'CBD has lost its track'
Bolivia is one of the few countries that has consistently been opposing treating biodiversity as a commodity at the ongoing Conference of Parties …
‘There is more global investment in renewable energy than in fossil fuel’: UNFCCC
The current level of carbon pricing is unfair, where the polluter is not paying but is being rewarded
A history of climate change negotiations for beginners: Then and now
China’s announcement of achieving net-zero by 2060 is a stepping stone in fight against climate change. But it means nothing until …
New CoP 26 Glasgow president: Alok Sharma distracts from national ambition
Nature-based solutions and Net Zero are welcome and adaptation finance is crucial. But they must not distract from enhancing countries’ …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: New index makes scathing critique of climate laggards
Approval of Adani mine makes Australian government an “increasingly regressive force”
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Can the world reduce its greenhouse emissions to zero by 2050?
To reach this target, the world must completely stop using coal by 2050, shift electricity generation to renewables and gas and remove large …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Gender justice being marginalised in Madrid
Countries are nitpicking on Sustainable Development Goals and are divided on finance
Green Climate Fund gets richer after G20 pledges; Australia refuses to contribute
Contributions are believed to be a vital step towards reaching global climate agreement in Paris
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 …
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
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Negotiations drag on, African group expresses worry over outcome
We would rather that there be no decision on some issues than having a bad decision, leaders of the African Group of Negotiators say
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Roadblock for Adaptation Fund
Developing countries willing to compromise on the negotiations to get Article 6 of Paris Agreement moving in the right direction
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Saudi Arabia to delay oil fossil fuel phase-out
It has consistently lobbied that oil-producing countries should be compensated for phasing out fossil fuels
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Developed countries have already exhausted the Earth’s carbon budget
Carbon space for Africa and India will be pittance; China too is consuming more carbon from the budget
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Why 2020 is a critical year for the planet
This is the year countries will declare the second round of their national targets to reduce GHGs
Five things that should happen at the Bonn climate talks but probably won’t
Parties could agree on certain rules in order to help the first stocktake of progress in implementing the agreement
COP28 head calls for ramping up renewables, carbon capture and climate finance
Comments indicate a focus on abatement technologies at Dubai summit over fossil phase-out