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. …
Pakistan Monday emphasized that poverty eradication must remain the overarching objective of the post-2015 development agenda, saying it must be built on a solid foundation. "The need for a new global development framework for both today's and future generations has never been greater," Ambassador Raja Ali Ejaz, the Pakistani delegate, …
Should the global community not immediately embark on wide-ranging actions to narrow the greenhouse gas emissions gap, the chance of remaining on the least-cost path to keeping global temperature rise below 2°C this century will swiftly diminish and open the door to a host of challenges. The Emissions Gap Report …
This report contains information and recommendations on the work of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) in 2013, including: its 3rd meeting, held from 8 to 10 March 2013; its 4th meeting, held from 15 to 17 June 2013; and its 5th meeting, held from 27 to 30 August 2013, …
The aim of this book is to help those who work, or are beginning to work, with MRV in climate change issues to understand MRV in a practical way, and learn the lessons and good practices that are available for developing countries. It introduce six MRV schemes that have been …
This guide published by CDKN provides negotiators with a synopsis of the key climate finance discussions undertaken during 2013 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It aims to inform negotiators and stakeholders who are interested in the different climate finance agenda items and deliverables at the …
The EU is no longer the world leader on climate policies. Other major countries have caught up or even outpaced the EU, a new study conducted by Germanwatch says. Even the U.S. and China now show at least as much headway in their climate change policies as the EU . …
The EU is no longer the world leader on climate policies. Other major countries have caught up or even outpaced the EU, a new study conducted by Germanwatch says. Even the U.S. and China now show at least as much headway in their climate change policies as the EU . …
It is less than a third developed countries have achieved between 1990 and 2011 The developed countries have committed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by a paltry three per cent from 2011 to 2020, according to a new data analysis by the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It …
India is blocking an international plan to reduce the polluting gases used in air conditioners and refrigerators, saying negotiators are trying to use the wrong treaty to bring about changes. International envoys have sought to bypass log-jammed United Nations climate-treaty talks by handing responsibility for reducing hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, to …
Government is desperate to keep bushfires and climate change apart for fear its emissions reduction policy will be found wanting The Abbott government is desperately constructing a straw man to help it fight the potentially big political problem of rising public concern about climate change and scrutiny of its Direct …
It is unrealistic for rich countries to increase financing for fight against climate change, says official The U.S. does not want the new global climate agreement to have “rigid rules” or penalties for countries that do not meet their greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. U.S. Special Envoy on Climate Change …
SYDNEY: Wildfires are "absolutely" linked to global warming and increasingly intense heatwaves, the UN climate chief has said, as bushfires burned out of control in Australia. The comments come as debate rages in Australia -- whose new Prime Minister Tony Abbott once described the science behind man-made climate change as …
EU Finance Ministers fail to agree on putting any figure on the table at the Warsaw meet. Hopes of a commitment from the developed world to scale up finance for the short term at the Warsaw climate change conference have faded. The recently concluded meeting of EU Finance Ministers did …
The developed countries should not count private investments against the commitment of $100 billion annual fund for fighting climate change, India demanded, along with several other developing countries, at the recently meeting of select countries in Warsaw. Poland was the host of this year’s annual climate talks. The meeting, called …
South Africa has formally demanded that the new global agreement on climate change be in the form of a protocol with targets, commitments and actions for all parties. The move breaks the united stand the BASIC group of countries — Brazil, India, China and South Africa — had taken to …
The green initiative undertaken by Hindustan Zinc, part of the Vedanta Group, has resulted in an annual saving of Rs 280 crore. The company generates wind energy of 273.5 MW across five States, including Gujarat (88.8 MW) and Karnataka (49.40 MW), Rajasthan (88.8 MW), Maharashtra (25.5 MW) and Tamil Nadu …
The government of Japan has developed the joint credit mechanism (JCM) to mitigate climate change and help developing countries achieve low-carbon growth by mobilising technology, markets and finance. Japan is also pushing for widespread use of advanced low-carbon technologies and products in various fields. The JCM aims to facilitate diffusion …
E3G, have published a report Understanding Climate Diplomacy – Building diplomatic capacity and systems to avoid dangerous climate change, with CDKN support. The report defines climate diplomacy as encompassing a rich understanding of how to shape the national interest debate, through engaging new constituencies that can leverage change. The aim …
A bitter debate over HFCs heats up ahead of India-US talks This weekend, Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and US president Barack Obama are meeting in Washington DC. An environmental tussle is predicted: the two-steps-forward one-step back battle to phase out HFCs. HFCs, or hydrofluorocarbons, are gases used in air …
The global community is to sign a new compact on climate change by 2015. India has opposed proposals to sign a piecemeal global climate treaty with greenhouse gas reduction targets being decided first in 2015 and decisions on technology and finance adaptation being segregated and postponed for later years. The …
