Factsheet: Carbon budget and INDCs
In its fifth assessment report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published an emission budget which tells us how much CO2 …
Factsheet: What to expect at Peru
Different bodies are mandated to negotiate for different elements under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Some …
Letter to the Prime Minister, India
India’s position at the forthcoming conference of parties of the Framework Convention on Climate Change
How COP24 plans to make itself sustainable
Carpooling, making up for CO2 emissions among measures taken by UNFCCC and Poland environment ministry
Americans not very different from their president
The US citizens are more concerned with cost than action to arrest climate change
Compromise on climate
Nation manages to resuscitate the Kyoto Protocol by a watered-down agreement
Should fat cats guard the cream?
Industrialised countries want to monitor their own compliance to the Kyoto Protocol.
Cheers Chiraq!
The French President calls for equity
Equity Primer
A look at why equity is so important at the climate negotiations
Net-zero emission means doubling energy supply from renewables
World currently depends on 25 per cent of low-emission sources for its energy requirements
Climate Logjam
After wrecking the climate talks in The Hague, the US-led coalition refuses to participate in further negotiations in Oslo
Look who's talking
The president of the world’s most polluting country blames India for global warming
The New Proposal
Pronk offers a compromise plan that gives away too much on sinks
How do your favourite fashion brands score on climate card? Quite bad
Sports brands fare better than fast fashion ones on climate commitments as well as switch to low-carbon materials in manufacturing
The sinking debate
The climate change negotiations have come to a halt over the issue of sinks. Neelam Singh discusses the associated complications
Factsheet: Climate change FAQs
Climate change refers to a change of climate attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global …
Climate crisis: Expect more extreme heatwaves in near future
India witnessed a concurrent increase in meteorological droughts and heatwaves in various parts of the country over the last 60 years
Nuclear Madness
Even as the world abondons nuclear power, the Indian government and industry are pushing for it
RESCUED or DOOMED
Nations adopt a diluted agreement on implementing the Kyoto Protocol that gives away too many concessions to polluting countries
Sinks: Can't convince? Confound
The US has spearheaded a puzzling proposal on sinks that opens loopholes for their own emissions
Wait and watch
The US government is in transition. But why should the rest of the world suffer?
The numbers behind: Climate change
The planet can barely afford any more carbon emissions. But we need to continue to emit for our survival and development. What is the carbon …
United Nations International Maritime Organization agrees to reach net zero “by or around” 2050
Maritime shipping is responsible for 3% of global anthropogenic Greenhouse House Gas emissions, says the IPCC’s 2022 report
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
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