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 …

"The name of the game is resource productivity"

Currently chairperson of the Bundestag committee on environment, nature conservation and nuclear safety, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsaecker has …

Who wants what, and how?

The subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC) met recently in Bonn, Germany. These were the first …

"The UK has to live by its wits"

DAVID ANTHONY KING has been chief scientific advisor to the United Kingdom government for 3 years now. Prior to this, he was head of the …

How to make the Commission for Sustainable Development work

It was only half a year ago, but events since the Johannesburg earth summit already make it seem like a distant event. The world has just seen an …

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 …

Newest Biggest Deal

In Kyoto, in 1997, nations of the world agreed the Clean Development Mechanism (cdm) was a competent way to combat climate change. The process …

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 …

European Commission's research commissioner on India's coaction with EU

The first India-European Union ministerial-level science conference took place on February 5, 2007, in New Delhi, signalling, for the first time,…

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 …

Informal stocktaking by CoP President on December 6

We have prepared possible elements of Doha outcome on finance, presented to the Parties and heard their concerns. We look forward to engaging …

Small island states make a stand

COP plenary suspended

The Kyoto Protocol - Battlefield of Hegemonic Struggles in World Politics

It seems that the European Union (EU) has lost the fight with George W. Bush. By Hermann E. Ott

Japan says ‘no’ to Kyoto Protocol second commitment period

 The ghost of the Copenhagen Accord has emerged at the Cancun climate change meeting, with Japan pushing for a single all-inclusive treaty. 

Climate Negotiations: Time for a Rethink

Let’s face it: the global climate change regime is stuck in a rut. By Adil Najam and William Moomaw

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Circumventing climate action

For countries like India to have cleaner futures, climate agreements must walk the talk; not just talk the talk

Intervention by Ms. Mira Mehrishi, AS, MoEF, India during informal Ministerial roundtable

We need to see and ambitious results under the Kyoto Protocol(KP) as well as LCA track to inspire increased global efforts in future.

CoP18, Doha: An assessment A Gateway that leads nowhere

For the past 20 years, the world has been haggling about who will cut greenhouse gas emissions and how much.

Another bold move by Tuvalu - Update I

As we await news on the status of the Kyoto Protocol plenary (see previous post), Equitywatch offers a more indepth analysis of what's going on.

Another bold move by Tuvalu - Update II

G77 negotiators explain their concerns

Copenhagen talks resumed

Talks have resumed in Copenhagen after informal consultations were held to address concerns of developing countries.

Controversial LCA Text

May remove distinction between developed and developing countries

EU peeved as CoP-8 draft does not mention Kyoto Protocol

The European Union (EU) came out strongly against the first draft of the Delhi Declaration at the UNFCCC climate convention in New Delhi

All gas

Negotiations over the past four years have diluted the already weak Kyoto Protocol signed in 1997.

Pressure on the South

The Kyoto Protocol could save the industralised North from taking action to reduce its own emissions. A cheaper and easier option is available to …