'CoP26 must deliver to help developing countries deal with loss and damage'

Down To Earth spoke to Sunil Acharya, regional advisor on climate and resilience at Practical Action on loss and damage negotiations at Glasgow

Climate Emergency CoP 25: India suffered maximum number of climate-related fatalities in 2018

The report, which revealed the figures, was released in Madrid and has bolstered demands for implementing the ‘Loss and Damage’ mechanism

Loss and damage in climate negotiation

An issue of delayed climate justice

Climate Emergency CoP 25: A storm is brewing on ‘Loss and Damage’

It is different from mitigation and adaptation, and it needs finance

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Loss and damage ‘fighting out’ in Madrid

Slow pace coupled with lack of focus on ambitious emission cut within close door negotiation have infuriated vulnerable countries  

Climate Emergency CoP 25: What to expect from the second week

Political representatives are faced with some clear, but tough, choices

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Madrid, the longest CoP ever, ends in disappointment

Never-before-seen disconnect between what climate science and people demand and what governments deliver on display at the summit

CoP26: Not on official agenda but Loss & Damage comeback gives hope, say experts

14 of the 97 pointers in the final draft of Glasgow Pact were dedicated to Loss & Damage

Will the Paris climate deal include issue of forced climate migration?

Experts say that displacement and migration occurs because of the failure of adaptation in most vulnerable countries and, therefore, should be …

Odisha’s tourism sector hit by Cyclone Fani

The cyclone hit Odisha coast at a time when large number of tourists were expected to flock to the state

Hours ahead of Paris summit, US hints at a new climate regime

In an informal paper, the country prioritises the need to provide finance for countries 'that require it the most'

Developed nations turn a blind eye to the need for sustainable climate finance

They stalled meaningful discussion on the issue of reliable and sustainable sources of finance for developing countries

Talks progress slowly at Bonn, focus shifts to next COP at Marrakesh

Adaptation, finance, pre-2020 actions and loss and damage should remain the core agenda for the next Conference of Parties

What happened at CoP26: A complete report card

Glasgow Climate Pact dismisses climate justice as a concept that is important only for some

Hudhud: Modi announces Rs 1,000 crore interim aid for Andhra Pradesh

State assesses initial damage assessed at over Rs 43,000 crore, excluding crop damage

Climate negotiations moving at a slow pace, but seemingly in the right direction

Loss and damage continues to be a contentious issue while multiple spin-offs have slowed down the process

UN climate talks: G77 and China stage walk-out over Loss and Damage

Developed countries want the matter be discussed only after 2015

Sunita Narain highlights hits and misses of Paris climate deal

The agreement has come after an intense two weeks of negotiations and represents a lot of compromises made, particularly by developing countries &…

Drafting the Paris agreement: the week that was

Draft text adopted, but many issues need resolving

Lost and damaged

Negotiations on loss and damage signal a weak deal

What negotiations mean for least developed countries

They insist that loss and damage is a non-negotiable element of the Paris agreement

NGOs to boycott climate talks

Civil society groups express unhappiness over developed countries and Poland blocking negotiations

UN climate talks end with no takeaways

Only a weak agreement on mechanism to fund ‘loss and damage’

Warsaw climate talks: Farm emissions kept out of COP 19

G77+China successfully counter move by EU to add agriculture as a source of emissions for purpose of accounting

Climate deal signed in Paris is weak and unambitious: CSE

The phrase ‘historical responsibility’ has been erased from the Agreement. This weakens the obligations of developed countries, says …