Temperatures crossed 1.5°C for the whole of 2023; last month hottest January on record, say EU scientists
While the world has not yet breached the Paris Agreement target (an average global temperature over decades), it is moving ever closer to it
Developed countries want Paris Climate Change treaty to be outside the convention
This will help to break the differentiation between developed and developing countries
COP28 Recap: What was finally decided in the Global Stocktake?
Global Stocktake text has some key highlights & evident gaps, a big one being on the operationalisation of equity in the fossil fuels transition
Fiji becomes the first country to ratify Paris Agreement
Fiji has also pledged an unconditional 10 per cent emissions cut by 2030
The rebuttals all around
India rebutts US and EUs attempts to make developing countries pay for climate finance
Activists object to having carbon-emitting sponsors for COP 21
Say sponsorship of UN climate conference by big carbon emitters is hypocritical
Four agreements signed at meet organised by International Solar Alliance
Prime Minister Modi called on all UN members to join ISA to save the Earth
Developing countries say act now for ambitious climate deal
Developed countries face increasing pressure to take action in the pre-2020 period