Forests are vital to protect the climate, yet the world is falling far behind its targets
Global climate targets, sustainable development goals and forest commitments depend on each other
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Circumventing climate action
For countries like India to have cleaner futures, climate agreements must walk the talk; not just talk the talk
Pressure point
At the climate change conference in Poznan, Poland, the world could get cooked, for good A curtain raiser on the climate negotiations in …
COP28: India spent about Rs 13.35 lakh crore in 2021-22 on climate adaptation
This is just over 5.5 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product
Simply Put: COP28 ends
Simply Put: False hopes
Climate-linked health agenda can be part of Dubai cover text: COP28 Director-General
India not part of signatories; World Health Organization to continue engagement with New Delhi on issue
CSE & DTE roundtable: What to expect from COP28
Global stocktake, loss and damage, mitigation, carbon markets, decarbonisation and climate finance. Here is what can happen at COP28
Drought emergency declared by 23 countries in 2022-23, shows global drought map
1.84 billion people were drought stricken, out of which 4.7% exposed to severe or extreme drought
Dark underbelly of carbon trade
CSE-DTE’s investigation has found inconvenient truths, which should lead us to change
Climate Emergency CoP 25: The Adaptation Fund is perfectly fit to serve the Paris Agreement
But some countries insist that its fundamental structure be changed
Climate Emergency CoP 25: UN member states continue to default on payments
7.2 million euros outstanding till November 15, 2019
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Carbon capture does more harm than good
It increases air pollution and social costs
Easy targets
High-income nations across the world appear focused on agriculture as the sector to enforce emissions cut for meeting national climate goals
Climate emergency: A question of semantics?
Framing the changing climate as an emergency is preventing progress towards climate action
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Chile pushes for ambitious outcome in Madrid
However, even as the event reached its last day, resolution of key issues is still awaited
Climate Emergency CoP 25: What exactly are carbon markets?
Rules and guidelines on carbon markets, which trade in 'carbon credits' will be finalised in CoP 25 at Madrid, Spain
Climate Emergency CoP 25: World to warm by 3.2°C
If current national policies the world over persist, global mean temperature will rise by 3.2°C
Climate Emergency CoP 25: A gap that keeps growing
The Emissions Gap Report for this year makes it clear that countries around the world are falling short to reach their targets vis-à-vis …
Bangkok climate negotiations: Carbon market discussions miss the point
Implementing carbon markets can incentivise climate action and emission reductions; however, the state of current negotiations makes that questionable
Bangkok climate intersession: Balanced rulebook must be the priority
The rule book cannot focus only on certain elements of the Paris Agreement and ignore the rest
Need for coherence inside and outside of the UNFCCC: Figueres
The UNFCCC Executive Secretary was speaking at the stocktake event held half-way through the Bonn climate talks to assess progress
India still in endosulfan denial
International review committee pushes for global ban
Fossil fuels’ death-knell sounded at COP28 held in oil-rich UAE; Al Jaber takes credit for keeping 1.5ºC target alive
Experts slam final text as weak, inadequate, with loopholes, and not in accordance with science; hail historical first entry of …
COP28: Initial text on Global Goal on Adaptation rejected by developing countries
Down To Earth’s Akshit Sangomla discusses the negotiations regarding the Global Goal on Adaptation