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. …
Tata Power has crossed the 500 MW mark in renewable energy capacity with the commissioning of a solar plant at Palaswadi, Maharashtra. This is in line with the company’s commitment to have 20-25 per cent contribution in clean energy generated from hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, and waste gas. Currently, Tata …
Obama's big domestic move too little to impact climate talks The United States has announced it will reduce carbon dioxide emissions from coal power plants to 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. Many have begun celebrating it as a giant move considering 40 per cent of the country's …
The aim of this paper is to explore what a flexible and durable climate change agreement could look like and propose pragmatic options for the design of such an agreement. Building some flexibility into the design of the 2015 agreement could make it more durable in the face of new …
The OECD/IEAClimate Change Expert Group (CCXG) has published a paper, titled “GHG or not GHG: Accounting for Diverse Mitigation Contributions in the Post-2020 Climate Framework. The paper highlights that the parties to the UNFCCC are working towards a new climate change agreement in 2015 and are likely to put forward …
An international workshop on “Tree volume and biomass allometric equations in South Asia”, which began at the Kerala Forest Research Institute here on Monday, called for accurate carbon budgets for the tropical forest systems of South Asia. Carbon budget is an amount of carbon dioxide that a country, company or …
With a view of COP19 in Warsaw and beyond, this report shows the wide range of adverse impacts of climate change in Africa and assesses the balance of economic costs, as a function of a range of scenarios including both successful and failed global mitigation efforts, and strong compared to …
When we think of North Korea, we think of a nation determined to be an outsider in the international community. Whether it’s testing nuclear weapons or threatening London hairdressers, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is not usually associated with compliance. But there is compelling evidence that the North Korean …
The government will propose to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in the upcoming National Assembly session that begins tomorrow. The cabinet decided, on May 6, the country should become a member. The agency’s mandate is to promote and adopt sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy. The …
Religious leaders should pull their money out of investments in fossil fuel companies and encourage their followers to do the same, according to the UN's climate chief. Christiana Figueres, who is speaking at St Pauls Cathedral on Wednesday night, urges faith groups to "find their voice" and "set their moral …
The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), at its thirtyseventh session, agreed on the work programme on the revision of the guidelines for the review of biennial reports and national communications, including national inventory reviews, for developed country Parties. The Conference of the Parties (COP) adopted, by decision …
India has unveiled a draft national policy to provide a roadmap for building comprehensive strategies for cutting carbon emissions from deforestation. Officials said the national policy for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) along with the strategies will lead to REDD+ readiness in the country and enable India …
Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere have reached the highest point in 800‚000 years KATHMANDU: The ‘Eighth International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation’ concluded yesterday with the Kathmandu Declaration. According to the organisers, the declaration states that there is a need to raise global fund on climate change. “At least 50 per …
Communities across the developing world have a wealth of local knowledge and ingenuity to adapt more successfully to climate change but they urgently need greater international support to unlock their ambitions, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said on Wednesday. “In the …
Participants attending the ongoing conference on community-based adaptation (CBA) in Kathmandu highlighted the need to enhance the resilience of local communities through adequate funding in a sustainable manner. The eighth version of the CBA, a consolidated effort undertaken by more than 50 countries towards highlighting the activities carried out by …
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell nearly 10 percent from 2005 to 2012, more than halfway toward the United States' 2020 target pledged at United Nations climate talks, according to the latest national emissions inventory. The report showed that emissions dropped 3.4 percent from 2012 to 2011, mostly due to a …
Greenhouse gas emissions by the US dropped 3.4% in 2012 from the previous year and by 10% since 2005, according to an official report. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made this assertion in its 19th annual report, "Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks", submitted to the …
As a UN body - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - in its latest report has set an alarm bell ringing for the world to the looming threats of global warming, its chairman R K Pachauri wants the countries across the globe to look beyond "politics" while arriving at …
Asia is facing the brunt of climate change and will see severe stress on water resources and food-grain production in the future, increasing the risk of armed conflict among India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China, the latest report of a UN panel has warned. UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in …
The land-use sector serves key environmental and social functions and supports the livelihoods of around a half of the world’s population. Despite its importance, however, the climate regime fails to formulate a coherent vision or set of incentives for mitigation and adaptation from the sector. The negotiation of a future …
The purpose of this paper is to provide suggestions for promoting coherence and mutual reinforcement in all three agreements through political recognition, monitoring and reporting and supporting partnerships for national and local action. It is primarily intended for negotiators in the three agreements and for government ministries and partners interested …
