The common but differentiated challenges of COVID-19 and climate change

Realities of managing 2 planet-wide crises to soon overwhelm utopian philosophy

India and the new climate deal: walking the talk on equity

Known for its adamant advocacy in the climate negotiations, India now has a chance to put its best foot forward and lead talks towards …

Post-Paris: climate realpolitik

India needs a new narrative, a new strategy and new allies

COP22: Developing nations say Paris climate deal must be guided by CBDR principle

According to them, the principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibility must guide the formation of rules and modalities

Of the obvious, the banal and the rerun  

Two Country Statements—by India and the US—emerged on the penultimate day of the ongoing COP23, but neither had anything new to say

Current text promotes a voluntary country-driven climate actions regime, says CSE

The negotiating draft text dilutes the key elements of the Convention like historical responsibility, differentiation and carbon budget, and will …

UN climate negotiations: an overview

The North and South is still divided as the world inches closer to the deadline for hammering out a new climate deal in Paris in 2015

India endorses outcome text of COP 21

Environment minister Prakash Javadekar said all the points raised by the Indian delegation had been included in the text

Intolerance in Paris: an opinion by Sunita Narain

As I write this, it is two days to the endgame at the Paris climate conference. Despite problems, everybody is clear that there will be an …

Paris Agreement adopted, countries whimper 'hooray'

More than 190 nations agree to a historic yet compromised climate deal

Are we moving towards an 'equitable' climate deal in Paris?

In the wake of recent draft text playing down ‘equity’, the upcoming Bonn conference will be much more crucial

Brokering carbon

The world urgently needs a comprehensive approach that considers responsibility, capability and development indicators towards dividing the …

Sunita Narain highlights hits and misses of Paris climate deal

The agreement has come after an intense two weeks of negotiations and represents a lot of compromises made, particularly by developing countries &…

'Threat to integrity of global South in climate negotiations reflects its success'

Matt McDonald, associate professor of international relations at University of Queensland, explains the position of developing …

Post-Paris climate: the ‘historic’ Agreement

The absence of the term ‘carbon space’ in the Paris Agreement is a reason to worry as this will hurt India in the long run

'Developing countries are treated in a very unfair manner'

Bernarditas Muller, a seasoned member of the Philippines negotiating team, is among the rare few who call a spade a spade. Speaking to Indrajit …

The future we do not want

World leaders attending Rio+20 did nothing to tackle the interlinked crises of economy and ecology, says Sunita Narain after attending the …

Rio draft text revives common but differentiated responsibility

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

Updates From Rio

The Rio+20 challenge

Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication are the two themes of the summit, but consensus eludes on both …

Climate deal signed in Paris is weak and unambitious: CSE

The phrase ‘historical responsibility’ has been erased from the Agreement. This weakens the obligations of developed countries, says …

Latest from Bonn climate negotiations

Equity, the new buzzword at Bonn climate negotiations

But a workshop on equity at the climate inter-sessional refused to move beyond well-embedded party demarcations

Doha climate talks: rich nations push for dropping disputed matters

No progress on the Durban Platform to be allowed unless elements from long-term cooperative action incorporated in negotiating process, say …

CoP18, Doha: a gateway that leads nowhere