IPCC 1.5 Report: Mitigation pathways clear, but countries need to commit

“Far-reaching transitions” in energy, land, infrastructure and industrial systems are needed

COP 24: Limited progress, limited ambition at end of Week One in Katowice

Extremely tough to have a complete and robust, fair and ambitious rulebook within the stipulated time, Parties also need to revise their NDCs by 2020.

Climate talks, at snail's pace

BASIC ministerial meeting on climate change: Countries miss IPCC’s point

Developing countries, especially from BASIC, must shift away from committing to engaging in climate action depending on what has been committed …

Climate Emergency CoP 25: UN member states continue to default on payments

7.2 million euros outstanding till November 15, 2019

Bangkok climate negotiations: Carbon market discussions miss the point

Implementing carbon markets can incentivise climate action and emission reductions; however, the state of current negotiations makes that questionable

Bangkok climate intersession: Balanced rulebook must be the priority

The rule book cannot focus only on certain elements of the Paris Agreement and ignore the rest

Want to solve climate problem? Nuclear isn't the answer

Alternatives to nuclear energy, in particular renewable sources of electricity like wind and solar energy, have become drastically cheaper.

Better to have no rulebook than a weak rulebook, says CSE

As negotiations enter the second week at the 24thmeeting of the Conference of Parties (CoP24)

CSE Side Event: The Global Adaptation Goal and the Importance of Gender Transformative Resilience Finance

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), in partnership withCARE International, is organising side event at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (CoP)…

Bangkok climate negotiations: The fate of the Adaptation Fund

Discussions dedicated to the Fund are not focussing on critical issues namely, the composition of its Board and reform in the way the Fund …

Countries must make serious emission cuts, reiterates UN report

Released ahead of the Conference of Parties next week, the Emissions Gap Report has revealed that even with current national commitments fulfilled,…

Balanced and robust Paris rulebook unlikely in Katowice

It will be a mammoth task to have a balanced rulebook that will reflect fair and equitable progress on all agenda items under the Paris Agreement

Climate Emergency CoP 25: New proposal by CoP Presidency will undermine next round of climate targets

The lack of accountability for past under-performance has consequences  

COP24: Sum and substance of climate diplomacy

Climate change negotiations must move from being a zero-sum game to a positive-sum game

Slow, uneven progress at Bangkok climate talks

Finance, equity and addressing interlinkages remain topics of major concern

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

COP24: Will Katowice deliver ambitious outcomes?

As the Conference of Parties starts at Poland’s Katowice, scientific findings must guide negotiations. It is very important that the …

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

COP24: Long-term vision for climate finance missing at Katowice

The draft negotiating text needs to acknowledge that budgetary processes in developed countries are proving to be problematic

COP24: Talanoa Dialogue ends with a weak declaration

A strong language on increasing ambition in COP24 outcome is crucial in implementing the objective of the Talanoa Dialogue and the Paris Agreement

COP24: Nations to be given new draft negotiating text

The new proposal, which will be produced on December 12, will be based on Paris Agreement guidelines

COP24: Developed nations successfully wipe out equity in finance, reporting

These countries seem to be working towards a weak and non-ambitious Paris rulebook

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 

COP24: Negotiators happy to agree on the basics, but not on long-term vision

With the final Katowice decision yet to come, it is unlikely that longer term issues will be addressed here