Mr Trump, please don’t set a bad precedent

Despite the signs of climate change, Donald Trump administration can derail the modest progress that the US has made towards tackling it

COP22 summit kicks off with a message of collective responsibility

The COP22 President stresses on the need to strengthen the support mechanisms to tackle climate change among the developing and most vulnerable …

Countries will move forward on climate change even without Trump’s support: US envoy

According to Pershing, the momentum and power to effect change already exists

Marrakech climate talks produced defiance towards Trump, but little else

The latest climate summit generated more questions than answers, particularly on how to handle a Trump-led United States

COP 22: little progress on pre-2020 actions

The facilitative dialogue was held at Marrakech to review progress of pre-2020 actions before the Paris Agreement comes into force

COP 22: developed countries pledge $23 million to support technology transfer

The pledge, however, does not mean that there shall be a transfer of intellectual property or patents to developing countries

COP 22: APA adopts drafts conclusion

The developing countries called for maintaining the delicate balance of all elements under the APA

COP 22: parties endorse informal note on transparency framework

The Parties expressed urgency to start the technical work in the next round of discussions in 2017

COP22: parties discuss ways to enhance transparency framework for climate action

The rules and modalities of the transparency framework are expected to be in place by 2018

Notable agriculture initiatives discussed at COP 22

Although the progress on adapting agriculture to climate change has been slow, the latest climate conference saw discussions on major initiatives …

Pre-2020 action and climate finance need of the hour: BASIC

Adaptation fund and finance are issues that are still to be discussed and resolved

COP22: India focuses on afforestation and sustainable transport

The India Pavilion at COP22 saw three side-events on afforestation, REDD+ and sustainable transport

Parties discuss aspects of global stocktake at COP22

Global stocktake is meant to assess collective progress of countries towards achieving long-term goals of the Paris Agreement

Globally supported agricultural insurance mechanism must for developing nations: CSE

Unaffordability is one of the main reasons why farmers are not warming up to the idea of agricultural insurance

Africa presents united front and calls for action at COP22

Africa's key priority is to ensure that global ambitions are in line with the continent’s development goals

COP 22: India not happy with the mode of work under APA

According to India, the progress report was mitigation-centric and did not capture the range and depth of discussions held during deliberations

Muted presence

India's participation at the recently concluded 22nd Conference of Parties was passive and lacked vision

COP 22: US must respect climate change commitments, says French President

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hoped that climate action will be implemented with swiftness and special focus on equity and justice

First week at COP 22: discussions on crucial issues stalled due to lack of consensus

There has been a near-zero progress on pre-2020 action as most discussions have gotten stalled over fundamental differences

COP 22: India urges developed nations to adhere to the principle of 'Climate Justice'

Environment minister Anil Madhav Dave says developed nations need to provide effective finance, technology transfer and capacity building support

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

World will witness 2.9 to 3.4°C temperature rise even if Paris deal fully implemented

The rate of global GHG emissions increase during the period 2000 to 2010 was faster than what was during 1970 to 2000

Natural disasters force 26 million people into poverty each year: World Bank

The extreme natural disasters also cause a US$520-billion loss in annual consumption globally

COP22: opening session on agriculture discusses climate adaptation, food security

Developing countries, especially from Africa, voiced the need to mobilise finance from developed countries

Global warming worryingly close to lower limit set by Paris Agreement: WMO

The risk of losing the race against climate change becomes real as temperature rise globally likely to breach 1.2 degrees by the end of 2016