during November 7-18 (Source: IISD.CA)

Muted presence

30 Nov 2016

6 min read

The Doha amendment to Kyoto Protocol aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for sustainable future (Credit: iStock)

Cabinet gives nod to ratify Doha amendment of Kyoto Protocol

24 Jan 2017

2 min read

Pershing insisted that the Obama administration is keen on heightening its involvement in climate talks and action. Credit: US Govt/ Flicker

Countries will move forward on climate change even without Trump’s support: US envoy

Shreeshan Venkatesh

15 Nov 2016

3 min read

COP 21

Photo: iStock

COP28 Recap: What was finally decided in the Global Stocktake?

Tamanna Sengupta

06 Jan 2024

3 min read

Representative illustration from iStock

Temperatures crossed 1.5°C for the whole of 2023; last month hottest January on record, say EU scientists

07 Feb 2024

2 min read

Four agreements signed at meet organised by International Solar Alliance

Four agreements signed at meet organised by International Solar Alliance

08 Sep 2020

3 min read

Summary of Side Event

Summary of Side Event

03 Dec 2019

2 min read

COP 20

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Factsheet: What to expect at Peru

29 Nov 2019

1 min read

Credit: UN Climate Techange

‘India could achieve its 2030 climate targets’

09 Nov 2017

2 min read

Climate poster

No action, just a war of words at COP 21

04 Dec 2015

2 min read

India’s climate strategy needs revision

India’s climate strategy needs revision

31 Dec 2014

4 min read

COP 19

Photo: iStock

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Parties to CITES urged to take stringent steps on jaguar, big cat conservation

Himanshu Nitnaware

10 Nov 2023

3 min read

Bows made from this tree are considered to have a combination of features including — resonance, durability, beauty, density, weight. Photo: iStock.

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Pau Brasil: CITES COP19 rejects proposal to include Brazil’s national tree in Appendix I

Himanshu Nitnaware

28 Nov 2022

3 min read

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Wildlife & Biodiversity

Simply Put: Race to extinction

28 Nov 2022

1 min read

The Task Force will share information about the status, scale, and dynamics of illegal trade of big cat species listed in the CITES appendix. Photo: iStock

Wildlife & Biodiversity

CITES COP19 proposes budget of $150,000 for Big Cat Task Force

26 Nov 2022

2 min read

COP 18

Stocktaking by CoP18 President, December 7, 2012

Stocktaking by CoP18 President, December 7, 2012

30 Nov 2019

3 min read

CoP18, Doha: An assessment A Gateway that leads nowhere

CoP18, Doha: An assessment A Gateway that leads nowhere

30 Nov 2019

4 min read

Doha Getaway: World on line for new regime, US on track to escape

Doha Getaway: World on line for new regime, US on track to escape

30 Nov 2019

3 min read

Doha outcome adopted. US reserves its right to walk out later

Doha outcome adopted. US reserves its right to walk out later

30 Nov 2019

3 min read

COP 17

The pangolin is considered to be the most trafficked animal in the world. Photo: iStock

Wildlife & Biodiversity

CITES COP19 urges parties to remove references to pangolins from ‘official pharmacopoeia’

Himanshu Nitnaware

23 Nov 2022

2 min read

Of stances, tactics and country positions

Of stances, tactics and country positions

03 Dec 2019

2 min read

India's agenda on the table at Durban

India's agenda on the table at Durban

03 Dec 2019

2 min read

The final outcome of the Durban Conference on Climate Change

The final outcome of the Durban Conference on Climate Change

03 Dec 2019

3 min read

COP 16

DTE Coverage: How CBD COP16 unfolded

Wildlife & Biodiversity

DTE Coverage: How CBD COP16 unfolded

22 Nov 2024

6 min read

Towards a fair share

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Towards a fair share

19 Nov 2024

19 min read

Luis Guillermo Izquierdo Mora

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Agreement on implementing Article 8(j) special for world’s indigenous peoples: Luis Guillermo Izquierdo Mora

