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. …
This technical paper first provides an overview of the work under the Convention in relation to assessing the impact of the implementation of response measures. The elements of and approaches to assessment of this impact are then discussed, and relevant assessment approaches, including modelling tools, are compiled with a view …
With rich nations doing too little and emissions way above targets, global temperatures will rise Over 170 countries, including India, signed an international agreement in Paris on Friday to curb emissions and reduce the pace of climate change. According to the UNFCC, the agreement’s primary aim is to keep the …
Ethiopia on Friday signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the conuntry’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn inked the historic deal at the United Nations Headquarters where 175 world leaders signed the agreement. Speaking at the signing ceremony, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said …
Pretoria — The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa has signed the Paris Agreement on climate change at the United Nations in New York. The Paris Agreement is universally regarded as a seminal point in the development of the international climate change regime under the United Nations Framework Convention on …
Tanzania is among the 175 United Nations member states that have signed the Paris Climate Change Agreement, which was reached under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015. Addressing the United Nations meeting on Friday, Tanzania's UN Permanent Representative, Ambassador Tuvako Manongi, pointed out that his …
Data transparency is key to accounting for how local governments and the private sector are contributing to global emissions reduction, say Angel Hsu and colleagues.
The agreement acknowledges growth imperatives and the developing world’s right to development. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the signing of the Paris agreement on climate change, adopted by more than 190 countries in December last year, on Friday in New York. Environment minister Prakash Javadekar will sign the agreement …
This year is off to a record-breaking start for global temperatures. It has been the hottest year to date, with January, February and March each passing marks set in 2015, according to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. March was also the 11th consecutive month to set …
This 3rd edition of the ‘Twin Tracks: Developing Sustainably and Equitably in a Carbon-Constrained World‘ by CARE International and WWF International analyses the outcomes of the UNFCCC COP21 climate talks, and the UN post-2015 development framework processes, in particular the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The …
The US and China are leading a push to bring the Paris climate accord into force much faster than even the most optimistic projections – aided by a typographical glitch in the text of the agreement. More than 150 governments, including 40 heads of state, are expected at a symbolic …
DENR Secretary Ramon Paje is heading to New York to represent President Aquino in the formal signing of the Paris Agreement and to deliver the Philippine statement at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters on April 22. The covenant signifies the country’s commitment to curbing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas …
In an effort to provide hands-on training to State government officials for formulating and submitting proposals for accessing climate change finance under the National Adaptation Fund on Climate Change (NAFCC), Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Adaptation Fund Board (AFB), the Environment Ministry held the third regional workshop with State governments …
Expressing concern over lack of adequate financial and technology support to fight climate change, BASIC countries including India today asked developed nations to "scale up" their level of financial support and "honour" their obligation of providing $100 billion per year by 2020. The ministers attending the 22nd BASIC ministerial meeting …
Representatives from India, Brazil, South Africa and China or Basic nations will meet in New Delhi on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss issues related to climate change, an official statement said on Monday. The 22nd meet of BASIC ministerial group will be organised by the environment ministry to further consolidate …
The US and China Thursday announced that they will sign the Paris climate change agreement on April 22 as the world's two biggest greenhouse gas emitters called on other countries to bring the global accord into force as early as possible. In a joint statement after a meeting, President Barack …
This document compiles submissions made by several Parties and organizations, with the aim to encourage comprehensive risk management by the diffusion of information related to financial instruments and tools, addressing the risks of loss and damage, associated to climate change. A number of valuable lessons are reported from the application …
This document compiles submissions made by several Parties and organizations, with the aim to encourage comprehensive risk management by the diffusion of information related to financial instruments and tools, addressing the risks of loss and damage, associated to climate change. A number of valuable lessons are reported from the application …
Washington: The goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to limit global warming to less than two degrees Celsius set in December last year in Paris are almost impossible to achieve, according to a new study. In December last year, officials representing more than 190 countries met in Paris …
Sri Lanka, with the help of community organizations, will launch a program to set up 10,000 environment friendly villages throughout the country by 2020. Sri Lankan Cabinet Ministers has approved a proposal made by President Maithripala Sirisena to sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change to minimize the emission of …
Three months after India committed to an ambitious set of targets under the global climate change Paris agreement the government is working in fits and starts to put the architecture, policy and regulations in place to achieve what it promised to the global community. India promised a 30-35 per cent …
