COP24: Developing world continues to seek funds for agriculture
Nations participating in the conference discussed climate change impacts on agriculture at a workshop in Katowice
Bangkok climate intersession: Tough task for Parties ahead
Parties have to come up with a clear negotiating text for creation of rule book to implement the Paris Agreement
Since 62% Sub-Saharan Africans have no access to power, the area is uniquely suited to renewables
Since Sub-Saharan Africa is largely off grid, it has great opportunity to skip installing fossil fuel-based power generation infrastructure and …
India is under the weather: extreme events expand footprints
From cloudburst in Himachal, dust storms in Rajasthan and UP to lightning in Andhra Pradesh and devastating rainfall in Haryana and Punjab, freak …
COP 22: more than 20 nations sign framework agreement on International Solar Alliance
International Solar Alliance is an initiative by India wherein 121 solar resource-rich countries have come together
COP22: opening session on agriculture discusses climate adaptation, food security
Developing countries, especially from Africa, voiced the need to mobilise finance from developed countries
New study reveals impact of climate change on pollination
Flowers are fast losing their capacity to produce fragrance due to global warming, and this is affectinig the process of pollination
Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement adopts revised agenda at the Bonn climate talks
This came after intense back door consultations with Parties resulting in compromises and eventual consensus
Will the Paris climate deal include issue of forced climate migration?
Experts say that displacement and migration occurs because of the failure of adaptation in most vulnerable countries and, therefore, should be …
‘Climate plans of developing countries far more ambitious’
The ongoing Bonn climate negotiations must be open to observers like non-profits and civil society, urges a diplomat
South Korea’s leadership did not translate into an ambitious climate plan
A country that has produced many climate leaders has failed to reflect commitment in its actions
Climate talks: INDCs and the role of land use
Though some countries have emphasised on land-use change and forestry in their contributions, their commitments don’t seem to be ambitious …
Adaptation gap in developing countries widening even as extreme weather events worsen: UNEP
Countries in need received $21.3 billion but $215-387 billion needed every year
Africa Climate Summit: Youth and children demand climate justice, call for action now
Africa Youth Climate Assembly emphasises need for collaborative and immediate action in a declaration, reflects urgency echoed in …
Paris finance meet: Momentum builds for polluter taxes to fund green transition
Panellists discuss shipping and airline levies, financial transaction taxes and fossil fuel taxes at Pact Summit
Climate change in North East: Arunachal’s Seijosa shows connect between shifting patterns, declining biodiversity
Loss in forest cover, change in rainfall patterns, human interventions may together set in motion irreversible patterns
Odisha gets GCF-approved climate change project
The project entails the construction of a groundwater recharge system, as a concrete adaptation measure to ensure water conservation
Equity remains absent from draft climate change agreement
Draft is a disappointment for developing countries like India which have been asking developed nations to take greater responsibility for their …
US senators introduce bipartisan bill to tackle ‘super pollutants’
A Democrat and a Republican senator have together proposed legislation to cut short-lived pollutants like black carbon, methane and HFCs
India’s climate strategy needs revision
India, Pakistan among 5 countries with greatest potential to address climate issues in livestock sector
Investments in India, China, Brazil, Pakistan and Sudan can make a huge global impact, finds study
Climate financing adds to poor countries’ debt pile: Oxfam
Eighty per cent of climate financing was provided as loans in 2017-18, according to study
Article 6.2 of Paris Agreement in action: A growing number of countries are entering carbon market partnerships
Over two dozen bilateral agreements have been signed since 2020
State of the Global Climate report: 58% of ocean suffered at least one marine heatwave event in 2022
Around 25% of ocean surface also affected by marine cold spells
World Meteorological Congress endorses 10-year plan to integrate and scale up climate, health services
Speakers at the 19th World Meteorological Congress also raised concerns over extreme heat and the need to strengthen early warning systems &…