US energy secretary supports Paris Agreement, wants to renegotiate terms
Rick Perry has not elaborated on what “renegotiate” meant in terms of the Paris Agreement
UK leads G-7 on emission cuts and growth since Rio, says study
The average Briton’s carbon footprint is now 33 per cent less than in 1992 while being more than 130 per cent richer, says the report
A green future ahead as world adopts historic climate deal
Suspense in Paris comes to an end after countries officially adopt new agreement to fight climate change
India endorses outcome text of COP 21
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar said all the points raised by the Indian delegation had been included in the text
Renewables are a complement
Fergus Auld, first secretary, Climate Change and Energy, in the British High Commission, India, speaks to Mario D' Souza about UK's national …
EU must close all 315 coal-fired power plants by 2030 to meet climate goals: study
While the UK has Europe’s third highest capacity for coal, Germany and Poland, together, produce 54 per cent of the EU’s total …
What can we expect from the final UN climate report? And what is the IPCC anyway?
It will explain how greenhouse gas emissions are warming the planet, then delve into the consequences
Economic growth is fuelling climate change — a new book proposes ‘degrowth communism’ as the solution
Author’s attempts to reconcile Marxism with newer ideas around alternatives to economic growth might bring critiques of capitalism to an …
George Bush: "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol"
The leader of the most polluting country in the world claims global warming treaty is "unfair" because it excludes India and China
Why welcome trouble?
What induced the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to issue a statement endorsing a plan that could result in loss of human life, and have …
At COP23, anti-coal protesters disrupt US government event on promoting fossil fuels
Demonstrators, protesting the Trump administration's support for fossil fuels and intention to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement, …
Davos 2023: UN chief urges credible net-zero pledges; slams ‘Big Oil’ firms
Guterres compared fossil fuel sector to the cigarette industry in the 1970s, where businesses were aware of the harmful health impact
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
Intolerance in Paris: an opinion by Sunita Narain
As I write this, it is two days to the endgame at the Paris climate conference. Despite problems, everybody is clear that there will be an …
Little progress in climate negotiations; countries urge for more transparency
Little convergence among parties could be seen under the informal consultation groups constituted by COP president
India announces its INDC, pledges to cut emission intensity of its GDP by 33-35 per cent by 2030
All countries are required to submit voluntary climate action plans as contribution. These will form part of the outcome of Paris climate summit
Final warning
The influence of human activities on the climate is clear and growing. If left unchecked, global warming will have an irreversible impact on …
High road to Dubai COP28: Major differences remain as Bonn climate meet concluded on June 15
Many of the crucial agenda items, such as the Global Stock Take, Global Goal on Adaptation and the hosting of the Santiago Network for Loss and …
CSE welcomes India's decision to ratify Paris Agreement, warns of hard work ahead
By becoming one of the early ratifiers, the country has shown that it is a serious global player in climate negotiations
Consider human development to design global stocktake under Paris deal, says India
India has proposed approach to operationalise equity on the lines of CSE’s advocacy on the issue
COP27: Carbon emissions, energy consumption due to constructions back to pre-COVID levels
Report reveals 10 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emitted in the atmosphere in 2021; Most significant energy demand in last 10 years
World leaders should choose people over profit
Rising hunger, inequality, loss of livelihoods, climate change, environmental degradation, war and vaccine inequality pushed excluded people to …
Sunita Narain highlights hits and misses of Paris climate deal
The agreement has come after an intense two weeks of negotiations and represents a lot of compromises made, particularly by developing countries &…
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 …
Post-Paris climate: the ‘historic’ Agreement
The absence of the term ‘carbon space’ in the Paris Agreement is a reason to worry as this will hurt India in the long run