Smoking gun letter reveals British CoP president’s 7-point climate action plan
Claire Perry O’Neill’s successor, Britain’s fine civil servants and its first-rate diplomats must work with counterparts in …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Saudi Arabia to delay oil fossil fuel phase-out
It has consistently lobbied that oil-producing countries should be compensated for phasing out fossil fuels
Factsheet: Sharing the climate burden
Equity has been central to the multilateral negotiations on climate change mitigation and adaptation...
The world is warming and we don't know how much carbon can it take
While questions have been raised about the inherent imprecision of the concept of carbon budget, its most important function is to convey the …
COP24: A principled debate on adaptation communications
UN estimates that cost of adaptation in developing countries will rise to $140-300 billion each year by 2030
Paris Agreement goals can be achieved with firm implementation
Two UNFCCC reports say that if actions and efforts are stepped up urgently, the goal to limit global temperature increase to below 2 degrees …
How trade policies can support global efforts to curb climate change
It is important that policies around trade and investment support efforts to adapt to global warming
Bonn climate talks begin to further implementation of Paris Agreement
Developing countries say that the principles of the Convention are not open to negotiation or reinterpretation
Countries differ on the issue of stocktaking at COP 21
Countries agree on taking stock on climate mitigation and finance targets every five years but are more hesitant on doing so for climate adaptation
Trust shaken and time lost at Bonn climate talks
Trust and inclusiveness were questioned even more when observers or civil society were barred from attending the negotiations
Modi forges climate ties with Obama
During his US visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed support for new global climate pact to be signed in Paris by end of 2015; two …
Countries pitch in for early warning systems and accurate weather projections
Workshops in Bonn focus on the development of contingency plans to tackle extreme weather events and their adverse effects on crops
Japan uses climate finance to lend $1 billion to Indonesia for dirty coal
Observers call for clear rules on climate finance to ensure money is not spent on projects that would cause climate change
What to expect of the UN climate change conference in Peru
Centre for Science and Environment’s Vijeta Rattani writes from the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru
The `hot' debate
Operationalisation of equity and financial assistance will determine the future of climate negotiations
90 companies responsible for two-third of global carbon emissions
Coal India Limited listed among the top 20. Should the onus of past carbon emissions be shifted to these companies?
Battle for turf
If the South wants to protect its interests against the power of the Bretton Woods institutions and WTO, it will need its own, equally powerful forum
Polluter says' principle
GEF should have been a liability fund, rather than a 'guilt fund' set up by the North to make up for the global damage it had caused
Free, not fair
Does a country have the right to demand that its domestic standards on environmental protection be applicable to all countries?
Wood-headed proposal
After almost 10 years of fighting for or against a forest convention, there is not even a common view on why forests are under threat and what …
Toxic travellers
Developing countries are wary of the proposed treaty as chemicals like DDT are still used in many malaria-prone regions for vector control
Rio's stepchild
Northern countries still see desertification as a local problem caused by population pressures rather than international trade patterns and …
Biodiversity
To energise the biodiversity convention, the world will have to first deal with difficult countries like the US
Boiling point
Climate change negotiations get emotional because carbon dioxide emissions are closely related to individual lifestyles - and to national …
COP27 was a win for the loss and damage cause; here is what transpired and the road ahead
Sharm El-Sheikh has established a loss and damage fund; but there is no guarantee that the fund that takes shape eventually will even remotely …