Letter to the Prime Minister, India

India’s position at the forthcoming conference of parties of the Framework Convention on Climate Change

G-77 and China to sell atmosphere rights cheap

At the climate change conference currently underway in Buenos Aires, developing countries are being confused, coerced and bribed into signing the …

How we feel about our cars means the road to a driverless future may not be smooth

Research suggests people’s attitudes to driving and their cars could limit predicted benefits to traffic flow and city efficiency

India’s rate of reducing carbon footprint with greenery a flat line for years

The country has not been able to raise its carbon emission reduction rate from 12 per cent for the last decade

Are coal-fired power plants attractive for investment?

A recent report says that there is economic merit in closing down such power plants to meet the Paris goals

Seven quick fixes for fast changing climate

UN’s latest climate report suggests temporary remedial measures to save the world from climate change. But most are in experimental stages …

Trump calls Paris Agreement ‘unfair’, but how fair is his claim?

Trump’s speech on withdrawing from climate deal punctuated by half-truths and exaggerations

Global warming worryingly close to lower limit set by Paris Agreement: WMO

The risk of losing the race against climate change becomes real as temperature rise globally likely to breach 1.2 degrees by the end of 2016

COP22: Developing nations say Paris climate deal must be guided by CBDR principle

According to them, the principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibility must guide the formation of rules and modalities

We’re way off track to meet sustainable energy goals

One of the key deterrents for the countries in the Global South is the lack of finance

What's critical at Durban: removing the firewall between developing and developed countries

Equity Watch

Cheers Chiraq!

The French President calls for equity

10 highlights from the State of India's Environment report

How India performed on key environment and development issues in 2016

India, 170 other nations sign the Paris Agreement

The signatures are the first step in bringing the Paris Agreement into force

Cold war winners

GHH inventory

Why green projects in India are hot favourite of international NGOs?

What El Nino means for the world’s perilous climate tipping points

Short-term heat extremes will continue to destabilise systems like coral reefs and the Amazon rainforest which are thought to be vulnerable to tipping

World breached 1.5°C limit 279 times since 1940, shows DTE analysis of ECMWF data

While we are still some way from overstepping the 1.5°C mark, the June breach should ring alarm bells for a developing country like India

A plateau? Global CO2 emissions rose less than initially feared in 2022, says IEA

Clean energy growth offset much of the impact of greater coal and oil use, according to the IEA analysis  

‘Fox in the henhouse’: African climate activists decry Sultan Al Jaber’s appointment as COP28 president

Oil company CEO’s appointment as COP28 president will embolden fossil fuel lobbies and derail global climate action, said experts

Half of glaciers will disappear by 2100 even if world sticks to 1.5°C goal: Study

Melting glaciers raise sea levels dramatically, jeopardising up to two billion people’s access to water and increasing the risk of natural …

What is the environmental cost of factory-farmed meat?

Across the four hot spots, the annual consumption of chicken creates the same climate change impact as keeping 29 million cars on the road for a year

Negotiating the future

On the eve of the start of the CoP 6 negotiations a quick look at representation in the Hague

Good news: Greenhouse gas emissions have started to decline in these 27 cities

These major cities have already reduced their emission by 10 per cent over a five-year period