Cooking stoves in carbon trade

Improved stoves will be standardized for fuel and emission efficiency

The donkey has his day

Egypt’s support to developing countries gives hope for COP27: Climate scientist Saleemul Huq

Part 1: The climate scientist talks about critical climate issues that can play a major role at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit

Climate-related weather events to break records in US this year, data shows

The country is on its way to record 17 billion-dollar extreme weather events in 2020, having lost $46.6 billion till September

Green bonds: Is it green finance or green-washing?

A foremost requirement to develop a robust green bond market is to harmonise international and domestic guidelines and standards for …

Centre launches pilot project to reduce emissions from agriculture

The project will be implemented in Mizoram, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Uttarakhand  

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 &…

Gordon Brown wants to increase nuclear capacity

Eco-socialism to fight climate change

With Lima failing to tackle critical issues on global warming, Bolivia outlines socialist project to save the planet

Climate resilience needed for COVID-19 recovery, flags UN commission

Global Commission for Adaptation has asked world leaders to align policies with long-term climate objectives, mobilise private sector support 

Avoiding climate breakdown depends on protecting Earth’s biodiversity — can the COP15 summit deliver?

COP15 brings together parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) with a goal of negotiating this decade’s biodiversity …

What WMO report says on climate trends: Drivers and impacts

2015-2021 will be the warmest years on record, the World Meteorological Organization report flagged

Getting Amazon to pay its taxes could be Jeff Bezos’ biggest climate action

Climate justice demands democratic oversight over efforts to overcome mankind’s biggest challenge

Financing emissions from jets and cows

Environmental scientist Robert Goodland , who served the World Bank Group between 1978 and 2001 is credited with authoring some of the Bank's …

US presidential candidates' take on climate change

All about climate

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2nd coalition of the willing: bad for climate and for us

The US and us

COP27 diary (November 10): Rich countries admit funding gap in addressing loss & damage

A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit    

Greenland ice melting fastest in 12,000 yrs: Study

Increased loss likely to raise sea level 2-10 cm by the end of 21st century

Setback for clean innovation, boost to fossil fuels

USA’s exit from the Paris Agreement can lead to a higher degree of global temperature rise, with widespread impacts

What negotiations mean for least developed countries

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

World bodies release new principles on cost-effective carbon pricing schemes

New World Bank Report states that carbon-pricing schemes are worth US $50 billion

Climate negotiations on adaptation headed along divergent paths

Countries make little headway due to fundamental differences between developed and developing nations

'Developing countries are treated in a very unfair manner'

Bernarditas Muller, a seasoned member of the Philippines negotiating team, is among the rare few who call a spade a spade. Speaking to Indrajit …