Africa needs at least 9 times more climate finance to meet 2030 goals

Africa requires $277 billion annually to implement its Nationally Determined Contributions towards mitigating greenhouse gas emissions

Flood-protection measures: Pakistan is in for a long haul

Punjab needs to employ 871 years of flood-protection, while other flood-prone provinces like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh would require around …

Joe Biden’s climate plan is investing too little in climate action

While the spending figure needs to be much higher, there is scope to keep up the pressure, both from domestic groups as well as international entities

CSE urges rich countries to pay their dues ahead of crucial UN climate talks in Bonn

Means of implementation from developed to developing countries must be prioritised, think tank underlines

COP28: Article 6 negotiations see late night deliberations striving to find consensus

Parties also discussed the definition of cooperative approaches

COP28: A key negotiation highlights countries’ challenges with scaling up mitigation ambition

The Mitigation Work Programme produced a report from discussions this year on how countries can take more action to mitigate emissions

Simply Put: Bonn climate meet

Climate change mitigation: Flood insurance scheme launched to protect small farmers in Kenya

Farmers, experts welcome move, call it ‘game changer’

Wetlands are superheroes: Expert sets out how they protect people and places

They purify water, provide habitats for plants and animals and provide over 1 billion livelihoods globally

EU to contain greenwashing by 2026; finalises draft banning misleading advertisements

The rule will impose stricter guidelines on environmental and climate-neutral claims, mandating verifiable proof 

Droughts, declining cost of solar panels may hinder Africa’s hydropower expansion

Solar power can emerge as the favoured technology by most African countries in the long-term

Could the law of the sea be used to protect small island states from climate change?

Small island developing states also face more extreme weather, increasingly acidic oceans, coral bleaching and harm to fisheries

Sixth mass extinction will be worse than previously thought, say scientists

The population of around 33% of the species currently categorised as ‘non-threatened’ by the IUCN Red List show a declining trend

Climate adaptation to cost India Rs 85.6 lakh crore by 2030: RBI

Sector-specific climate mitigation strategies can address the crisis in India to an extent

Climate change may be behind devastating floods in Rwanda, Uganda: Expert

136 die in two East African countries after torrential rain; warming climate, plastic pollution and encroachment possible reasons for floods 

UN calls for overhaul of global governance to tackle climate crisis

It also outlined an ambitious plan to strengthen multilateral systems to address the crises of rising inequality, lack of finance for sustainable …

Climate cover: $140 million insurance scheme in Kenya to protect herders against frequent droughts

Scheme part of a project sponsored by World Bank targetting livestock farmers in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti  

Turkey and Syria earthquake: Long-term funding is needed to support search-and-rescue after major disasters

 Until having an effective earthquake early warning, we need to rely on building codes and urban and physical planning

Climate resilience: Kenyan farmers are adapting to extreme weather by growing indigenous crops

Exotic and commercial vegetables still form the bulk of Kenyan diets; campaigners for indigenous foods hope to reverse the trend

COP27: Let us not reinvent the wheel to finance loss and damage

While delegates in Sharm El-Sheikh debate the specifics of loss and damage finance, it would be well to remember to balance ambition and justice …

Climate change may push 2 million more into poverty in Malawi

Extreme weather can raise the small south African country’s poverty rate by 8% by 2040, warns World Bank Country report

Need of the hour: Reinvent economic growth model

Future actions must accept the reality of climate equity and use it to drive economic growth

Worrisome trend: Every third climate case yields unfavourable outcome

The highest number of climate litigations were filed from Latin America and the Caribbean

Dragon in the room: Why China’s target of carbon neutrality is misleading

China contributed 27% to the world’s overall global emissions in 2019, surpassing the United States

Addressing climate risks for climate finance takes centrestage

The Indian government needs to introduce guidelines to standardise climate-related disclosures in all financial statements and push private …