Taking stock of the Paris climate debate

Climate change is about two things: mitigating the global warming effect and adapting to the changed climate

Meet the fossil fuel firms sponsoring the world's biggest climate conference

Not surprisingly, many of the sponsors here at the Paris talks are French companies who have hoped to acquire reputational capital from the summit

Simply Put: Paris or Perish

Definition of kilogram set to change

Since 1879, the kilogram has been defined as the weight of Le Grand K, a cylinder of platinum and iridium weighing a little over 2 ounces and …

Plastic-free planet: Paris meet ends after severe delays, with proposal for zero draft text

Member states have urged the INC secretariat to prepare a zero draft which will be up for negotiations at INC-3 in Nairobi, Kenya

Current draft text “inequitable, weak and unambitious”, says CSE

The Delhi-based non-profit said that rich nations had been misappropriating the carbon space, leaving no chance for developing countries to …

‘Climate plans of developing countries far more ambitious’

The ongoing Bonn climate negotiations must be open to observers like non-profits and civil society, urges a diplomat

It is now US against the rest of the world

With Nicaragua joining the Paris deal and Syria announcing its intention to ratify the accord at COP23 in Bonn, the isolation of US is now complete

Paris fumigated for 1st time as disease-carrying mosquito spreads, likely triggered by climate change

It has become easier for the species to thrive in a warming Europe

Simply Put: The plastic asteroid

Most Kiribatian households are mulling climate migration – and that's just the start

Thinking of moving? Many Pacific islanders are

For or against the climate goal?

Climate change, emisisons, paris climate deal

COP out

Paris agreement will be universal but differentiated: François Richier

Olympic swimming in the Seine highlights efforts to clean up city rivers worldwide

The growth in awareness of the important role that blue spaces play in human health and wellbeing comes alongside a revival of the popularity of …

Chandra Bhushan on the draft negotiating text before highlevel segment

Chandra Bhushan Deputy Director General of Centre for Science and Environment, says that the negotiating draft produced on December 9, 2014 will …

Ananlysis of the first week of COP 21

Chandra Bhushan talks about the first week of negotiations at the Paris Climate Change Conference COP21

Stress on coal a planned move to digress from carbon budget, says Chandra Bhushan

CSE Deputy Director General states that coal is used as a major fuel globally and not just in India

Unchecked emissions may double child mortality due to heat in Africa

Study estimates 38,000 child deaths due to climate warming could occur every year by 2049

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 …

COP24: Developed nations successfully wipe out equity in finance, reporting

These countries seem to be working towards a weak and non-ambitious Paris rulebook

Off limits

Paris set to ban SUVs

Sound vision

Computer simulations to map noise pollution

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

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