The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
Let's align the blame game with the facts So the Copenhagen summit on climate change has been killed even before it has started. The US and other countries have formally recognised that the summit next month will not achieve its basic objective of working out a post-Kyoto accord on future …
JAIDEEP MISHRA FOR everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else, noted the poet and essayist who had two feet firmly on the ground, a realist. That was then, in more simplistic times when win-win outcomes and group-dynamic strategies were …
Sometime ago we asked if Barack Obama was black or white. Now we are wondering how green he is, going by the way the US establishment has already given up on a legally binding global agreement on climate change at Copenhagen. However, the American president needs to be complimented for …
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: The United States and China have lent their support to achieving a legally-binding agreement at the Copenhagen climate talks next month, reviving hopes of a deal being reached. After talks between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao, the two countries said in a joint …
The United Nations and Denmark, the host of the Copenhagen UN climate change summit, today suggested new deadlines next year for the conclusion of a binding treaty on greenhouse gas emissions. The top UN climate official said a treaty could be wrapped up by mid-2010, while Denmark said it might …
With less than a month to go for the Copenhagen climate conference, there is great expectation that India, the fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases, will come up with a clear plan to stem the growth of its carbon emissions. After a long phase of denial, there are some signs …
India Must Ensure Kyoto, UNFCCC Not Jeopardised Urmi A Goswami NEW DELHI THE death knell for the Copenhagen climate change summit has been rung. With the US, the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, throwing its weight behind the proposal to postpone a legally-binding climate deal till 2010 or later, the …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has instructed Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh and the PM's special envoy on climate change Shyam Saran to sit together and formulate a "joint statement" on India's approach to the Copenhagen Climate Summit scheduled for December 7 to 18. Jairam Ramesh Alarmed …
US President Barack Obama and other world leaders have decided to put off the difficult task of reaching a climate change agreement at a global climate conference scheduled for next month, agreeing instead to make it the mission of the Copenhagen conference to reach a less specific
Q&A;: Rajendra K Pachauri, Director-General, The Energy and Resources Institute Leslie D'Monte & Kirtika Suneja / New Delhi November 16, 2009, 0:53 IST Rajendra K PachauriThe past two months have been a roller-coaster ride for India in terms of its stance on climate change. And talks to be held in …
CAREN BOHAN US President Barack Obama and other world leaders on Sunday supported delaying a legally binding climate pact until 2010 or even later, under a compromise deal for next month's Copenhagen summit. "Given the time factor and the situation of individual countries we must, in the coming weeks, focus …
IF Arandom perusal of various commentaries on the forthcoming climate change negotiations at Copenhagen next month are a guide, it is clear that not much is likely to be achieved there. It is unlikely that a mandatory framework of carbon reductions will emerge to guide countries in domestic legislation. One …
With developed countries doing little to ensure that Copenhagen yields a comprehensive global agreement, the stalled climate change negotiations are likely to receive a big impetus later this week from China, which is learnt to be all set to announce some major concessions during US President Barack Obama's visit. Beijing …
As 300 million people move to urban centres in the next 40 years, the challenge is to redesign transport systems and land-use patterns that will help optimise energy use, says Mukul Sanwal WE DO need a new approach to climate change. However, to safeguard our national interest, we must maintain …
India on Tuesday said a deliberate attempt was being made to downgrade international expectations from the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change, which is
New Delhi: Reiterating India's long standing position, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that it is the responsibility of the industrialised countries to pay for fighting climate change for their historical greenhouse gas emissions. Speaking in the Capital on Tuesday on the concluding day of the India Economic Summit, organised …
