New priorities

Agroforestry, livestock & non-traditional crops: Ground report finds Himalayan farmers adapting to climate change

Irregular rainfall impacting traditional farming; investments into new methods good examples of climate adaptation, say experts

Indian political parties must prioritise climate change on their manifestos

This would help in mitigating the impacts of climate change and ensure that the country is on a sustainable and resilient path towards a better future

Paris finance meet: Barbados envoy proposes tool to make green finance affordable

A Partial FX Guarantee Mechanism will reduce cost of capital for renewable energy projects in developing countries, says Avinash Persaud in his paper

High road to Dubai COP28: Major differences remain as Bonn climate meet concluded on June 15

Many of the crucial agenda items, such as the Global Stock Take, Global Goal on Adaptation and the hosting of the Santiago Network for Loss and …

South Asia headed for longer heat waves, warm spells

Special report on managing risks of extreme events and disasters recommends change in policy approach

Climate Crisis: Increased evidence of maladaptation, says IPCC Synthesis Report

India has many examples of maladaptation, making vulnerable communities becoming more helpless to climate impact

India’s G20 Presidency: As a major emitter, bloc is obliged to address climate change, sustainable development

Climate finance remains an area of contention within the G20 as there is an uneven distribution of financial resources to countries that are most …

Economic downturn eats into climate mitigation, adaptation funding: UNCTAD

Reduced green investment will put a spanner in the efforts to fasttrack solutions for climate change. 

Climate finance for Small Island Developing States slumped to 2017 levels in 2019: OECD

Small Island Developing States are vulnerable to increased risk of storm surges, sea-level rise and altered rainfall patterns

Switzerland, EU are the first to submit ‘Intended Nationally Determined Contributions’

India to submit voluntary action to tackle climate change by June, ahead of the Paris climate summit

Countries pledge US $9.3 billion to Green Climate Fund

Though the pledges were hailed as a trust-building development, many challenges still need to be addressed

India and climate change

Why shouldn’t I be intolerant?

The circles of information have shrunk to what is most agreeable to listen to. It is no surprise that in all environmental conversations there is …

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

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

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 …

Beyond a green thumb: Green India Mission needs a fresh agenda to meet Nationally Determined Contribution targets

At present, GIM communication is limited to the number of saplings and survival rates, which is not enough

No evidence of policy-driven fall in US emissions post-2005, says new book

'Capitan America', a comprehensive analysis of the US climate action plan, says US INDCs are neither equitable nor ambitious  

Sea of change

Global warming poses threat to CO2-absorbing planktons

Net Zero 2050: Swiss vote for clean energies over fossil fuels

Proposal to cut carbon dioxide emissions, accelerate renewables receives almost 60% votes

Green bonds: Is it green finance or green-washing?

A foremost requirement to develop a robust green bond market is to harmonise international and domestic guidelines and standards for …

'Regional climate models must for managing water'

Subimal Ghosh, faculty member of IIT-Bombay, has been working on localised climate change models. He speaks to Dinsa Sachan about extreme …

Climate-related weather events to break records in US this year, data shows

The country is on its way to record 17 billion-dollar extreme weather events in 2020, having lost $46.6 billion till September

Sunita Narain highlights hits and misses of Paris climate deal

The agreement has come after an intense two weeks of negotiations and represents a lot of compromises made, particularly by developing countries &…

Climate change high on agenda during Obama visit

Outcome of India-US dialogue, particularly relating to renewable energy, will guide India’s intended contribution to global efforts to …