IPCC Special Report: Why sector-specific vision for 1.5°C is important

Sector-based analysis in IPCC Special Report offers an alternative vision for limiting warming to 1.5°C

Picture of neglect: Tipping elements hold the future of our planet; here is how

Giant ice sheets, ocean currents and permafrost regions may have already degraded irreversibly. Other crucial climate systems like the Amazon …

COP26: what the draft climate agreement says — and why it’s being criticised

So what does the UK draft text say? It merely “urges” countries to strengthen their NDCs, proposing a meeting of ministers next year …

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Can the world reduce its greenhouse emissions to zero by 2050?

To reach this target, the world must completely stop using coal by 2050, shift electricity generation to renewables and gas and remove large …

COP26: Two worlds talked past each other – or never even met

Unlike a decade ago, there was no climate scepticism on show. But how to address the underlying causes of climate change in capitalism remains …

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Gender justice being marginalised in Madrid

Countries are nitpicking on Sustainable Development Goals and are divided on finance  

EU’s new climate proposal is vast. But is it transformational?

Economy-wide package of creative proposals may or may not bring fundamental changes that wealthy countries must implement to halt climate crisis

Heathrow airport third runway ruled illegal by court

The court termed British government's policy unlawful for failing to take into account climate change commitments made in 2015 Paris Agreement 

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Murmurs of Madrid being a failure grow stronger

Negotiations to continue into the wee hours of December 15, as parties are yet to arrive at consensus on most issues

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Circumventing climate action

For countries like India to have cleaner futures, climate agreements must walk the talk; not just talk the talk

Climate emergency: A question of semantics?

Framing the changing climate as an emergency is preventing progress towards climate action

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Chile pushes for ambitious outcome in Madrid

However, even as the event reached its last day, resolution of key issues is still awaited

Climate Emergency CoP 25: What exactly are carbon markets?

Rules and guidelines on carbon markets, which trade in 'carbon credits' will be finalised in CoP 25 at Madrid, Spain

Climate Emergency CoP 25: World to warm by 3.2°C

If current national policies the world over persist, global mean temperature will rise by 3.2°C

Climate Emergency CoP 25: A gap that keeps growing

The Emissions Gap Report for this year makes it clear that countries around the world are falling short to reach their targets vis-à-vis …

The wake up call

It’s time we understood that the IPCC's report could be an underestimate of the kind of dangers that await a warmed world and stopped …

Global warming set to breach 1.5 degree limit: IPCC Draft Report

Emission trajectories will have to undergo historic and unprecedented changes if the Paris Agreement is to be adhered, say authors

Paris Agreement: Five years on, it’s time to fix carbon trading

Setting the rules that govern emissions trading, financing and support for developing countries over 2021 will be critical

Smoking gun letter reveals British CoP president’s 7-point climate action plan

Claire Perry O’Neill’s successor, Britain’s fine civil servants and its first-rate diplomats must work with counterparts in …

CoP 25: Marginal improvements in new text on Article 6 Sustainable Development Mechanism

But some bad options have not been excluded, and human rights protections are still weak  

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Negotiations drag on, African group expresses worry over outcome

We would rather that there be no decision on some issues than having a bad decision, leaders of the African Group of Negotiators say

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Roadblock for Adaptation Fund

Developing countries willing to compromise on the negotiations to get Article 6 of Paris Agreement moving in the right direction

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Saudi Arabia to delay oil fossil fuel phase-out

It has consistently lobbied that oil-producing countries should be compensated for phasing out fossil fuels

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Developed countries have already exhausted the Earth’s carbon budget

Carbon space for Africa and India will be pittance; China too is consuming more carbon from the budget

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Why 2020 is a critical year for the planet

This is the year countries will declare the second round of their national targets to reduce GHGs