Climate Emergency CoP 25: We have reached the edge — FULL COVER STORY
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Summary of Side Event
Centre for Science and Environment organized a side event in the COP21 at the India Pavillion
Doha outcome adopted. US reserves its right to walk out later
US does a Kyoto again. It rejects the idea of equity by refusing to associate itself to any new agreement that is under the Convention.
The KP Game
Developing countries cannot run away from the fact that at the present rate of emission growth, their combined emissions are projected to …
Pact Politics
High political drama marks climate negotiations as the European Union strives to enforce the Kyoto protocol without the US. The South could play …
Earth Matters
Will the North decide the path of sustainable development for the rest of the world? Will the interests of the South be protected?
LULUCF: Will better science prevail?
Despite uncertainties, long drawn negotiations focus on sinks as an option for carbon mitigation.
The infection that the South must avoid
Trading of Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) will result in a disastrous situation for the South.
Compliance: More words
After a week of negotiations the compliance working group has produced nothing but even lengthier texts and more brackets, in short, a complete farce.
Factsheet: Will the Kyoto Protocol survive?
Following the failure of the 15th Conference of Parties (CoP 15) at Copenhagen to deliver a fair, equitable, ambitious and binding treaty needed …
WWF Global Futures pushes ‘nature-based solutions’ agenda
They are not only a distraction from reducing consumption and decarbonising all sectors of the domestic economy, but also promise to intensify …
Countries must make serious emission cuts, reiterates UN report
Released ahead of the Conference of Parties next week, the Emissions Gap Report has revealed that even with current national commitments fulfilled,…
Balanced and robust Paris rulebook unlikely in Katowice
It will be a mammoth task to have a balanced rulebook that will reflect fair and equitable progress on all agenda items under the Paris Agreement
Climate negotiations and the invisible hand of carbon chaos
According to experts, carbon markets only shift responsibility from the polluters to the invisible hands of the market and fail to decrease …
Norway, Unilever setting up $400-million fund for ‘resilient socioeconomic development’
Under the UN Climate Resilience Initiative, public and private partners are coming together to help countries and communities anticipate and …
Here's why the latest push for pre-2020 action at COP23 is likely to fall flat
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad stressed on the importance of meeting pre-2020 commitments on which there has been little progress so far
Globally supported agricultural insurance mechanism must for developing nations: CSE
Unaffordability is one of the main reasons why farmers are not warming up to the idea of agricultural insurance
Africa presents united front and calls for action at COP22
Africa's key priority is to ensure that global ambitions are in line with the continent’s development goals
COP 22: India not happy with the mode of work under APA
According to India, the progress report was mitigation-centric and did not capture the range and depth of discussions held during deliberations
Paris Agreement inches closer to entry into force this year
Thirty-one countries deposit their instruments of accession with the UN Secretary General, 14 more pledge to join Paris Agreement
Africa Carbon Forum to discuss the continent's prospects post-COP21
A World Bank analysis estimated that not addressing climate change could plunge 43 million people into poverty by 2030 in Africa
500 years of drought and flood: trees and corals reveal Australia's climate history
The dominant theme of Australia’s drought history is variability. The country may get one year of extremely wet conditions or six …
Climate initiatives must keep out large hydropower projects, say environmentalists
Hydro projects emit methane, make water and energy systems vulnerable to climate change, cause severe damage to ecosystems and affect locals
No way forward in climate negotiations
Developed and developing countries agree to disagree as climate negotiations hit a stalemate in Paris
World leaders launch coalition on carbon pricing
Countries agree on imposing carbon tax and adopting a market mechanism for trading carbon as part of their plan to reduce emissions