DTE Diary: Our daily account of what happened at COP28

The CSE-DTE team tracked the major happenings on each day of the UNFCCC COP28 in Dubai

Drafting the Paris agreement: Lack of progress in spin-off groups a cause for concern

Parties urged to engage bilaterally and speed up negotiations on the draft agreement

Japan uses technology to help farmers tackle changing weather

Farmers can now keep weather conditions constant and produce high quality vegetables

Wettest May-June in decade hits Kashmir’s cherry growers hard

Farmers growing traditional varieties of cherries are facing more brunt of prolonged precipitation than those growing new varieties

Global heating to put 600 million Indians at ‘greatest future risk’: Study

Nearly a billion people could be protected from dangerous heat if countries manage to contain global heating to 1.5C, the threshold of the Paris …

Nobody can predict earthquakes, but we can forecast them; Here’s how

Earthquake forecasts are built on observations of past earthquake activity, which may stretch back decades, centuries or even thousands of years

Coral reefs can adapt to climate change; you must give them a chance

99% coral reefs will be gone by the end of this century if coordinated efforts are not taken

Local knowledge refined with tech & funds can help climate adaptation in Asia-Pacific: IFAD

Digital mapping along with local knowledge can be useful to identify climate-vulnerable hotspots

Funds to fight climate change in Africa grossly inadequate

Almost 70 per cent of the funds committed by developed countries to finance climate action in Africa are tied to conditional loans and credit lines

Bonn climate talks end amidst uncertainty over US engagement with Paris Agreement

Finance, adaptation and budget were issues which divided countries. Agriculture was the most neglected topic at the event

COP22: opening session on agriculture discusses climate adaptation, food security

Developing countries, especially from Africa, voiced the need to mobilise finance from developed countries

'BRICS countries in a position to shape agricultural policies'

Most of the world’s 795 million undernourished people live in developing countries. These countries will need to increase their food …

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement adopts revised agenda at the Bonn climate talks

This came after intense back door consultations with Parties resulting in compromises and eventual consensus

Will the Paris climate deal include issue of forced climate migration?

Experts say that displacement and migration occurs because of the failure of adaptation in most vulnerable countries and, therefore, should be …

IPCC suggests adaptation and mitigation efforts needed to tackle climate impacts

Synthesis report suggests sector-wise strategy for policy makers to make their people, especially the poor, climate resilient

The paradox of cooling

For a tropical country like India, there is not much to cherish about. The number of unbearably hot days experienced by India and Bangladesh will rise

COP28: New GGA text lacks teeth and money

The text was without strong language on means of implementation, especially adaptation finance gap and target and no resolution of the inclusion …

DTE Exclusive: Adaptation Fund head ‘discouraged & worried’ on not receiving adequate funds at COP28

Part of money may be getting siphoned off to loss and damage fund facility, Mikko Ollikainen hints to DTE   

Wealthy nations less likely to fulfil climate adaptation finance goal: Report 

Support for gender-responsiveness was found to be lacking 

COP27 diary (November 9): $2 trillion needed to finance climate action in developing economies

A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit  

Climate change impact on agriculture leads to 1.5 per cent loss in India’s GDP

By 2030, rice and wheat are likely to see about 6-10 per cent decrease in yields

A bill for biodiversity

CoP-11 has an urgent agenda: to look for money to fund new targets

What's on the table

Dangerous distractions: World needs to rise above conflicts, both armed & unarmed, to fight against climate change

The unarmed war — between the so-called West and so-called East (US vs China) — is going to make things worse for fight against …

Extreme heat could claim lives of 204,000 women annually in India, Nigeria & US: Report

Women bear the disproportionate burden of heat’s devastating physical, social & financial effects, report emphasises