No way forward in climate negotiations
Developed and developing countries agree to disagree as climate negotiations hit a stalemate in Paris
World leaders launch coalition on carbon pricing
Countries agree on imposing carbon tax and adopting a market mechanism for trading carbon as part of their plan to reduce emissions
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,…
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
Paris Agreement inches closer to entry into force this year
Thirty-one countries deposit their instruments of accession with the UN Secretary General, 14 more pledge to join Paris Agreement
Another crawl for humankind
The Kyoto agenda shuffled along at the recent climate change meeting in Bonn, but climate change mitigation was still not in sight
The significance of New York climate summit
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s diplomacy push before the Lima Conference of Parties is an opportunity to pull states away from rhetoric …
Carbon on sale
US organisations to begin trade in carbon dioxide emissions
What should be India's position at the fourth round of negotiations on Climate Change in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from November 2-13?
As the globe warms up, politics is getting the better of climate science
BASIC group emphasises raising pre-2020 ambition and implementation of Paris Agreement
This is the first meeting since the Paris Summit in December 2015
Drafting the Paris agreement: Climate change negotiations kick off
Member countries urged to work swiftly towards an ambitious deal
Worldly wise
India hardsells its troubled protected areas abroad
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
Climate Emergency CoP 25: India’s mixed role
India continued to push developed countries on climate action but played a less-than-constructive role on other issues
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Two different worlds exist at CoP 25 in Madrid
The world of political negotiators behind closed doors and that of young activists and other stakeholders outside is hardly seeing eye-to-eye
Doha Getaway: World on line for new regime, US on track to escape
Two weeks of intense climate negotiations ended rather dramatically at Doha on December 8, 2012.
Another bold move by Tuvalu
On Thursday morning, more drama on the floor, this time at the Plenary of the Kyoto Protocol.
India should not support the Copenhagen Accord, says CSE
Copenhagen Accord is weak, meaningless and fundamentally flawed. It will be bad for the fight against climate change and bad for India.