Climate Emergency CoP 25: Can the world reduce its greenhouse emissions to zero by 2050?
To reach this target, the world must completely stop using coal by 2050, shift electricity generation to renewables and gas and remove large …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: The Adaptation Fund is perfectly fit to serve the Paris Agreement
But some countries insist that its fundamental structure be changed
Climate Emergency CoP 25: UN member states continue to default on payments
7.2 million euros outstanding till November 15, 2019
Climate Emergency CoP 25: What exactly are carbon markets?
Rules and guidelines on carbon markets, which trade in 'carbon credits' will be finalised in CoP 25 at Madrid, Spain
Climate Emergency CoP 25: World to warm by 3.2°C
If current national policies the world over persist, global mean temperature will rise by 3.2°C
Bangkok climate intersession: Balanced rulebook must be the priority
The rule book cannot focus only on certain elements of the Paris Agreement and ignore the rest
Climate Emergency CoP 25: The Paris Agreement is tilting into a downward spiral
Procedural and political developments in Madrid show ominous signs
Climate Emergency CoP 25: What to expect from the second week
Political representatives are faced with some clear, but tough, choices
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Technicalities of carbon markets continue to evade consensus
Markets need to be transformative, not just efficient
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Will the world be net carbon zero by 2050
To attain the 1.5°C warming target, the world must completely stop using coal
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Developed countries have already exhausted the Earth’s carbon budget
Carbon space for Africa and India will be pittance; China too is consuming more carbon from the budget
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Why 2020 is a critical year for the planet
This is the year countries will declare the second round of their national targets to reduce GHGs
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Developed countries have largely consumed world's carbon budget
The historical division of the carbon pie has been iniquitous, with rich, developed countries taking the lion's share
Bangkok climate negotiations: The fate of the Adaptation Fund
Discussions dedicated to the Fund are not focussing on critical issues namely, the composition of its Board and reform in the way the Fund …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: New platform linking oceans and climate launched in Madrid
The new platform aims to integrate sensible ocean-based solutions into climate targets
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Technologies being experimented to become net zero carbon
Natural sinks cannot sequester all the carbon we currently emit each year
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.
Climate Emergency CoP 25: A storm is brewing on ‘Loss and Damage’
It is different from mitigation and adaptation, and it needs finance
COP24: Negotiators happy to agree on the basics, but not on long-term vision
With the final Katowice decision yet to come, it is unlikely that longer term issues will be addressed here
COP 26 deferred for COVID-19: 2020 remains critical for climate policy
New national targets are due and novel coronavirus pandemic response is not an excuse for fossil fuel subsidies