Simply Put: Paris or Perish

It’s been 5 years since Paris Agreement but are Nationally Determined Contributions equitable?

To cap global warming at 1.5°C or even 2°C is a tall task that needs much more effort from countries in reducing reliance on fossil …

Bonn climate meet concludes with little progress on issues 

With Parties differing on their fundamental stances, creation of a robust and fair Paris climate rule book looks like a tough task

Heatwave: think it's hot in Europe? The human body is already close to thermal limits elsewhere

The challenges ahead are stark. Adaptation has its limits. We must therefore slash greenhouse gas emissions to keep to the Paris warming limits

Draft EU Climate Law: Incomplete framework, poor on internationalism

Climate activist Greta Thunberg termed the proposed EU law’s 2050 net-zero target a ‘surrender’

Climate talks need to re-focus on target-setting

Bonn offered a chance for countries to accept IPCC’s report on 1.5°C. Yet several negotiators, particularly Saudi Arabia & the US, …

India will ratify the Paris Agreement on October 2, says Prime Minister Modi

India’s move will bring Paris Agreement closer to entry into force this year

UNECA calls for transparent, comparable carbon pricing systems

Global carbon price of $50 per tonne can incentivise Africa to mobilise up to $30 billion per annum

Fulfilling CoP26 promises can limit global warming to 2°C: Study

 But will a 2°C world be livable? 

‘Climate wrecker’ US pushes its regressive agenda at IPCC talks

The US' comments are misrepresentation of facts and an attempt at pushing its domestic anti-climate policies

Won’t fund firms contributing to climate change: Church of England

The Church plans to withdraw investment from companies that don’t follow the terms of the Paris Agreement

Trump successfully pushes for including US stance on fossil fuels in G20 declaration

World leaders, including Theresa May, urge Trump to consider re-joining the Paris Agreement

Less than a quarter of emission targets from Paris climate agreement met in 7 years

World is not on track to achieve forest goals of ending and reversing deforestation by 2030

NASA spots 50 methane super-emitters on Earth

Most of these sites have ties with agriculture and fossil fuel industries

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Loss and damage ‘fighting out’ in Madrid

Slow pace coupled with lack of focus on ambitious emission cut within close door negotiation have infuriated vulnerable countries  

BASIC ministers pledge support for robust and fair rule book on Paris Agreement

They stress on the need for a comprehensive and party-driven negotiating text by Bangkok intersession in September 2018

Global warming likely to be in the range of 2.2-3.4°C by 2100, breaching limit set under Paris deal

While chance of cataclysmic levels of warming is miniscule, but achieving Paris climate deal’s objective more uncertain

Time for China and Europe to lead, as Trump dumps the Paris climate deal

Trump's decision of withdrawing from Paris Agreement leaves China and Europe with the job of preventing other nations from following suit

World would be better off if Trump withdraws from Paris climate deal

If the US stays in the Paris deal but misses its targets, the deal could look like a sham

Stockholm+50: We need decentralisation of ‘power’

Power generation and transmission models that are local and self-sustaining can increase access to energy in the future

Run-up to COP27: Nigerians count losses as recurring floods ravage country

Annual floods adversely impact Nigerian farmers and will likely hamper the country’s food security in the next 3 months

Climate Change Commission calls on New Zealand government to take ‘immediate and decisive action’ to cut emissions

New Zealand’s net emissions rose by 57% between 1990 and 2018, placing it among the poorest performers in the OECD

Influential new report abandons principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibility

Almost 75% of the 184 pledges made by various countries under the Paris Agreement as insufficient to slow climate change

Climate Emergency CoP 25: It is market versus market in Madrid

Carbon market mechanism is turning into a big negotiation thorn

Hidden cost of global food, land use at $12 trillion: Report

This is expected to rise to more than $16 trillion a year by 2050, finds a report by Food and Land use Coalition