COP 26: Contentious issues of finance, carbon markets pushed to week 2

CoP26 President Alok Sharma reported progress made during week one in Glasgow in an informal stocktaking plenary November 8 

Fulfilling CoP26 promises can limit global warming to 2°C: Study

 But will a 2°C world be livable? 

World headed towards 2.4°C warming despite CoP26, according to 4 assessments

We may still be able to limit warming to 2°C, but 1.5°C will require technology to play an outsized role that it currently does not …

COP27 was a win for the loss and damage cause; here is what transpired and the road ahead

Sharm El-Sheikh has established a loss and damage fund; but there is no guarantee that the fund that takes shape eventually will even remotely …

Equity, unabated coal phasedown in first draft of COP27 ‘Cover Decision’; other elements missing

Details are scant on the loss and damage fund demanded by G77, and there is no mention of the need to wean off fossil fuels, a crucial aspect of …

COP27: Clear battle lines drawn on loss and damage as rich try to divide the poor

This is a clear attempt to create divisions and to make the poor fight the poor, according to Sunita Narain, director-general of CSE

High road to Dubai COP28: What to expect at the upcoming Bonn climate conference

It’s all about the money this year  

Bonn climate conference: Loss and damage discussions nothing but ‘talk shop’

L&D finance must be grant-based so that countries are not further indebted by a crisis they contributed little to, say experts

CoP26 first draft not good enough; climate finance grossly insufficient: Climate scientist Saleemul Huq

Saleemul Haq, director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Bangladesh, speaks to DTE on CoP26 progress and performance

5 days to CoP26: NDCs insufficient, climate finance unmet till 2023

Signals on key issues such as enhanced climate ambition and climate finance point to poor progress

‘Ratcheted’ NDCs lack ambition; gaping distance between country pledges and IPCC limits

Revised pledges submitted towards Paris Agreement will cut emissions by only 0.5% by 2030 compared to 2010 levels

Mood at Glasgow: Promises galore, substance lacking

A slew of announcements by countries and businesses are missing the mark on key outcomes needed by the Global South.

India’s climate action ‘highly insufficient’: New rating system

Climate Action Tracker's updated rating system reveals that most countries are doing very little to rein in carbon emissions and global warming

CoP27 will be ‘implementation CoP’: Egypt CoP27 Presidency

The issues prioritised by developing countries must be placed front and center with loud voices and clear asks

Least Developed Countries want major emitters, G20 to increase climate efforts

The bottom of the economic pyramid is keen for progress on climate finance, loss and damage, global adaptation goal

कॉप-26: काफी नहीं है राष्ट्रीय निर्धारित योगदान, पैसे की कमी से प्रगति में रुकावट

यूएनएफसीसीसी ने राष्ट्रीय निर्धारित योगदान यानी एनडीसी सिंथेसिस रिपोर्ट जारी की

Carbon budget: Unfair share has been the way of the world

Till 1989, the original seven emitters appropriated 77% the world's carbon space. Between 1990 and 2019, China, along with the original seven, …

कॉप 27: पहला ड्राफ्ट जारी, कोयले पर रोक और समता पर जोर, अन्य मुद्दे रहे नदारद

इस ड्राफ्ट में जी77 देशों द्वारा 'हानि और क्षति' के लिए मांगे गए फण्ड पर बहुत कम प्रकाश डाला गया है। वहीं जीवाश्म ईंधन ...