Climate Emergency CoP 25: The European Green Deal is far from good enough

It offers a 50 per cent reduction when it should target complete decarbonisation by 2030

African leaders meet to draw plan for a climate-resilient continent

They noted that while Africa contributed the least to global emissions, it is the first in line of suffering the dramatic consequences of them

Parties differ on features of nationally determined contributions under Paris deal

While some Parties are emphasisng the need to focus on existing features of NDCs, others are calling for new features

Not so green: Developing countries raise clean energy targets, but implementation remains incomplete

Disparity between long-term objectives and short-term execution strategies indicates that policymakers still have a lot of work to do

COP27: India’s updated NDCs insufficient for cutting emissions, shows report

Indian government plans to add more coal capacity and increase fossil gas in the energy mix, study says

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

CoP26: Net Zero within Africa’s reach

Nationally determined contributions well set, but finance may be a problem    

Paris Accord and beyond, what is the road to COP26 Glasgow?

Two CSE experts discuss the progress so far since the signing of the Paris Agreement and the trajectory of the climate negotiations in the year ahead

Antonio Guterres to convene climate ambition summit in 2023; says 1.5-degree goal ‘gasping for breath’  

World still moving in the wrong direction on climate change, UN chief noted in his end-of-year address

What Europe saw this summer may just become the norm by 2035, hints study

World must mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis along three axes: reduce, remove and repair, say experts

Need of the hour: Reinvent economic growth model

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

This World Health Day (and everyday) eat right, for the planet

Our food practices put a heavy burden of carbon emissions on the Earth. A change in diet is needed, but it won’t come easy

Biden’s climate summit: Major polluters ramp up climate ambition

The summit has put climate back on the agenda and forced leaders of major economies to confront the scale of the task ahead

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

Rajya Sabha passes Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill

The amended bill aims to bring large residential buildings under the Energy Conservation regime, enhance the scope of the Energy Conservation …

FAO warns of alarming signs as global food import bill set to rise to nearly $2 trillion

Negative repercussions for global agricultural output and food security are likely to extend into 2023, according to FAO

Carbon budget target 2030: How it ends

What is the carbon budget that remains — the amount of carbon dioxide we can emit going forward if we are to limit temperature rise to 1.5&…

National targets to limit global warming: Off by a mile

Even enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions are not nearly enough to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Many poor countries, with …

Muted presence

India's participation at the recently concluded 22nd Conference of Parties was passive and lacked vision

'Developed countries will have to enhance their INDCs after 2020'

Senior Indian climate change negotiator says that a global stock taking of the INDCs is essential, and that developed countries must enhance …

MNRE’s plan to set up transmission lines for renewable power aimed at meeting NDCs

The plan also includes a Battery Energy Storage System of 51 GW to provide round-the-clock power to consumers

Emissions Gap Report 2022: Pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions way off track

Climate pledges since the Glasgow COP26 last year have shaved off only less than 1% of projected emissions till 2030

5 days to CoP26: NDCs insufficient, climate finance unmet till 2023

Signals on key issues such as enhanced climate ambition and climate finance point to poor progress

Five years after Paris: How countries’ climate policies match up to their promises, and who’s aiming for net zero emissions

So far, countries’ individual plans for how they will lower their greenhouse gas emissions don’t come close to adding up to the Paris …

COP24: Will Katowice deliver ambitious outcomes?

As the Conference of Parties starts at Poland’s Katowice, scientific findings must guide negotiations. It is very important that the …