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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 …

Inaction on climate change risks leaving future generations $530 trillion in debt

This would be the cost of “negative emissions” technologies required to remove CO₂ from the air

Climate change to affect rice productivity, finds a new study

Elevated temperature was found to have a negative impact on rice productivity, even nullifying the positive effects of higher level of CO2  …

Rich nations unwilling to respect UNFCCC principles at Bonn talks

Different elements including means of implementation, equity and adaptation being interpreted against the spirit of UNFCCC by developed countries

Plateful of pain

Climate change will make the disease burden more complex. Breakthroughs may help the affluent, but the poor will not have access to even basic …

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

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 …

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, …

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