Copenhagen According to USA

'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 …

Paris finance meet: What is the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact about?

Discussions on how to reform Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) to better serve the needs of the Global South will be in spotlight

Everything you need to know about COP27

The 27th international conference is synonymous with climate change. Here is everything you need to know about it.

Setback for clean innovation, boost to fossil fuels

USA’s exit from the Paris Agreement can lead to a higher degree of global temperature rise, with widespread impacts

Paris foretold and forewarned: what to expect from COP21

The French government knows it cannot make the same blunders as the Danish government made in Copenhagen in 2009, when trust between countries&…

Global warming: world is locked into 1. 5 °C temperature rise, warns World Bank

New climate report warns of longer droughts, extreme weather, and increase in ocean acidification

NGOs to boycott climate talks

Civil society groups express unhappiness over developed countries and Poland blocking negotiations

Pressure point

At the climate change conference in Poznan, Poland, the world could get cooked, for good A curtain raiser on the climate negotiations in …

Climate studies, the Indian way

At climate meet researchers present studies on subjects unique to Indian context

Cost of climate change grossly underestimated: Nicholas Stern

Latest report by eminent economist criticises current climate change models for not adequately reflecting the science of climate change and its …

From the dirtiest to the cleanest: Mexico City’s journey

Mexico City is today recognised as one of the cleanest cities in the world, and the credit for this goes to Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon who recently …

Debt crisis and gap in affordable climate finance in focus at IMF, World Bank meeting

Spring Meetings 2023 took place from April 10-16, 2023 in Washington DC

Bonn to bust

Kyoto Protocol’s future uncertain after the stalemate in Germany

An unsteady first step

Trading in energy-efficiency certificates faces major hurdles

Climate change made September heat in South America 100 times more likely

Unusual heatwaves hit continent in early spring; WWA study finds temperatures warmer by 1.4-4.3°C due to greenhouse gas emissions

We just blew past 1.5 degrees. Game over on climate? Not yet

We haven’t yet failed to meet our Paris targets, but the July record shows us we are dangerously close to the line

CoP26 presents make or break opportunity to put world back on track: WMO

Past 7 years set to be warmest on record, sea level at new high, says World Meteorological Organization report

Centre constitutes committee for implementation of 2015 Paris Agreement

The committee will also act as a national authority for the regulation of carbon markets in India

Experts raise concern over exceeding carbon budget by 2030

Global warming will exceed two degrees Celsius unless actions are taken on a war like footing, feel researchers

Does India need a pact with China in Paris?

As India’s growth ambitions are different and more critical than that of China, the coalition may not be a good idea

Obama rolls out slew of climate change initiatives

Announcements come at a time when world is undergoing climate change at the most rapid pace ever

Blank on target

Most states fail to achieve renewable energy target under the climate change action plan

An evening in Paris

Over two weeks and two extra days, the Paris climate conference delivered everything the world expected. Impassioned speeches. Hectic, sleep-…

Human activities slowed down Earth’s rotation

Earth has become slightly less spherical & more flattened due to movement of water from pole to equator