The year 2023 surpassed 2016 as the hottest year on record, intensifying focus on the 1.5°C target. In 2015, countries…
Akshat Rathi’s Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions, is a book heavy on hope, data and examples.…
At COP28, on 9 December, 2023, India’s environment and climate change minister Bhupender Yadav affirmed the country’s “trust and confidence”…
For the first time, countries have agreed to transition away from fossil fuels to avert the worst consequences of the…
If ocean shipping were a country, it would be the sixth-largest carbon emitter, eclipsing Germany, so the International Maritime Organization…
Feel-good, voluntary pledges have dominated the first week of the COP28 UN climate negotiations happening now in Dubai, with host…
The first day of COP28 climate conference reached a consensus to operationalise the Loss and Damage Fund, a crucial milestone.…
In mid-November, hundreds of protestors marched through the streets of Nairobi, led by a ceremonial band. “Let polluters pay the…
A year ago, in the final declaration from COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, the global climate community finally started to…
COP28 will take stock of the step change in ambition needed, but the gulf in climate finance promises and realities…
There are less than 40 days to go until the Conference of Parties (COP28). This also marks the halfway point…
The UN claims to be almost entirely climate neutral, yet that claim is based on buying millions of carbon offset credits…
The adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015 by 196 countries represented the most ambitious statement of intent ever made…
Top leaders from G20 countries are scheduled to meet in New Delhi in September 2023 to deliberate upon major global…
As the world warms due to climate change, threatening millions of lives and livelihoods, nothing is more urgent than clear…
The book, Climate Justice in India, a collection of insightful and well-researched articles by a dozen of the finest scholars…
India is among the frontrunners in terms of exposure of its infrastructure to the vulnerabilities of climate change, according to…
The disconnect between the reality of climate change and the artificial bubble in which global climate negotiations take place became…
The developing world wants financing from the developed world to be the main item on the agenda at this year’s…
Rising global temperatures may lead to more frequent and longer-lasting droughts in India, while posing significant risks to people and…
The effects of climate change are already being felt across the world. As temperatures continue to rise, South Asia is…
Super cyclones, the most intense form of tropical storms, are likely to have a much more devastating impact on people…
Historically, policies to combat climate change have focused on mitigation: reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. This has not worked. The…
In August 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its report of working group 1. It reiterated that…
The UN climate summit COP26 is starting on a more pessimistic note than any of the annual meetings of the…
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