US is becoming a ‘developing country’ on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality
Racism, devotion to ‘American exceptionalism’ behind the decline; US slips to 41st position on UN’s development index
Accountability, equity: Experts suggest what WHO’s first-ever pandemic treaty should encapsulate
The first round of public hearings for the treaty is currently underway though it will be drafted only by 2024
Do not burden poorer nations, says Vajpayee
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, at the opening of the mninisterial section of Cop 8, said on Wednesday, October 30, that developing …
That sinking feeling
Just like at Kyoto, the US and EU are ready to make back-room deals that leave out the concerns of the South. Its time for the G77 to speak up
Climate Emergency CoP 25: India is the only major economy to be ‘2 degree compatible’
The US, China and the EU are ‘highly insufficient’ in their efforts to reduce GHG emissions
Climate Emergency CoP 25: 70% of top polluting countries failed to meet GHGs reduction target
Countries should have been on track to meet the first round of their emission reduction targets under the 2015 Paris Agreement.
The Global South is on the rise — but what exactly is the Global South?
With an economic shift & enhanced political visibility, countries in the Global South are increasingly asserting themselves on the …
Small businesses provide most jobs in under developed, developing nations: ILO
Policy makers need to focus on informal sector and small economic units to address fundamental challenges of employment creation and improvement …
Unequal rights, equal responsibilities?
Industrialised countries want to have the cake and eat it too. President Carlos Menem delivered it to them on a silver platter by agreeing to …
Loss and damage funding officially included in COP27 agenda
Loss and damage financing has been a long-standing demand of developing and vulnerable countries including India
CCS: Fictitious mitigation stumbles
Over the last few days of intense negotiations, Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has emerged as one of the most controversial issues being …
High road to Dubai COP28: Developing countries demand ambition on financial support in Bonn
There can be no discussion on enhancing mitigation ambition in developing country Parties without an accompanied discussion on enhancing …
Poorer countries must be compensated for climate damage. But how exactly do we crunch the numbers?
Most nations signed up to an agreement to establish a so-called loss and damage fund last year
COP15 Montreal: ‘30x30 will create more militarised Protected Areas’
Fiore Longo, director of the French chapter of Survival International, details the disadvantages of 30x30 of the Global Diversity Framework
Conditions to aid and trade
World Resources Institute, a Washington-based non-government organisation, objects to criticism that Northern groups are arm-twisting developing …
Paris finance meet: Key takeaways from a summit that showed the scale of the challenge ahead
The summit did not precipitate any transformational solutions, but it started a conversation on the climate and development financing crisis, and …
COVID-19: Worst economic performance by very poor countries in 30 years
43 least developed countries are experiencing a fall in their average income levels, says UNCTAD report
High road to Dubai COP28: 6th Technical Expert Dialogue on New Collective Quantified Goal held at Bonn
Quantum of new climate finance goal should be based on needs of developing countries, backed by science & tied to specific outcomes, …
Avoiding climate breakdown depends on protecting Earth’s biodiversity — can the COP15 summit deliver?
COP15 brings together parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) with a goal of negotiating this decade’s biodiversity …
COP27 must be remembered as ‘Implementation COP’, says Sameh Shoukry
The developing world’s first COP since Marrakesh in 2016 must implement the ‘Paris Rulebook’
Declining food imports by most vulnerable countries a cause for concern: FAO
World food import bill to touch record high, but cost-of-living pressures may persist in 2023
Debt of emerging markets & developing economies rose by 178% from 2008-2022: Report
The Global South is staring at a debt crisis, but the “Common Framework” created to provide debt relief has serious shortcomings
50 years of international aid: World’s richest countries owe $5.7 trillion debt to poor, says OXFAM
Substantial debt owed to world’s poorest people 9 times more than sub-Saharan Africa’s stock of external debt at 2019-end
High road to Dubai COP28: Here is how Global Stocktake talks fared in week 1 at Bonn
Adaptation, finance and pre-2020 implementation gap highlighted at Bonn Climate Conference
Time to reform UN Security Council, Bretton Woods system outdated: Guterres
Can’t ignore vast majority of countries suffering a deep financial crisis, UN Secretary-General says at G7 meet