COP 26: Water and Climate Coalition stresses on better disaster-warning to buffer water cycle changes

Water dimensions of climate change adaptation and mitigation must be addressed, says letter to global leaders

Paris Agreement goals: UN urges countries to update emission targets

Sixteen of the world's biggest emitters have not increased their emission reduction targets substantially or at all

Midway to 2030, climate change and extreme weather events threaten the achievement of SDGs, warns WMO

Just 15% of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are on track; WMO advocates for investments for accelerating and scaling up weather, climate …

‘Global commons’: Indo-Bangla consensus on need to highlight climate impact, loss & damage in Sundarbans globally

UN Loss and damage discussion progressing slowly; experts favour wider sourcing and innovative funding for Sundarbans      

Pact Politics

High political drama marks climate negotiations as the European Union strives to enforce the Kyoto protocol without the US. The South could play …

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

'Developed countries reduced emissions by 13% in 26 years'

COP24: UNFCCC report says financial support provided by the developed countries to the developing ones also saw increase 

Paris Agreement inches closer to entry into force this year

Thirty-one countries deposit their instruments of accession with the UN Secretary General, 14 more pledge to join Paris Agreement

Paris Climate Talks Day 1: oh, so pious

Going by the happenings on the first day, the gathering at Paris seems to be all about homilies

Race to kill kyoto protocol

As Copenhagen nears, Obamas America sees new hope Yes, we can...dump climate multilateralism. In Bangkok, most developed countries joined the …

Peru summit: dignitaries call for equitable climate treaty

Negotiations in Lima expected to pave the way for new climate deal

"Crunch" issues

US undercutting post-Kyoto talks

The significance of New York climate summit

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s diplomacy push before the Lima Conference of Parties is an opportunity to pull states away from rhetoric …

What next?

More and more people are waking up to the need for an international climate regime based on the principle of per capita entitlements to the …

What is the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on Climate Finance and why is it so important?

COP28 Recap: Nations failed to reach consensus on Article 6 for regulating carbon markets

Among other risks, a further delay in operationalising Article 6 could mean voluntary carbon markets and discretionary bilateral arrangements …

'Paris Agreement signing would mark critical global efforts to address climate change'

In a couple of days, the Paris Agreement document will be open for signatures by states

COP27: Clear battle lines drawn on loss and damage as rich try to divide the poor

This is a clear attempt to create divisions and to make the poor fight the poor, according to Sunita Narain, director-general of CSE

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

Climate conferences have a huge trust deficit: How to make COP28 deliver

The fact that after 27 COPs the world is still not demonstrating tangible climate action is contributing to growing frustration

Climate finance beyond $100 billion: Are we close to agreeing on a new climate finance target? 

Seventh Technical Expert Dialogue on the New Collective Quantified Goal highlighted well-known concerns, stressed need to accelerate …

India should not support the Copenhagen Accord, says CSE

Copenhagen Accord is weak, meaningless and fundamentally flawed. It will be bad for the fight against climate change and bad for India.

We will keep moving forward on climate action: UNFCCC after Trump’s executive order

Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa says the new US administration remains a Party to the landmark Paris Climate Change Agreement

Youth's demand for climate action an 'unmistakable message': UN climate chief

At the ongoing UNFCCC conference in Bonn, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa asked everyone to take part in this 'fight of …