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 …
Rajiv Tikoo : The final round of negotiations before the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen begins in Barcelona today. Apart from the issues of adaptation, mitigation, financing and technology transfer, the agenda lists a discussion on the next phase of commitments of industrialised countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions …
The Bangkok and Barcelona negotiations demonstrated that the international climate negotiations have yet to reach the level of maturity required for states to adopt a legally binding instrument. Disappointing as this may be, an analysis of provisions and instruments that are not legally binding in the formal sense, in their …
This brief paper, identifies key elements for a successful and possible outcome in Copenhagen. These include a clear set of follow-on negotiations to complete a legally binding agreement. This process could be achieved in two stages - at continuation of the COP 15 Copenhagen session six months later (a so-called …
This policy brief summarizes the current state of international climate negotiations relating to technology transfer and draws on an assessment of pertinent research to develop recommendations for participants at the upcoming climate negotiations in Copenhagen. Proposals geared towards the establishment of a new body responsible for technology in a future …
This new publication 'the Global Peatlands CO2 picture provides for the first time the peatland emission data for all peat-containing countries in the world (175 countries= 90% of all countries). This overview has been produced to facilitate the UNFCCC climate negotiations in response to a call by countries for emission …
This text of the Brussels European Council Presidency Conclusions states EU position with regards to the Copenhagen Climate Conference.Says that EU is committed to take a decision to move to a 30% reduction by 2020 compared to 1990 levels, as its conditional offer to a global and comprehensive agreement for …
T. Jayaraman To keep its developmental options open, India must insist that the North drastically reduce its occupation of the global atmospheric commons and compensate the South for what it has taken away. What precisely is at stake in global climate change negotiations for India and other developing countries? Undoubtedly, …
New Strategy To Force Countries Like India To Toe West Line New Delhi: Should rich countries pay only vulnerable countries the cost of adapting to inevitable climate change or should they compensate vulnerable people of all countries which would not be able to cope with the unforeseen disasters? This question …
Carbon-dioxide emissions in developed countries increased by 1.1 per cent (128 million tonnes) in just a single year 2006-07, as per the latest report of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This is more than what India
The resolution passed by Communist Party of India (Marxist)on its position on climate change negotiation to be held at Copenhagen.It states that any deviation from the spirit of Kyoto will compromise India's relationship with rest of the developing world & critiques National action plan on climate change for being silent …
After months of incremental progress on negotiating text for the United Nations summit on climate change in Copenhagen in December, recent talks in Bangkok unearthed a deal breaker
The new alliance, with India as a 'deal-maker', will do little to cut emissions to anywhere near the desired levels The new alliance, with India as a 'deal-maker', will do little to cut emissions to anywhere near the desired levels. As the clock ticks to Copenhagen, how low is the …