16 Nov 2024

3 min read

Papua New Guinea’s rainforests in danger; illegal logging crises fuel human rights abuses and threaten biodiversity

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Papua New Guinea’s rainforests in danger; illegal logging crises fuel human rights abuses and threaten biodiversity

Shimali Chauhan

03 Nov 2024

3 min read

COP 15

One of the main aims of the bill is to reduce burden on wild medicinal plants and encourage their cultivation. Photo: iStock

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Monsoon session of Parliament to decide fate of Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill

21 Jul 2023

2 min read

A young langur at Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. Photo for representation only. Source: iStock

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Merely designating an area as protected not enough, says Princeton study; here is why

06 Jun 2023

3 min read

OECMs have the potential to achieve long-term conservation by enabling communities’ social, economic, and cultural well-being. Photo: iStock

Wildlife & Biodiversity

‘OECMs are a win-win for conservation and community’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

27 Feb 2023

5 min read

Ethiopia depends extensively on teff, a millet, to fight famine. Photo: iStock.

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Are millets safe from biopiracy?

02 Jan 2023

3 min read

COP 14

Press conference of the delegation of the United States

Press conference of the delegation of the United States

03 Dec 2019

1 min read

Climate equity is in, but what is out

Climate equity is in, but what is out

03 Dec 2019

7 min read

Designed for developing

Designed for developing

03 Dec 2019

7 min read

Cost of mitigation: How cheap can it be

Cost of mitigation: How cheap can it be

03 Dec 2019

4 min read

COP 13

The hockey-stick curve

The hockey-stick curve

30 Nov 2019

1 min read

COP 12

Unknown Future

Unknown Future

30 Nov 2019

1 min read

COP 11

Conservationists and scientists believe the new biotechnology could have catastrophic ramifications for the Earth’s ecology. Credit: Getty Images

Science & Technology

Why the world is worried about this new biotechnology

Richard Mahapatra

28 Nov 2018

4 min read

Forests brushed aside

Forests brushed aside

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

31 Oct 2012

3 min read

Biosafety issues get a push

Biosafety issues get a push

31 Oct 2012

3 min read

Reluctant funding

Reluctant funding

30 Oct 2012

12 min read

COP 10

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www.organicconsumers.org/

15 Apr 2002

1 min read

Slow to share

Slow to share

30 Apr 2006

4 min read

Legal aliens

Legal aliens

14 Oct 2010

1 min read

Undone

Undone

Clifford Polycarp

05 Jan 2012

15 min read

COP 09

A Call for Developing Country Leadership

A Call for Developing Country Leadership

30 Nov 2019

3 min read

The Kyoto Protocol - Battlefield of Hegemonic Struggles in World Politics

The Kyoto Protocol - Battlefield of Hegemonic Struggles in World Politics

30 Nov 2019

3 min read

The KP Game

The KP Game

30 Nov 2019

3 min read

Climate Change Negotiations: from New Delhi to Milan

Climate Change Negotiations: from New Delhi to Milan

30 Nov 2019

3 min read

COP 08

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Dual purpose served

15 Apr 2001

1 min read

Local lessons

Local lessons

31 May 2002

2 min read

COP 07

George Bush: "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol"

George Bush: "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol"

29 Nov 2019

4 min read

All gas

All gas

29 Nov 2019

1 min read

Melting to extinction

Melting to extinction

29 Nov 2019

2 min read

Modified by climate

Modified by climate

29 Nov 2019

2 min read

COP 06

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Rotterdam Convention meet: no consensus on including herbicide paraquat in the prior informed consent list

11 May 2013

4 min read

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India reverses stand on asbestos at Rotterdam Convention meet

09 May 2013

4 min read

COP 05

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India reverses stand on asbestos at Rotterdam Convention meet

09 May 2013

4 min read

Down To Earth

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