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. …
This document presents a synthesis report on the aggregate effect of the 119 intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) communicated by 147 Parties by 1 October 2015. It provides estimates of the aggregate greenhouse gas emission levels in 2025 and 2030 resulting from the implementation of those INDCs. Those levels are …
The analysis presented here considers whether the INDCs that were submitted by 23 October 2015 are consistent with a reasonable chance of not exceeding the 2°C warming limit. As of 23 October 2015, 154 countries (including the 28 Member States of the European Union) had submitted INDCs, including pledges to …
Modi will join US President Barack Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and leaders of Brazil, S Africa and Canada amongst others. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 80 other world leaders will attend the two-week climate change conference in Paris this year, …
If the countries stick to the climate efforts that they have now committed, these could lead to long term temperature increase to around three degree Celsius, a notch above the goal of limiting global warming to two degree Celsius, projects new research. A total of 155 countries representing around 90 …
In a clear indication of what India would pitch for having an effective and equitable climate deal in Paris in December, New Delhi has once again asked the rich nations to come out with a clear financial roadmap having new "predictable" and "additional" resource flow to meet requirements of finance …
India has not shied away from coming forward with "generous commitments" to combat climate change even as developed nations have fallen short of their obligation to provide finance as well as technologies for mitigation, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya said. In a blogpost on the NITI Aayog website today, …
Roman Catholic leaders from around the world on Monday made a joint appeal to a forthcoming United Nations conference on climate change to produce a "fair, legally binding and truly transformational" agreement. The Catholic cardinals, patriarchs and bishops from across the globe signed the appeal in the Vatican, saying climate …
GCOS has released its report Status of the Global Observing System for Climate (GCOS-195) which has been submitted to the UNFCCC in December in Paris. The results of the global observing system have proved invaluable and have underpinned the IPCC fifth assessment report. However, as the IPCC identifies, there are …
The 5-day session in Bonn was spent in restoring a sense of balance in the draft agreement and not excluding the voice of developing countries. CSE warns that much time has been lost in the process and this is going to make arriving at a Global Climate Change Agreement in …
OECD report says $62 bn given in 2014-15; developing nations allege creative accounting and green-washing Developing countries irked by report saying climate change funds delivered A recent report claiming $62 billion has been mobilised as climate finance funds in 2014-15, against the developed countries’ commitments of an annual $100 billion …
Countries begin negotiating on new balanced draft for Paris agreement As delegations from 196 countries woke up to a more balanced second draft for Paris agreement on Tuesday morning in Bonn, the gathered civil society faced a lockout from the meat of the negotiations over the next four days. The …
The European Union is on track towards meeting and overachieving its 2020 target for reducing greenhouse emissions by 20%, according to a report published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The "Trends and projections in Europe 2015" report reveals that greenhouse gas emissions in Europe decreased by 23% between 1990 …
France has urged the Federal Government to submit its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), a Climate Action Plans, to the UN few weeks to the climate change conference in Paris. Stephane Gompertz, France's Ambassador for Climate Change, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday that Nigeria …
Union Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that he has instructed his ministry officials to develop more cost effective and efficient electrical lamps and other solar devices for the benefit of people. Speaking at a “Science Express” event at the Safdarjung Railway Station …
Negotiations towards a new climate deal to be agreed at the UN climate conference in Paris in December have included voluntary climate targets by countries around the world in the form of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). A total of 146 countries, representing almost 87 per cent of global greenhouse …
Climate change and regional development projects are threatening the health and livelihood of indigenous peoples in the Turkana region of northwest Kenya, Human Rights Watch said in a report released. The report, “There Is No Time Left: Climate Change, Environmental Threats, and Human Rights in Turkana County, Kenya,” highlights the …
Why India received a pat on its back recently Even though India submitted its ‘voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction’ to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change just minutes after the clock ticked into the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, it was still October 1 in Bonn, the headquarters of …
At the time when India is asking rich nations to look at their lifestyle and excessive consumption pattern to reduce their carbon footprints, an Indian green think tank - the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) - on Wednesday came out with a comprehensive study substantiating New Delhi's view point. …
Recognizing "renewable energy" and "efficient use of energy" as the most effective routes to mitigate climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions, India and Germany on Monday decided to move on this path more aggressively under the new 'Indo-German Climate and Renewable Alliance'. They identified seven focus areas to intensify their ongoing cooperation. …
NEW DELHI: India has pledged to further reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions its produces for every dollar of economic output, increase the share of non-fossil fuels in the installed power generation capacity, and increase its forest and tree cover, which will provide additional carbon sinks. This is not …
