What to expect from COP28 2023
Centre for Science & Environment and Down To Earth experts on what negotiations will mainly centre around at COP28 Dubai
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Equity should be a practical necessity, not a moral nicety
Richest 10 per cent population produces half of Earth’s fossil-fuel emissions
COP28: A parent appeals for the future of her children
Leaders at COP28 must listen and act for a healthy future for all our children
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
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
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
The challenge at COP28 really is to have clean language saying “phase out” all fossil fuels: Minal Pathak
Down To Earth talks to Minal Pathak, associate professor at Ahmedabad University and senior scientist of Working Group III of the …
Denmark’s new climate law could potentially be world-leading but does not go far enough
While a crucial step, the law does not reform the Nordic model of consumption
Climate Emergency CoP 25: The Paris Agreement is tilting into a downward spiral
Procedural and political developments in Madrid show ominous signs
Climate Emergency CoP 25: What to expect from the second week
Political representatives are faced with some clear, but tough, choices
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Technicalities of carbon markets continue to evade consensus
Markets need to be transformative, not just efficient
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Carbon capture essential to our future
To allow recovery of the atmosphere, storage of CO2 is necessary for 10,000 years
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Will the world be net carbon zero by 2050
To attain the 1.5°C warming target, the world must completely stop using coal
Changing narratives
It is time we discussed the science behind the phase out of fossil fuels; by when and which fuel
No deal on global carbon market, bilateral carbon emissions trading agreements at COP28; civil society hails move
It would have put human rights, rights of Indigenous Peoples and ecosystem integrity at risk, say civil society members