An evening in Paris
Over two weeks and two extra days, the Paris climate conference delivered everything the world expected. Impassioned speeches. Hectic, sleep-…
Time-out
The 17th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change met in Durban in December 2011. Negotiations were heated and …
Frozen at gateway
The Doha outcome is all talk no action. In 2007, the Bali Action Plan had called for an urgent reduction in carbon emissions by developed …
India's agenda on the table at Durban
On the opening day of CoP17 in Durban, India managed keep the issues of equity, intellectual property rights and unilateral trade mechanisms on …
Can white faecal pellets take over as the future fertiliser in global south?
The global south is facing a major problem in managing faecal sludge, and such processes can prove to be very safe and useful
Of stances, tactics and country positions
Key players at the climate negotiations in Durban presented a preview of their tactics which they might adopt over the next 14 days.
The latest Indaba text: bad for the developing world
It only allows developed countries to continue polluting and shift the burden of mitigation to the developing countries
Factsheet: Will the Kyoto Protocol survive?
Following the failure of the 15th Conference of Parties (CoP 15) at Copenhagen to deliver a fair, equitable, ambitious and binding treaty needed …
What Durban did not discuss
IPRs are blocking access to mitigation and adaptation technologies. India offers a way out
2022 Durban floods were most catastrophic natural disaster yet recorded in South African province
New research suggests flooding events in KwaZulu-Natal have doubled over the last century or more
Confusion over editing of the agreement text slowed things down during week one
With less than 15 days of negotiations left, parties at the Bonn climate change conference were urged to speed things up
Controversial document on national contributions mars progress of Geneva climate summit
Several developing countries reiterated that the intended nationally determined contributions are not just about mitigation
Climate negotiations resume in Geneva with a plea for urgency
The session has the mandate of coming up with the “negotiating text” towards the climate agreement that is expected to be signed in Paris
Are we moving towards an 'equitable' climate deal in Paris?
In the wake of recent draft text playing down ‘equity’, the upcoming Bonn conference will be much more crucial
COVID-19: How South Africans cope with nationwide lockdown
There were two deaths and 1,000 reported infections in the country, as of March 27
Little progress in talks on new climate deal that will replace Kyoto Protocol
Even though differences over working mode of contact group was resolved, divide between developed and developing nations over content and …
Climate negotiations on adaptation headed along divergent paths
Countries make little headway due to fundamental differences between developed and developing nations
Developing nations fume over revised text released by ADP co-chairs
They claim their proposals on the new climate agreement in the works are not reflected in the revised text, tilted heavily in favour of rich nations
Bonn: Developing countries push for adaptation to be included in Paris agreement
Differences between developed and developing countries continue to mar progress of negotiations
Will Warsaw deliver on equity?
Negotiating parties in Warsaw have started working on the new climate deal that will be signed in Paris in 2015, and those who had found it …
Parties at Bonn find ways to make draft text ‘balanced’
The text that was released on October 5 was supposed to be more clear, structured and concise
Durban turning futile as EU buries head in sand
With the carbon market in doldrums, emerging economies like India will have to announce bolder schemes for a low carbon future
Equity, the new buzzword at Bonn climate negotiations
But a workshop on equity at the climate inter-sessional refused to move beyond well-embedded party demarcations
Doha climate talks: rich nations push for dropping disputed matters
No progress on the Durban Platform to be allowed unless elements from long-term cooperative action incorporated in negotiating process, say …
On mitigation
Who will take the lead in mitigation? Will developed countries, with their historical responsibility, take the lead? Or, will it fall on emerging …