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  

Developed countries want Paris Climate Change treaty to be outside the convention

This will help to break the differentiation between developed and developing countries

Drama over Loss and Damage

Australian and Norwegian Negotiators block text, India wants an outcome.

Drama over Loss and Damage

Australian and Norwegian negotiators block text, India wants an outcome.

CO2 emissions soar; climate panel calls for rapid scale-up of low-carbon technology

IPCC report on mitigation says that the current level of ambition not enough to stop climate change. Prescribes a few controversial solutions

Warsaw climate talks: Farm emissions kept out of COP 19

G77+China successfully counter move by EU to add agriculture as a source of emissions for purpose of accounting

Warsaw Climate Talks into Extra Time

Bolivia and Nararu representing AOSIS, supports Fiji and G77+China.

Desertification in India: Canal, tubewells make saline Jaisalmer green

Increasing agricultural activity reversed soil erosion in the district

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Cancun clinches deal—for polluters

Cancun has restored the sanctity of multilateral negotiations under the UN climate convention. People had lost faith in it by the end of the …

The Godot of climate change

In Samuel Beckett’s play, Godot never arrived till the end, leaving two characters anticipating his arrival. Will the Godot of climate …

Climate change: IPCC report warns of looming food crisis

The report—Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability—says erratic and extreme weather, like severe droughts, floods …

No way forward in climate negotiations

Developed and developing countries agree to disagree as climate negotiations hit a stalemate in Paris

Congestion in the skies is costing India dearly

Desertification in India: Soiled Dhule land is shallow, unfit for plantation

This Maharashtra district, one of India’s land degradation hotspots, struggles with soil erosion coupled with low forest cover, illegal …

Differences emerge at climate talks over counting emissions from agriculture

Least developed countries oppose developing countries

Sayonara to nuclear

Even if Japan aims to exit nuclear power by 2040, its path remains treacherous

NGOs to boycott climate talks

Civil society groups express unhappiness over developed countries and Poland blocking negotiations

UN climate talks end with no takeaways

Only a weak agreement on mechanism to fund ‘loss and damage’

UK miffed at India turning down its climate change offer

Warsaw climate talks: activists shunted out for showing solidarity with typhoon-hit Philippines

Developed countries counter agendas of the EU and the US

Rio draft text revives common but differentiated responsibility

Calls for doing away with green protectionism through trade barriers while dealing with environmental matters

Future compromised

The Earth Summit was a historical opportunity to set the world on the correct development trajectory. Negotiators from 191 countries came …

Clearer than ever: global warming is for real

Scientists are now 95 per cent certain that global warming is human-induced

Seven point agenda for Rio meet on sustainable development

Differences remain between developed and developing countries