Rescued or doomed
Nations adopt a diluted agreement at Bonn on implementing the Kyoto Protocol. 180 countries finally reached an agreement on the rules to …
2013 set to be one of 10 warmest years: global Met agency
Statement released at ongoing Warsaw climate talks says January to September months were warmer despite absence of El Nino or La Nina events
Push to strengthen Basel Convention regional centres
Centres in turn will assist in ratifying ban on toxic exports from rich nations to the poor
Tribals nail government lie on protecting indigenous people at biodiversity meet
'Will the Indian government abandon mining projects to protect us?' ask residents of Singrauli who face displacement because of Mahan coal project
Nations discuss ban on toxic exports
Ban Amendment seeks to curb export of hazardous waste by rich countries to the poor, but has not been brought into force since 1994
Channelling of Green Climate Fund begins; fund board identifies seven entities
Process has begun months before COP 21 in Paris where countries will negotiate the new climate deal
Negotiations on biological resources inch forward
The conservation and sustainable management of biological resources was high on the international agenda in February 2004. Representatives of …
Time-out
The 17th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change met in Durban in December 2011. Negotiations were heated and …
Frozen at gateway
The Doha outcome is all talk no action. In 2007, the Bali Action Plan had called for an urgent reduction in carbon emissions by developed …
'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 …
Cancun clinches deal—for polluters
Cancun has restored the sanctity of multilateral negotiations under the UN climate convention. People had lost faith in it by the end of the …
Climate Control
Politics gets the better of common sense on the issue of global warming. At the upcoming climate change talks in Buenos Aires, US-led developed …