COP23 ends; US plays the spoilsport again, says CSE
US continued with its business-as-usual obstructionist agenda in the negotiations and hampered meaningful progress on equity and finance issues
COP23: Parties arrive at consensus on key decisions on pre-2020 climate actions
A draft decision on the implementation and ambition of pre-2020 climate actions has emerged
Slow progress on all procedural issues at COP 23
Parties have held only preliminary discussions on all issues, which have been captured in informal notes prepared for all agenda items
World’s CO2 emissions to increase by 2 per cent in 2017: Global Carbon Budget
This is the first increase in global carbon emission since 2014, which is mainly attributed to increased coal use in China
Commitments under Paris deal one-third of what is needed: UN Emission Gap Report 2017
If the emission gap is not closed by 2030, it is extremely unlikely that the goal of restricting global warming to well below 2°C can be met
COP 23: Are countries ready for new market mechanism?
Developing countries need enabling conditions and more robust monitoring and accounting mechanisms for development of carbon markets
Did developing countries miss the trick at Bonn?
While going on an overdrive to push pre-2020 climate action, the developing countries have perhaps lost precious time and initiative to focus on …
Finally, a breakthrough on agriculture on the cards at Bonn
Draft document on agriculture stresses on assessment of risks, a differentiation of vulnerability and actions required based on farming systems …
Over 528,000 died in last two decades due to extreme weather events; low-income nations most affected
Out of the ten most affected countries (1997–2016), nine were developing countries in the low-income or lower-middle income categories
It is now US against the rest of the world
With Nicaragua joining the Paris deal and Syria announcing its intention to ratify the accord at COP23 in Bonn, the isolation of US is now complete
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
At COP23, anti-coal protesters disrupt US government event on promoting fossil fuels
Demonstrators, protesting the Trump administration's support for fossil fuels and intention to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement, …
‘India could achieve its 2030 climate targets’
In its NDC, India had promised to reduce its emissions intensity— greenhouse gas emissions per unit of GDP—by 33 to 35 per cent below …