The New Proposal

Pronk offers a compromise plan that gives away too much on sinks

Mind that CDM: Discounting the future

A look at why CDM is not the solution for the poor or for sustainable development

The Katowice collapse

Katowice fails. Its decision and the Paris Rulebook agreed here are un-ambitious, anti-science and dilute the Paris Agreement, says CSE 

Small step, wrong direction

CDM ensures that the first step taken in Kyoto towards a climate change convention was actually in the wrong direction. The Kyoto Protocol, the '…

Bring the US back to the climate conclave: CSE

CSE media briefing insists on finding ways to re-engage the US in climate change negotiations and setting up a democratic framework with right …

Backroom deals

Is US roping in India on the sly to subvert Kyoto Protocol?

The change of a lifetime

Hold Up!

The stage seemed set for another climate meeting to serve the economic interests of the US better than the threat of global warming

Climate change conference- World leaders fail to act again

The 12th Conference of Parties to the UN climate convention saw the setting up of an adaptation fund to help poor countries. Ritu Gupta …

No public transport?

Cars are swamping roads at an unprecedented rate, outstripping the increase in road space. The results are congestion, reduced mobility and …

“Not in my lifetime”

The new UNFCCC chief on a full climate deal

Nuclear Madness

Even as the world abondons nuclear power, the Indian government and industry are pushing for it

Miracle cure or placebo?

While CDM has been touted as the solution to all climate negotiation problems the reality is much different. This free market will impose huge …

Cabinet gives nod to ratify Doha amendment of Kyoto Protocol

The second commitment period or the Doha amendment will determine the course of climate action till 2020

Montreal Protocol negotiations: funding remains a roadblock

Negotiators have prepared a draft text to address all the challenges, except funding

The post-Kyoto fix

Rescued or doomed

Nations adopt a diluted agreement at Bonn on implementing the Kyoto Protocol. 180 countries finally reached an agreement on the rules to …

Carbon craze

Passing the carbon buck

CCS: Fictitious mitigation stumbles

Over the last few days of intense negotiations, Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has emerged as one of the most controversial issues being …

Carbon discredit

Unmasked

Carbon credit earns profit

To keep afloat biomass plant owners have shifted their gaze to the international carbon credit market

Badlands can earn

Small country, big example

St. Lucia shows the way at a meeting of politicians and NGOs that was sponsored by the Global Commons Institute, GLOBE, CSE, Climate Network …