High road to Dubai COP28: Bonn meeting begins on discordant note with parties failing to adopt agenda

Parties could not agree on adaptation, mitigation, Global Stock Take and equity among other things

COP24: Negotiators happy to agree on the basics, but not on long-term vision

With the final Katowice decision yet to come, it is unlikely that longer term issues will be addressed here

COP24: BASIC willingness to be transparent must bring Katowice consensus closer

At COP24, developing countries agreed to report on climate actions on par with developed countries

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India tries to put spotlight back on pre-2020 actions of developed countries

G77+China submit that pre-2020 action will serve as the foundation for the post-2020 climate agreement

Power games at UN climate talks

Climate talks unfolded amid high drama. Developing countries protested inaction by developed countries, civil society organisations walked out, …

World gets a yellow card

The Warsaw climate talks serve a grim warning to the world that inaction will cost, writes Chandra Bhushan as he leaves Warsaw just before the …

Rescued or doomed

Nations adopt a diluted agreement at Bonn on implementing the Kyoto Protocol. 180 countries finally reached an agreement on the rules to …

G7 nations drag heels on coal phaseout despite responsibility to lead transition

G7 failed to set concrete, reliable commitments in line with GST’s historic call on countries to transition away from fossil fuels

Wait and watch

The US government is in transition. But why should the rest of the world suffer?

CoP26: Humanity is compressing millions of years of natural change into just a few centuries

Recent changes across all aspects of the Earth system are unprecedented in at least thousands of years

The numbers behind: Climate change

The planet can barely afford any more carbon emissions. But we need to continue to emit for our survival and development. What is the carbon …

COP27: Russian invasion of Ukraine released 8 million tonnes carbon till September, says report

At least 1.4 million tonnes of GHG emissions have been released due to the movement of refugees, both within Ukraine and to Europe due to the …

Once again, US walks away from global climate agreement  

Without the US being held accountable for reducing its share of emissions, the world cannot keep warming “well below 2°C”

Managed decline of fossil fuel production needed to meet climate change target

Carbon emissions from the oil, gas and coal in the currently operating fields and mines are enough to take the world beyond 2°C of warming

Oxford University defers decision on divesting stake in fossil fuels

Alumni occupy office building in protest; 21 international universities have already divested their stakes

Montreal Protocol: A successful treaty?

Even as the fate of HFCs hangs in uncertainty, there remains much at stake for the Montreal Protocol

World not on track to meet long-term climate targets, shows largest-ever UN assessment

Climate impacts “eroding past human development gains” & lack of adaptation action will make it difficult to make such gains in future

A well-hatched plot

Indications are that India will be made the "fall guy". Developed countries will try at every step to propose changes in the 1992 convention, …

New ‘vulnerable nations’ bloc looks set to redraw the climate politics map

A new bloc of 'vulnerable' countries has emerged at the Paris climate talks—perhaps heralding the end of the old rich-poor geopolitical divide

Carbon budget: Unfair share has been the way of the world

Till 1989, the original seven emitters appropriated 77% the world's carbon space. Between 1990 and 2019, China, along with the original seven, …

Odisha gets GCF-approved climate change project

The project entails the construction of a groundwater recharge system, as a concrete adaptation measure to ensure water conservation

Equity remains absent from draft climate change agreement

Draft is a disappointment for developing countries like India which have been asking developed nations to take greater responsibility for their …

India announces its INDC, pledges to cut emission intensity of its GDP by 33-35 per cent by 2030

All countries are required to submit voluntary climate action plans as contribution. These will form part of the outcome of Paris climate summit

Brokering carbon

The world urgently needs a comprehensive approach that considers responsibility, capability and development indicators towards dividing the …