What Africa’s drought responses teach us about climate change hotspots
Understanding how drought is impacting on livelihoods and local governments can help in the development of longer term climate adaptation responses
Countries differ on the issue of stocktaking at COP 21
Countries agree on taking stock on climate mitigation and finance targets every five years but are more hesitant on doing so for climate adaptation
India, Pakistan among 5 countries with greatest potential to address climate issues in livestock sector
Investments in India, China, Brazil, Pakistan and Sudan can make a huge global impact, finds study
India underestimating heatwave impact, more than 90% of the country at risk: Study
Climate experts and policymakers should re-evaluate the metrics for assessing the country’s climate vulnerability as heatwaves in India …
Climate Crisis: ‘Massive investment in CCS is a cover for the expansion of the fossil fuel industry’
Lili Fuhr, deputy director of Center for International Environmental Law, on investments in CCS & what to expect from COP28
How climate-induced disasters are creating a new dynamic of migration
Over time, countries would not be in a position to absorb so much migration in their limited urban centres and people will move to other countries,…
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
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Protesters thrown out of venue for opposing slow progress in talks
Protesters have repeatedly pointed out the disconnect between the reality of climate change and the slow pace of negotiations without any …
Cost of mitigation: How cheap can it be
All discussions, efforts and side events in Poznan are held with a single point agenda of getting the developing nations to take up some …
The latest Indaba text: bad for the developing world
It only allows developed countries to continue polluting and shift the burden of mitigation to the developing countries
Warsaw Climate Talks: Day 11, November 21
China reminds parties of equity being key at Durban and the mandate for a workshop on equity and equitable access to sustainable development
Carving the carbon cake
NGOs literally cut up a carbon cake and distrbuted crumbs to the G77 president while the US delegates refused to accept their overwhelming portion.
Drought causes Bundelkhand’s farmers to turn defaulters
In Uttar Pradesh’s portion of the Bundelkhand region, farmers’ lands are being auctioned due to their inability to pay loans
Just 5 countries have 70% of world’s remaining wilderness: study
Climate change impacts can worsen if wilderness is not protected immediately on a global level, says the study published in Nature
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
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
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
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