Six months after including agriculture in climate negotiations, Parties agree on roadmap

Over the next two and half years, the negotiating group will meet five times to discuss and prepare reports on the work required for each of the …

BASIC nations concerned over gaps in pre-2020 climate actions, urge developed world to take lead

Ministers from BASIC nations urge developed countries to honour their commitments and increase climate finance to at least $100 billion per annum …

Climate change constitutes double-edged sword for Africa: ECA

Climate change could usher in a new model of sustainable development, but, on other hand, it could also decimate African fragile economies

Asia Pacific Climate Change Forum: community involvement key to successful adaptation

Hundreds of delegates have gathered at the 5th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum in Colombo

Bonn climate talks end without creating any key deliverables

Divide between developed and developing countries witnessed over interpretation of provisions contained in the Paris Agreement  

Around 155 countries set to sign the Paris Agreement in New York

The new climate change agreement was adopted in Paris on December 12 last year

Montreal Protocol talks begin on a positive note in Geneva

Negotiations to phase down HFCs continue from where they were left at in Dubai last year

Paris committee takes stock of progress on draft text

Differentiation, loss and damage and finance emerge as critical issues

Convention must not be rewritten, assert developing countries at COP

At a high-level meet in Paris, the countries pushed for equal treatment of mitigation and adaptation in the final deal

Now, a web tool to help estimate forest biomass and carbon stock

The updated GlobAllomeTree tool provides access to expansive data that may aid mitigation plans for climate change

India, China unite over climate cause

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 …

US following Biden’s climate plan may trigger action elsewhere too

The effect of getting the US back on track can be magnified by its example and its role on international negotiations against climate change, …

Coronavirus should give us hope that we are able to tackle the climate crisis

Coronavirus isn't the only global crisis we face: Climate crisis is expected to be more devastating. Some have observed the response to the two …

Economic Survey 2019-20: Need was to get serious about climate crisis

Listing ‘green’ programs is not the point

Climate Emergency CoP 25: New platform linking oceans and climate launched in Madrid

The new platform aims to integrate sensible ocean-based solutions into climate targets

Focus on economic diversification imperative to cope with climate crisis: Report

Extreme weather events such as floods, hurricanes can lead to ‘physical stranding’ of natural resources, rendering them impossible …

#FridaysForFuture: Students demand climate action

Inspired by Swedish teen Greta Thunberg, thousands of youth from across the globe hit the streets