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 World Bank sees money in emissions trading
Daphne Wysham is the co-author of a recent report, The World Bank and the G-7: Changing the Earth's Climate for Business . She is also the …
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 …
Emissions trading: ‘Permanence of carbon credits, human rights protection needs focus at COP27’
Jonathan Crook, policy officer at Carbon Market Watch, on carbon market negotiations in the first week of COP27
Paying the Carbon Price: The Subsidisation of Heavy Polluters Under Emissions Trading Schemes
Paying the Carbon Price analyses the practice of freely allocating permits in Emissions Trading Schemes (ETSs)
A bad bargain
If the atmosphere is a common resource shared by everyone then should the South let itself be bullied into accepting a US diktat on emission …
Greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high and Earth is warming faster than ever: Report
Humanity has caused surface temperatures to warm by 1.14°C since the late 1800s; this warming is increasing at an unprecedented rate of over 0.…
Hyundai: Stringent norms?
As per the auto fuel policy released this year, vehicles running in cities must meet Euro iii emission norms, apparently very stringent, by April …
Trade vs environment
Nine years since the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was created, the environmental impacts of trade liberalisation in the region …
Gujarat launches India’s first trading programme to combat particulate air pollution
Launched on World Environment Day, the programme is a market-based system where the government sets a cap on emissions and allows industries to …
Pongamia power enables Adilabad villagers to export carbon credits to Germany
When Gond tribals of Chalpadi village in Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh agreed this April to export 900 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in …
Push for market-based solutions to address climate change
Countries and businesses, under the aegis of Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, signal support for carbon pricing ahead of New York climate meet
EU’s top 10 emitters are all coal plants — and 7 of them are repeat offenders
Poland, Germany dominate Europe’s emissions; long-term trend of coal power emissions shows a decline
Africa Climate Summit 2023: African Carbon Markets Initiative to benefit fossil fuel companies, financial brokers, says report
Initiative has already attracted investors from the United Arab Emirates which has committed to buy $450 million of carbon credits
Six takeaways from IPCC AR6 Report: Long-term benefits of cutting emissions today outweigh costs
The report provides an exhaustive list of solutions across the energy, buildings, transport, land and industrial sectors which show that it is …
Green issues need equitable entitlements
Now that the Cold War is over, concern for the environment will play a vital role in international relations in the foreseeable future.
Befitting slow pace
A slowed down ocean circulation has led to Pacific Ocean releasing less amount of carbon dioxide
Strict US norms for motorcycles
The US Environmental Protection Agency has kickstarted the cleanup drive for highway motorcycles by revising their emission standards after two …
‘Futures trading can bring efficiency to California’s water sector’
Michael Kiparsky from the University of California tells Down To Earth that fears about futures trading in water commoditising it are …
Lessons from PAT scheme can shape Indian carbon market
Carbon Credit and Trading Scheme must set ambitious targets and robust framework; compliance must be timely and with real penalties
All gas
It's that time of the year again when international circles start buzzing with talks of global warming and changing climate...
Paris Agreement: Five years on, it’s time to fix carbon trading
Setting the rules that govern emissions trading, financing and support for developing countries over 2021 will be critical
Have some economists severely underestimated the financial hit from climate change? Recent evidence suggests yes
Extreme weather is expected to upend lives and livelihoods, intensifying wildfires and pushing ecosystems towards collapse as ocean heatwaves …
This study looked at how rivers throughout the world are faring — and the findings are disturbing
Within the next 70 years, certain species of fish could die out completely due to longer periods of low oxygen levels