Trump’s battle with California busts myths about American climate policy

The development should end the illusion that sub-national action will suffice

Best way to remove carbon: Sequestering it in its natural sinks

To curb desertification, we need to restore degraded soil via forestry, improve vegetative cover, enhance water use efficiency, reduce soil …

Defunding environment programmes in US will affect the world

The Energy Star Programme, which has prevented 2.8 billion tonnes of GHG emissions, is being defunded

Cities take the lead by setting emission reduction targets

Cities are responsible for a large chunk of greenhouse gas emissions due to concentration of economic activity

Norway on aKutt campaign

How crop burning affects Delhi's air quality

Polash Mukerjee from Centre for Science and Environment explains how crop burning in Punjab and Haryana affects Delhi's air quality

Under the microscope: LULUCF

Several Annex I countries are lobbying for shoddy accounting practices that would weaken their overall emissions targets

Is India on track to meet its Paris commitments

The country may not meet its targets completely but is within reach to achieve a substantial part of it

It’s banned and depletes ozone layer, still China uses it

The Environmental Investigative Agency has found that CFC-11, a gas banned under the Montreal Protocol, is being used extensively in East Asia, …

Paris Climate Deal: ambitions and actions on the ground

National pledges on emission reduction made by countries under Paris Agreements will only account for one-third of what is needed to avoid the …

HFC phase down: what is the relationship between cost and ambition?

Coming to a consensus on the relationship between cost and ambition will be crucial in determining the nature of the HFC phase-down amendment

Designed for developing

All programmes to mitigate climate change are being designed for developing nations.

Political declaration - Update I

A deal just reached between the US and BASIC countries appears to undermine every principle of effective collective action on climate change

An Interaction with Jairam Ramesh

Jairam Ramesh gave details of how the Copenhagen Accord was negotiated, the role of the BASIC group in negotiations and the domestic action …

Fall in place

California's new climate solution

Make Californians drive less, We have known this always. California can make technology work to its impossible and hitherto unknown potential.

Climate Change Negotiations: from New Delhi to Milan

The Ninth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), also known as COP-9, is being held in …

Equity and per capita entitlement has to be the basis for fair climate deal says UK Climate minister

Jeez, Mr.Stern: 2 degree C target is just a guidepost?

Transcript of the US press briefing by Todd Stern, Durban, December 7, 2011

At Cancun the move is to replace the regime to voluntary targets for all

India's shift in policy to support this regime will be disastrous for an effective and equitous agreement

The Last Hurrah, soaked in 'spirit of compromise'

Negotiators have a menu too long on the last day, here how they are poised

Things go North - Update I

Formal negotiations are once again on hold while discussions take place behind closed doors

Climate Emergency CoP 25: A gap that keeps growing

The Emissions Gap Report for this year makes it clear that countries around the world are falling short to reach their targets vis-à-vis …

Revenge of the rich

Trump's election reflects the anger of the rich who did not get richer. This inequity is also at the core of the climate change challenge

Putting carbon back in the land is just a smokescreen for real climate action

Storing carbon on land is useful for combating climate change, but it is no replacement for reducing fossil fuel emissions