COM2024: Climate financing hurdles take centrestage at African economic ministers’ conference
Some of the home-grown financing solutions that some African countries have already started embracing include carbon trading
Climate disaster movies resonate in ways that news never will
As we face the escalating challenges of climate catastrophe, embracing diverse and emotionally engaging storytelling in mainstream media becomes …
Why climate change is making it harder to monitor marine pollution
Warming of oceans means that the plants and organisms used as warning systems for pollution are being rendered ineffective
Global climate finance flows for 2015-16 increased by 17%: UN report
The report highlights that a large part of climate finance continues to go towards efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions
Kenyan farmers embrace new and sustainable way to build resilience
Crop losses, caused by extreme weather events, steered small-scale farmers towards new farming techniques
A decade-old plan to curb carbon emissions through forest conservation in Africa is yet to pay off
A UN-backed mechanism to curb carbon sequestration and ensure biodiversity conservation, REDD+, is compromising community rights. Is there a …
UK on track to be first G7 country to legislate for net zero emissions by 2050
The Climate Change Act, 2008 will be amended on June 12 in Parliament, as advised by the Committee on Climate Change
In pics: Sea ingress has left this Odisha coastal town a shell of its former self
The marching sea has taken a toll on Podampeta’s agriculture and fishing communities through rapid sea ingress and consequent cyclones. Now, …
A win-win deal
The agreement to amend the Montreal Protocol for hydrofluorocarbon phase-down is a huge success for India
How aerosols lead to extreme rainfall
Aerosols play a crucial role in the formation of clouds. But now scientists are linking both extreme rainfall and drought to higher concentration …
Is Earth Close to “The Great Dying”?
Our “normal” climate is dead; the weather has gone insane, and it is annually killing thousands of Americans and millions of people …
The eco collapse we were warned about has begun
This accumulation of tragic evidence, against all the denialist narratives, makes it undeniable that the climate crisis is already here, among us
Holistic approach makes agrarian systems more climate-resilient: Study
Initial watershed development interventions in the studied areas intensified agriculture, but led to declining groundwater tables and …
COP27 diary (November 12): ‘US won't support legal structures for loss and damage liabilities’
A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit
Run up to COP27: Only a quarter of global climate finance flows into Asia; much of that in loan
India received a total of $37.1 billion in climate finance during 2013-2020
IPCC’s new report on climate change is a call to action
The latest IPCC report confirms that we can no longer lose time in prevarication or in finding new excuses not to act, including empty promises …
Green bonds and greener environment: Are they linked?
Green bonds, in particular, may play a key role in the forthcoming economic recovery and may help India achieve the SDGs
CoP18, Doha: An assessment A Gateway that leads nowhere
For the past 20 years, the world has been haggling about who will cut greenhouse gas emissions and how much.
Another bold move by Tuvalu - Update I
As we await news on the status of the Kyoto Protocol plenary (see previous post), Equitywatch offers a more indepth analysis of what's going on.
Another bold move by Tuvalu - Update II
G77 negotiators explain their concerns
Copenhagen talks resumed
Talks have resumed in Copenhagen after informal consultations were held to address concerns of developing countries.
Controversial LCA Text
May remove distinction between developed and developing countries
A possible Copenhagen deal - Update II
Negotiations on a possible Copenhagen outcome text are still underway, but enthusiasm for a deal is on the wane
Political declaration - Update I
A deal just reached between the US and BASIC countries appears to undermine every principle of effective collective action on climate change
Unknown Future
The conference of parties to the un climate convention in Nairobi went along predictable lines.