India’s Third National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was submitted on December 9, 2023. The report contains information on India’s greenhouse gas emissions, its vulnerability to climate change, and the measures it is taking to mitigate emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. …
PUNE: India has deposited its instrument of ratification with the UN Depositary to join the Paris Agreement. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed India's decision to ratify the Paris Agreement. However, the CSE has expressed it apprehensions about the implementation. "The Paris deal is weak and erases historical …
The fight against climate change began in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro that gave birth to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. And culminated with a global agreement in Paris last year. THE PARIS Agreement on climate change, which India ratified on Sunday, is close …
The relationship between trade policy and climate policy needs to improve in the future, in particular with a view towards implementing the Paris Agreement. With the aim of making trade policy supportive of climate action, this working paper discusses the relationship between the regimes established by the World Trade Organization …
This study proposes a Standardized Crediting Framework (SCF) as a new approach to crediting emission reductions for energy access, which goes beyond the current Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Programme of Activities (PoA) model, has lower transaction costs and encourages private sector engagement in energy access investments. It is a concept …
The role of agriculture should go beyond just generating food to help address global challenges such as climate change and antimicrobial resistance, the head of United Nations agriculture agency stressed today. "Agriculture is at the very heart" of a recent series of ground-breaking international agreements, including the Sustainable Development Goals …
NEW DELHI: India's decision to ratify+ the Paris climate change agreement on October 2 will give New Delhi a role in shaping global rules of the emerging climate order. It's a statement that India is no longer a compulsive contrarian, but wants to be in on the creation of new …
The Paris Agreement is an international agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and has been ratified by 61 countries till now. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday that India will ratify the COP21 Paris Agreement on climate change. The Paris Agreement is an international …
NEW DELHI: India will ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change on October 2, PM Narendra Modi said on Sunday, brightening the prospect of the deal coming into force this year. Making the big announcement while addressing BJP's national council meet in Kozhikode on Sunday , Modi said, "Today, on …
The Paris Agreement on climate change moved closer to enter into force this year as 31 more countries on Wednesday joined it at a special event hosted by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York. The number of the countries, which joined the Paris Agreement, has now reached …
The ministers underscored the importance of the Canada–India Energy Dialogue and discussed ongoing work in support of the objectives established under Mission Innovation. Maintaining that the world is changing with increasing energy demand, shifting energy markets and the effects of climate change, India and Canada have agreed take action to …
A second China Airlines aircraft joined Taiwan’s Pacific Greenhouse Gases Measurement project, a platform for gathering climate change data from throughout the region, in July this year. (Courtesy of NCU) The second round of results from aircraft and ship-based monitoring of greenhouse gas levels above the Pacific Ocean under a …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) believes that since Asian and African countries—which lack the ability to reduce risk or cope with climate risks— experience climate risks disproportionately, the importance of tools like agricultural insurance meant for sharing and transferring the risks are significant and therefore must receive greater global …
LUDHIANA: Scientists at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (Gadvasu) have earned a competitive research project, "Towards climate resilient livestock production system in Punjab," from the ministry of environment, forests and climate change, under the National adaptation fund on climate change. Research director Dr SNS Randhawa said Gadvasu …
Dave said if India could get success in the research on solar power, the country can end the burning of wood forever. India is planning to start extensive research on the use of solar power to bring about a “revolution” in this field, Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said today. …
India on Monday made it clear that the country would not agree to any move of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to propose carbon emission tax on its airlines in the garb of offsetting emission in the aviation sector and said that the global market-based measures must "take care …
Global airlines body International Air Transport Association (IATA) has expressed confidence that a consensus will be reached on limiting the carbon emissions in the aviation sector during the forthcoming ICAO Assembly. Global Market Based Measures (GMBMs), a potential means for limiting or reducing carbon emissions, have been under consideration of …
The global battle against climate change has passed a historic turning point with China’s huge coal burning finally having peaked, according to senior economists. They say the moment may well be a significant milestone in the course of the Anthropocene, the current era in which human activity dominates the world’s …
This paper surveys a sample of INDCs and assesses how capacity building is identified and mentioned in the context of their pledges towards the Paris Agreement. The paper suggests that it is necessary to improve prior information on capacity building gaps and needs to enhance clarity, transparency and understanding, and …
The authorities of Munroe Thuruth Gram Panchayat, under which these islands fall, and political activists have sought assistance from global conservation organisations to deal with the "alarming" situation. Some tiny islands formed by backwaters of scenic Ashtamudi Lake and Kallada River in Kollam Disrict in southern Kerala, among the major …
In December 2015, the Paris Agreement recognized the critical role of forests in combating climate change. This recognition included actions to halt and reverse the rate of deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, which have contributed up to 20 percent of annual greenhouse gas emissions. To assist countries in …
