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