Differences emerge at climate talks over counting emissions from agriculture
Least developed countries oppose developing countries
Quest in vain?
How can CDM resolve the conflict between developed and developing country interests?
Equity remains absent from draft climate change agreement
Draft is a disappointment for developing countries like India which have been asking developed nations to take greater responsibility for their …
A North-South conflict
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Drafting the Paris agreement: the week that was
Draft text adopted, but many issues need resolving
Paris finance meet: Key takeaways from a summit that showed the scale of the challenge ahead
The summit did not precipitate any transformational solutions, but it started a conversation on the climate and development financing crisis, and …
Dealing with waste
On the 10th anniversary of the Basel Convention, member states reiterate the need to minimise the generation of hazardous waste
The rich are enjoying themselves at the expense of poor people's health
Karen E Smoyer of the University of Alberta, Canada, has been working on the impact of poor environment on the weaker sections of society. …
Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Funding to developing nations declines 15% despite international pledges, rising costs
Neither domestic nor private funding sources could help bridge the adaptation finance gaps, report notes
Lost and damaged
Negotiations on loss and damage signal a weak deal
Noise and a sane voice
Whose CARBON hypocrisy?
Should Northern groups campaign to stop fossil fuel funding in the South?
Half-measure
NAFTA tribunal's ban on potential carcinogen leaves larger environmental issues unaddressed
Post-Paris climate: the ‘historic’ Agreement
The absence of the term ‘carbon space’ in the Paris Agreement is a reason to worry as this will hurt India in the long run
Mixed reactions: COP28 focuses on fossil fuel role in climate change but disregards equity, says CSE
Inclusion of fossil fuels in Global Stocktake important starting point, rest a mixed bag
Award for ecosecurity
For his outstanding work in fighting malaria, V P Sharma gets the Green Scientist Award 2001
What negotiations mean for least developed countries
They insist that loss and damage is a non-negotiable element of the Paris agreement
Developed countries face tough questions on emissions reduction
Inadequacy of targets and discrepancies in reporting highlighted at the first multilateral review of Annexe I parties
Looking for the right bait
Developing countries like India need to be prepared for multilateral negotiations. This is certainly true of the fishing economy
Fuel cell buses for Delhi Going nowhere?
Grants have been approved to facilitate the use of fuel cell buses in the developing countries
Heavy on the purse?
Measuring efficiency of electric appliances fails to take off in India
Leapfrog the chemical treadmill
Go straight to climate-friendly options for refrigerants
Green politics
Is your government signing away your future rights to the world's natural resources?
Less acidic rain
Calcium particles neutralise acid in the atmosphere
India all for CDM
Government endorses six renewable energy projects to be set up with Dutch assistance