Government intends to make power generators, distributors more accountable

Draft Electricity Amendment Act, 2018 proposes a slew of measures to bring transparency in power generation market and penalise faulty distributors

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

They stress on the need for a comprehensive and party-driven negotiating text by Bangkok intersession in September 2018

Global warming set to breach 1.5 degree limit: IPCC Draft Report

Emission trajectories will have to undergo historic and unprecedented changes if the Paris Agreement is to be adhered, say authors

Global warming likely to be in the range of 2.2-3.4°C by 2100, breaching limit set under Paris deal

While chance of cataclysmic levels of warming is miniscule, but achieving Paris climate deal’s objective more uncertain

India needs a strong narrative at COP23 to push its climate goals

Stressing on its success with regard to 2020 commitments would have placed India in a better bargaining position to demand enhanced action from …

COP23 at Bonn: “US still in”, say dissenting senators, but sense of crisis still palpable

Democratic Senators try to assure rest of the world that the people of US are committed to fulfill climate obligations

Time for China and Europe to lead, as Trump dumps the Paris climate deal

Trump's decision of withdrawing from Paris Agreement leaves China and Europe with the job of preventing other nations from following suit

In Parliament on March 20, 2017

Issues like management of e-waste and electrification of backward and remote areas of the country featured in today's discussions

Marrakech climate talks produced defiance towards Trump, but little else

The latest climate summit generated more questions than answers, particularly on how to handle a Trump-led United States

COP 22: little progress on pre-2020 actions

The facilitative dialogue was held at Marrakech to review progress of pre-2020 actions before the Paris Agreement comes into force

COP 22: developed countries pledge $23 million to support technology transfer

The pledge, however, does not mean that there shall be a transfer of intellectual property or patents to developing countries

HFC phase down amendment favourable but not perfect

Questions around financing and acquisition of new generation fluoro-chemicals still remain

Paris Agreement at 8: Progress, challenges and road to COP28

Innovation, renewable energy, and sustainable practises can help COP28 create a resilient, low-carbon future

CSE on CoP 25: What we want on carbon markets

Markets should be focused on transformative mitigation outcomes

Climate Emergency CoP 25: The Paris Agreement is tilting into a downward spiral

Procedural and political developments in Madrid show ominous signs

Climate Emergency CoP 25: What to expect from the second week

Political representatives are faced with some clear, but tough, choices

Climate Emergency CoP 25: It is market versus market in Madrid

Carbon market mechanism is turning into a big negotiation thorn

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Climatic tipping point is closer than we think

Scientists confirm that we are indeed in a climate emergency

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Carbon capture essential to our future

To allow recovery of the atmosphere, storage of CO2 is necessary for 10,000 years

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Will the world be net carbon zero by 2050

To attain the 1.5°C warming target, the world must completely stop using coal

Fiji becomes the first country to ratify Paris Agreement

Fiji has also pledged an unconditional 10 per cent emissions cut by 2030

Everything, everywhere, all as one: how the UN Environment Assembly can steer the world to a sustainable future

This year, we are inviting the multilateral environmental agreements, nations and indeed every actor to come together and find new ways of …

Mature technologies could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from most industrial sectors by 85%: Study

The study, however, looked at decarbonisation solutions that are “technically possible” but did not factor in other barriers related …

Climate Change Commission calls on New Zealand government to take ‘immediate and decisive action’ to cut emissions

New Zealand’s net emissions rose by 57% between 1990 and 2018, placing it among the poorest performers in the OECD

Africa’s energy poverty: Kenya is unable to power the lives of all its citizens despite ‘having renewables’. Here is why

Besides hampering job creation, energy poverty contributes to limited access to education and unhealthy living condition