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. …
With the countries moving step-by-step towards their joint goal to fight impacts of climate change through individual actions, Japan on Monday submitted its post-2020 'climate action plan' to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), promising to cut 26% of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission from its 2013 …
India today cautioned the developed nations against introduction of any new agenda at this "late hour" if they want to make the crucial climate change conference in Paris scheduled for later this year a "success". Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the convention should not be "rewritten" and appealed to …
India, which is expected to submit its post-2020 'climate action plan' to a UN body in September, on Tuesday said that the carbon emission cut targets offered by rich nations as part of their respective pledges were not ambitious. "Numbers (emission cut percentage) offered by the developed countries are not …
Govt revising and enhancing and widening scope of energy efficiency targets for industry India will submit its targets for the Paris climate agreement in about one-month-and-a-half after hectic parleys within ministries, with the industry and others. The announcement will capture the revamped energy efficiency targets the government is planning to …
Through the Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) Namibia will soon be able to access grant funding totalling at least N$588 million to combat climate change. Over the past six months the EIF has been working to join the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and become one of its key multilateral implementing agencies. …
This report outlines the emerging elements of a Paris climate agreement based on in-depth discussions among senior climate negotiators from leading countries. The report foresees a durable legal agreement that sets binding commitments for all parties, holds countries accountable, and works to progressively strengthen global ambition. The report was prepared …
As the world waits word from India on how high a target it will set itself for cutting carbon emissions, New Delhi has said its contribution would be "much more ambitious than what people expect" but rich nations must be ready to share the cost burden. "We will do our …
The New Zealand government was under pressure Wednesday to a plan to meet its new greenhouse gas emissions target. On Tuesday, Climate Change Issues Minister Tim Groser announced the "ambitious" target to reduce emissions to 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, which was equivalent to 11 percent below 1990 …
Better economic growth can help close the greenhouse gas emissions gap, according to a new report released by the New Climate Economy, the flagship project of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. Seizing the Global Opportunity: Partnerships for Better Growth and a Better Climate identifies 10 key areas …
NEW DELHI: In the run up to UN climate change conference in Paris later this year, a green body today urged India to work with developing nations and push for a "fair and equitable" global deal which saves the world from catastrophic climate impacts. The Centre for Science and Environment …
NEW DELHI: The BASIC nations (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) may be presenting themselves as a united bloc, but the group appears to be gradually losing its sting on the climate change front. Countries of the group are moving towards the USdriven bilateral deal to fight climate change even …
There is a widening gap in the Asia and Pacific region between the amount of climate finance directed towards adaptation and mitigation of climate change, and the amount of finance necessary to address these and sustainable development issues. Despite concerted efforts at the international level, climate finance mobilized by international …
Gridlock in the multilateral climate negotiations has created growing scholarly and practical interest in the use of minilateral forums. A large variety of climate club proposals have been developed in recent years, which promise more effective bargaining among the main climate powers, better incentives to encourage mitigation efforts and discourage …
Africa lags dangerously behind on climate adaptation strategies and implementation. Scattered and incoherent climate related policies exist but are not sufficient to give the continent a survival chance under adverse climate change impacts. In a business as usual Africa; adverse effects of climate related disasters will far outweigh the capacity …
South Korea has finalised its 2030 target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 37 percent from business-as-usual (BAU) levels, higher than its earlier plan for a 15-30 percent cut. The country is among the world's top 10 carbon emitters, so any steps it takes to curb emissions are key to …
BEIJING – China is expected to unveil its long-awaited national pledges to reduce carbon emissions beyond 2020, a state-run newspaper said Monday, as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visits Belgium and France ahead of a Paris climate summit. The world’s number one emitter has yet to put forward its intended nationally …
Experts say developed nations should have greater share of responsibility. After G7 countries committed to phase out fossil fuel consumption by 2100 in Germany recently, is it time that India also pursued this goal? While some climate experts argue that should be the case, others say that developed countries have …
Himachal Pradesh has successfully sold its sequestered carbon through plantations and has earned a financial incentive of Rs 1.93 crores as first installment from the government of Spain for implementing climate change mitigation project under Kyoto Protocol. Chief minister Virbhadra Singh informed this today while chairing the meeting of the …
The Earth may be in for a scorcher in the future. The International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that temperatures could just by as much as 4.3 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. Now, they're calling for countries to improve their pledges when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas …
Serbia’s new climate pledge for the coming UN summit in Paris has been hailed by the European commission as an “exemplary” step towards EU accession, even though official figures show that it involves a 15% increase in the country’s emissions by 2030. A Serbian headline pledge to cut emissions 9.8% …
