COP27 diary (November 10): Rich countries admit funding gap in addressing loss & damage

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

What negotiations mean for least developed countries

They insist that loss and damage is a non-negotiable element of the Paris agreement

Inheritance of loss

Economic losses due to extreme weather events reach record high while nations spar over liability

Climate-smart agriculture: an answer to climate change

Sustainably increasing agricultural production, adapting to climate change and reducing emissions are the main points of climate-smart …

Built to last

A Rajasthan village has cylindrical houses that help people cope with extreme weather events

Paris Agreement at 8: Progress, challenges and road to COP28

Innovation, renewable energy, and sustainable practises can help COP28 create a resilient, low-carbon future

Budget 2015 proves a dampener for climate action

Finance minister talks about Clean Energy Fund, but forgets crop insurance

COP27 must be remembered as ‘Implementation COP’, says Sameh Shoukry

The developing world’s first COP since Marrakesh in 2016 must implement the ‘Paris Rulebook’  

A Brazilian Proposal

Industrialised nations have introduced a Clean Development Mechanism to meet their reduction targets. In the second part of her climate change …

President Biden will put US back on Obama’s climate trajectory: Holdren

VIDEO INTERVIEW: John Holdren, science advisor to Obama administration, lists 6 things he thinks Joe Biden would do on climate change

Malaria, diarrhoeal diseases set to rise: IPCC report

Latest report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommends simple measures such as provision of clean water, sanitation and …

Less than 24 hours left: ‘Need extra efforts from all for agreement on loss & damage’

Countries shying away from difficult decisions, need to show political will, says COP27 President

‘Attribution studies help increase awareness about links between human activities and climate change’

Down To Earth talks to Wenxia Zhang, author of paper on attribution of extreme heat & drought events in 2022 at COP28

Least developed countries set expectations for COP28 with Dakar Declaration

LDCs account for 1% of GHG emissions but are at forefront of the climate crisis, say ministers

High road to Dubai COP28: Here is how Global Stocktake talks fared in week 1 at Bonn

Adaptation, finance and pre-2020 implementation gap highlighted at Bonn Climate Conference

Bonn: Developing countries push for adaptation to be included in Paris agreement

Differences between developed and developing countries continue to mar progress of negotiations

920 million people could face conflict over the world’s rivers by 2050: What our study found in Africa

There’s a real risk that conflicts over sharing water resources will become more common as global temperatures rise

Gunning for green tech

US continues to target India over its intellectual property regime, especially in pharma, green tech sectors

Urban heat islands dot Delhi

Temperature hot spots found in seven of 11 weather stations in the national capital

Cloudburst explained

Has India taken heed of warning from previous cloudburst incidents?

Let's talk about access to space

Climate financing adds to poor countries’ debt pile: Oxfam

Eighty per cent of climate financing was provided as loans in 2017-18, according to study

Heat on UAE to give COP28 ambitious edge we need

To meet climate goals, countries will have to get far more ambitious and quickly. Here's what to look for at COP28.  

Ruto government has its work cut out: Kenya’s development challenges new President must address

Country hopes promises made for agriculture, healthcare, environment, water, housing, sanitation will be fulfilled

The inconvenient truth