The US makes its play

Hillary Clinton proposes a Copenhagen outcome that looks nothing like the AWG texts being negotiated by parties

US unwilling to yield an inch

President Obama delivers a profoundly (but perhaps predictably) disappointing speech in Copenhagen

Typical US

Anyone but US is the problem

Jairam Ramesh Press Conference

The Environment and Forests Minister spoke to the media in Copenhagen on Friday evening

Things go North

Outside, there are demonstrations; registered observers are being refused admission without much explanation; and some metro stations are said to …

A possible Copenhagen deal emerges

Equitywatch has learned that a draft Copenhagen deal, to be presented to world leaders for their consideration later this morning, will propose …

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.

Cities must lead the action on climate change

Administrators of cities across the world underline the importance of urban centres in tackling climate change at the Global Climate Action …

‘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 …

We have almost certainly blown the 1.5-degree global warming target

Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ already looks out of reach, so where do we go from here?

The curious case of climate finance

While a recent OECD report suggested that climate finance had risen to US $110 billion, India found that the only credible finance was for US $2.…

India announces its INDC, pledges to cut emission intensity of its GDP by 33-35 per cent by 2030

All countries are required to submit voluntary climate action plans as contribution. These will form part of the outcome of Paris climate summit

Can Gurgaon follow Copenhagen?

The Danish capital has more bicycles than people

Cancun clinches deal—for polluters

Cancun has restored the sanctity of multilateral negotiations under the UN climate convention. People had lost faith in it by the end of the …

UN climate talks: Money for Green Climate Fund to be raised from market

Finance agency goes ahead with decision in spite of demand from developing nations to keep private investments out

Cloudburst explained

Has India taken heed of warning from previous cloudburst incidents?

Climate change threatens peace and prosperity, says UN secretary general

Summit seeks joint engagement by countries, civil society and private sector

World gets a yellow card

The Warsaw climate talks serve a grim warning to the world that inaction will cost, writes Chandra Bhushan as he leaves Warsaw just before the …

Copenhagen 2009

Change of cast

Two shifts in diplomatic climate

“Not in my lifetime”

The new UNFCCC chief on a full climate deal

Better roads must for food security

Sound investment on infrastructure could curb hunger by 2030

BASIC distinct

Developing countries isolate Copenhagen Accord

Number of Alzheimer's patients grossly underestimated

Global agency revises the estimate for people with dementia from 36 million to 44 million