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A change of guard has taken place at COP 21 this year with France’s Laurent Fabius acting as the president. As countries meet to work out a new climate deal, Fabius has assured that negotiations will take place with inputs from all parties

UNEP releases adaptation gap report 2015

Says the costs of adaptation could be in the range of US$280-$500 billion

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For or against the climate goal?

Climate change, emisisons, paris climate deal

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Let us be smart about 'differentiation'

It important to deconstruct the politics of differentiation

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Ananlysis of the first week of COP 21

Chandra Bhushan talks about the first week of negotiations at the Paris Climate Change Conference COP21

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The rebuttals all around

India rebutts US and EUs attempts to make developing countries pay for climate finance

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Convention must not be rewritten, assert developing countries at COP

At a high-level meet in Paris, the countries pushed for equal treatment of mitigation and adaptation in the final deal

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Stress on coal a planned move to digress from carbon budget, says Chandra Bhushan

CSE Deputy Director General states that coal is used as a major fuel globally and not just in India

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India commits to restore 13 million ha of degraded forest under Bonn Challenge

Bringing back degraded and deforested lands can help stabilise the climate while sustainably supporting global and local economies, say experts

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Drafting the Paris agreement: the week that was

Draft text adopted, but many issues need resolving

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For Al Gore, youth is the driver of climate debate

The renewable-energy enthusiast’s message was a ray of hope for civil society and non-government organisations at the Paris climate meet

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Will the Paris climate deal include issue of forced climate migration?

Experts say that displacement and migration occurs because of the failure of adaptation in most vulnerable countries and, therefore, should be …

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Week one in COP21 over, will week two deliver?

Even though there is very little agreement at the Paris climate summit, there is still hope, say negotiators  

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