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. …
The US and other developed nations may want India to toe their line in phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) - climate damaging refrigerant gas - but they won't find it easy to push New Delhi to junk its refusal to do so without viable alternatives. India is banking on the support …
United States and other industrialized nations may want India to toe their line in phasing out hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) - climate damaging refrigerant gas - but it won't be easy for them to push New Delhi to divert from its stated position. India has got support of three other powerful nations …
New Delhi: The US and other developed nations may want India to toe their line in phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) — the climate damaging refrigerant gas — but they won’t find it easy to push New Delhi to junk its refusal to do so without viable alternatives. India is banking …
Industrialised countries should phase out HFC says Sunita Narain, Director-General, CSE in this presentation at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 held from September 18-19, 2013. HFC: A lesson on how companies make money to save the world - Presentation by Sunita Narain, Director-General, CSE …
International leaders are failing in their fight against global warming, one of the United Nations’ top climate officials said Tuesday, appealing directly to the world’s voters to pressure their politicians into taking tougher action against the buildup of greenhouse gases. Halldor Thorgeirsson told journalists gathered at London’s Imperial College that …
A powerful group of nations working on climate change has agreed with India's stand against the US and some developed countries' move to push for the phasing out of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). In its meeting held at Brazilian city of Foz de Iguacu, Brazil, South Africa, India and China, known as …
International treaties, environment, science and business interests converge on the use and replacement of refrigerant gases. The issue of refrigerant gases is covered by two international agreements Montreal Protocol (MP) and the UN Framework Contention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The MP is meant to reduce or do away with gases …
The trust for the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism, the operator of the world’s biggest greenhouse gas credit program, had an operating surplus of $82 million in the 18 months through June 30, as offset supply increased. Fees and other income amounted to $141 million in the period, compared with …
This paper explores the role of equity in the climate negotiations. It establishes why climate change is an issue of injustice by examining the environmental challenges posed by climate change and links those challenges to socio- ecological and economic systems that undermine the rights of people, especially the poor, marginalized, …
Climate change increasingly threatens the health of our planet and the stability of our economies at the local, regional and global levels. Many countries are already suffering from climate impacts—severe water shortages, intense droughts and wildfires, and record-breaking floods, along with disappearances of indigenous species and outbreaks of invasive ones. …
Climate change has been on the global agenda for over 20 years, but international co-operation has shown mixed results. The collapse of negotiations at Copenhagen contributed to disillusionment in civil society and signaled a gradual retreat from engagement in international climate policy processes. So, a much broader perspective and fresh …
New Zealand scaled back its target for reducing carbon emissions on Friday, saying the move was an interim step ahead of a new United Nations pact from 2020. The government said it would commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. It had previously …
Solar power generating firms in Madhya Pradesh are on a mission to reduce poisonous carbon dioxide through their ongoing projects. The 25 MW grid connected solar photovoltaic (PV) power project by Welspun Energy Ltd (WEL), which is under implementation in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh, is expected to avoid emissions …
This essay examines India’s position in international negotiations on climate change and domestic mitigation actions, based on scientific evidence and equity. It is argued that India’s stance has largely been reactive to positions taken by developed countries, particularly the US. Scientific predictions of the imminent climate crisis have been inadequately …
Country’s largest private electricity producer Tata Power today said it is developing a 28.8 MW photovoltaic-based solar project in Maharashtra. The power producer’s wholly-owned subsidiary Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) is developing the plant in Satara district of Maharashtra. “The power generated will be evacuated through Maharashtra State Electricity …
The Climate Change Secretariat said the 35 MW Broadlands Hydropower Project inaugurated yesterday, would be the Ceylon Electricity Board’s first renewable energy plant to register under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Broadlands would also be the last plant in the …
Japan and the Maldives have signed an agreement to exchange Japanese low-carbon technologies for Maldivian quotas for greenhouse gas emissions. The agreement was reached in a meeting between Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara and Maldivian Environment and Energy Minister Mariyam Shakeela at a meeting in the village of Onna on the …
The Government of the Republic of Maldives signs a Low Carbon Partnership Agreement with the Japanese government to promote Low Carbon Development. The signing was held yesterday at Okinawa, Japan. The agreement would help Maldives to mitigate the effects of climate change by increasing environmental friendly low carbon investments and …
This paper examines the links between countries’ domestic ambition on climate change – in particular related to domestic legislation – and their position at the international negotiations in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It begins with a short analysis of the factors influencing countries’ negotiating positions …
Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha inaugurated a programme to put forests at the heart of Sri Lanka's strategy to tackle climate change. Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Sri Lanka Subinay Nandy and others at the launch of the …
