Climate equity: women as agents of change
The “Climate Equity: Women as Agents of Change” Report has been jointly produced by the National Commission on Status of Women and UNDP Pakistan. The findings of the report have emerged from an extensive
Climate Equity
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Sharing the climate burden
Equity has been central to the multilateral negotiations on climate change mitigation and adaptation between the South and the North. The dispute is not with the science that establishes the need to keep
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The politics of climate change in India: narratives of equity and co‐benefits
India occupies an intriguing dual position in global climate politics – a poor and developing economy with low levels of historical and per capita emissions, and a large and rapidly growing economy with
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Greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2030
A greenhouse gas reduction target of 40% below 1990 levels for 2030 for the European Union, to be achieved within Europe, would not necessarily be sufficient for achieving the target of limiting global
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Ajit Singh against EU carbon tax
New Delhi: Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh on Monday said that India is strongly opposed to any kind of sustainable measures that would restrict growth of India’s aviation industry, including the carbon
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The North-South divide, equity and development – The need for trustbuilding for emergency mobilisation
The impasse in the climate negotiations runs very deep, and is ultimately rooted in the nature and limits of the current development model. That said, there is a great deal that could be done to build
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The outcome at RIO+20 reinforces the consensus at Copenhagen to enable equitable access to sustainable development for all countries
The theme of the Rio + 20 Conference was "Green economy in the context of sustainable development and eradication of poverty" and it has not been possible to the find common ground in the serious differences
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Green growth and equity in the context of climate change: some considerations
Green growth entails several different kinds of processes: conversion to low-carbon energy, climate resilience, and response to climate shocks. Equity implies a fair sharing of the costs, within countries
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Don't blame us
<p>For two decades, the club of rich nations has failed to reduce carbon emissions in a meaningful way. It did not grant emerging markets the atmospheric space they need to develop, and has begun to blame
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Rio+20: Manmohan hits out at developed nations
Rio de Janeiro: The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today again admonished the West for living the high life and not paying for it. In a 600-word statement he told the Plenary of the United Nations
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Rio+20 must come up with framework, not rigid rules: TERI paper
As the two-day Rio+20 Summit kicks off in Brazil to brainstorm on how to save the planet by promoting a green economy, The Energy and Resources Institute of India (TERI) has called for a framework rather