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. …
Zimbabwe has finalised mandatory proposals on how it plans to reduce greenhouse gases emissions after 2020, but it will not tie itself down to implementing policies that disrupt economic development. The plan centres on adaptation and contains components on vulnerability and mitigation, to be achieved by ramping up investments in …
The Gambia government through the Ministry of Energy in conjunction with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Gobal Environment Facility (GEF) on Wednesday validated a renewable energy project dubbed, UNIDO/GEF5 Project meant to promote the use and integration of Small to Medium Scale Renewable Energy Systems in …
Combating climate change is perhaps the most formidable public policy challenge of the times. Unmitigated climate change will be irreversible. It will place significant costs on future generations, and expose them to unexplored risks. To mitigate climate change, global coordination is indispensable. European Union citizens consider climate change a central …
This is a summary of the in-session workshop on gender-responsive climate policy with a focus on mitigation action and technology development and transfer requested by decision 18/CP.20. The workshop was held in Bonn, Germany, on 8 and 9 June 2015, during the forty-second sessions of the subsidiary bodies. Discussions were …
Mr. Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has assured banks and other funding agencies that the Government of India has put in place an elaborate eco-system to support green projects and it was now up to the lending agencies to help bring down the cost of capital …
In the run-up to the global climate conference in Paris later this year, the Modi government will launch an extensive media and public campaign for three months on efforts being made to reduce greenhouse gases and mitigate climate change in India. The programme, to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra …
This plan was prepared in line with the broad set of guidelines set forth by UNFCCC for development of national adaptation plans (NAPs) (UNCCS 2012). The NAP process of UNFCCC is a generalized process consisted of four stages that could be customized according to specific situations in respective countries. According …
Climate change is a "pressing" global challenge and the poor people are "most adversely" affected by it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said and suggested a shift of the discourse on the issue from "climate change to climate justice." "In my view, the most adversely affected by climate change are …
Financial support for developing countries is a core issue under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Industrialised countries strongly emphasise the potential role of carbon markets in mobilising the required finance. In the research project “Analysis of the Role Carbon Markets Can Play for Global Climate Finance …
To overcome an "emissions gap," an anticipated global deal on climate change should encourage countries to upscale their ambition on carbon emissions reductions every few years, according to a paper published Monday by two British institutes. The paper was written by researchers from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change …
Arunachal Pradesh Assembly speaker Nabam Rebia would hold Third Legislators’ Meet at Fourth Sustainable Mountain Development Summit in Itanagar on October 8. Rebia has finalised to hold the meet after an hour long discussion with Lok Sabha member from Sikkim and Globe India secretary general PD Rai at Arunachal Bhawan …
India's climate action plan ahead of the United Nations' Paris summit in December will come with sector-specific emphasis on emission reduction. The Union environment ministry has held at least five rounds of meetings with key infrastructure ministries to help clarify the definition, scope and approach for preparing India's Intended Nationally …
Major UNFCCC carbon trading scheme hit by serious corruption allegations involving organised crime in Russia and Ukraine A key carbon offsetting scheme was so open to abuse that three quarters of its allowances lacked environmental integrity, a new report says. UN officials confirm the findings by the Stockholm Environment Institute …
India will not announce its peaking (peak emission) year, unlike China, in its 'climate action plan' which is to be submitted by the country to the UN body on climate change in September. Instead of specifying any timeline to cap its emission of greenhouse gases, the country will, rather, focus …
The meeting to draw up a climate change regime for 2020 and beyond in Paris later this year will, as usual, be fraught with overwhelming complexity. Will "climate clubs" be able to offer room for making greater efforts in smaller groups?
EU Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete today asked India, Indonesia, Argentina, Brazil and other big countries to immediately submit their emissions reductions targets for the UN climate summit in Paris later this year. "Key G20 countries such as Argentina, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey must submit their …
Describing solar energy as the ultimate solution to India's energy problem, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called upon Indian scientists to work towards developing more efficient equipment which could revolutionise the entire sector. His remarks came during his interaction with 30 eminent scientists from top institutions of India …
Pledges made by countries ahead of the Paris UN Conference in December are not sufficient to limit global warming to 2°C, according to analysis published today by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change. The US is expected to offer emissions cuts of 26 to 28% by 2025, the EU …
ZAMBIA has been awarded the opportunity to become the first African country to host the board meeting of the Worldwide Green Climate Fund (GCF). In this regard, Zambia is expected to share its experience and raise awareness to the world about the impact of climate change in the country's regions …
Countries agreed at the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP20) in Lima, Peru, in December 2014 to set out their intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) during the first quarter of 2015, ahead of COP21 in Paris, France, in December 2015. As of 20 July 2015, 46 countries, …
