At COP23, consensus emerges on recognising rights of indigenous communities

A new platform will be made operational to strengthen efforts of indigenous communities towards addressing climate change

India, China lead climate actions, but US inaction will still cause rise in global emissions

While China and India have reduced growth of their emissions, some of the other largest emitters will fail to honour their commitments

BASIC nations concerned over gaps in pre-2020 climate actions, urge developed world to take lead

Ministers from BASIC nations urge developed countries to honour their commitments and increase climate finance to at least $100 billion per annum …

COP 23: US continues to be obstructionist, reportedly using allies to push its agenda

Ideally, the US should be just an observer in the ongoing negotiations and not be allowed to determine the course of negotiations

Negotiating for better climate, but little change at home

Delhi is engulfed in a thick smog with dangerous air pollution levels as the environment minister attends the annual Conference of Parties

US to promote fossil fuels, nuclear power at Bonn climate talks

US energy firms will discuss how fossil fuels can help poor countries meet energy needs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Paris Agreement success: the devil is in the detail

The success of the Paris Agreement will depend on how negotiations will move in Bonn 

Developed v developing debate on Durban Mandate intensifies

While some countries at the Bonn conference stressed on need for enhancement of pre-2020 action plan, others opined differently

High road to Dubai COP28: Here is how Global Stocktake talks fared in week 1 at Bonn

Adaptation, finance and pre-2020 implementation gap highlighted at Bonn Climate Conference

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Climate change impacts will not wait for slow government negotiations like Bonn

By 2018 end, the Paris Agreement rule book has to be finalised. But efforts to finalise these set of rules at Bonn was marred by tardy pace and …

Climate negotiations and the invisible hand of carbon chaos

According to experts, carbon markets only shift responsibility from the polluters to the invisible hands of the market and fail to decrease …

Here's why the latest push for pre-2020 action at COP23 is likely to fall flat

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad stressed on the importance of meeting pre-2020 commitments on which there has been little progress so far

Another crawl for humankind

The Kyoto agenda shuffled along at the recent climate change meeting in Bonn, but climate change mitigation was still not in sight

SBI update: session at Bonn suspended without adopting agenda

Lack of consensus forces move

Youth's demand for climate action an 'unmistakable message': UN climate chief

At the ongoing UNFCCC conference in Bonn, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa asked everyone to take part in this 'fight of …

COP23 ends; US plays the spoilsport again, says CSE

US continued with its business-as-usual obstructionist agenda in the negotiations and hampered meaningful progress on equity and finance issues

COP23: Parties arrive at consensus on key decisions on pre-2020 climate actions

A draft decision on the implementation and ambition of pre-2020 climate actions has emerged

Slow progress on all procedural issues at COP 23

Parties have held only preliminary discussions on all issues, which have been captured in informal notes prepared for all agenda items

World’s CO2 emissions to increase by 2 per cent in 2017: Global Carbon Budget

This is the first increase in global carbon emission since 2014, which is mainly attributed to increased coal use in China

Commitments under Paris deal one-third of what is needed: UN Emission Gap Report 2017

If the emission gap is not closed by 2030, it is extremely unlikely that the goal of restricting global warming to well below 2°C can be met

COP 23: Are countries ready for new market mechanism?

Developing countries need enabling conditions and more robust monitoring and accounting mechanisms for development of carbon markets

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement starts functioning in Bonn

The working group's mandate, among others, is to elaborate on modalities and make critical arrangements on global stock take which will take …

High road to Dubai COP28: Indigenous peoples demand say in decision-making on loss and damage at Bonn

Indigenous peoples should be leaders of climate actions and not victims of climate policies, Indian indigenous leader Archana Soreng told DTE

Bonn Climate Conference begins with tense stand-off on ‘Loss and Damage’

Developing countries complained about inadequate focus on loss and damage and climate adaptation