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 submission to the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) proposes an agreed outcome for the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in the form of
Sustainable development depends on intact ecosystems and their services. This is why environmental protection in the context of sustainable development is a key concern in development cooperation. Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) address global environmental challenges, and national action plans are often the means for implementation in individual countries.The instrument of …
A joint initiative of the United Nations Foundation and the Club of Madrid, Global Leadership for Climate Action (GLCA) consists of former heads of state and government, as well as leaders in business, government, and civil society from more than 20 countries. In 2007, GLCA published Framework for a Post-2012 …
Climate change threatens to destroy gains made in poverty reduction in many developing countries. In Africa changing rainfall patterns are already affecting food production and rising temperatures are increasing exposure to malaria. The impacts of these changes are felt most by the poorest people who have done least to cause …
This Draft Discussion Paper is intended to provide the climate negotiators with key recommendations on how to include land transport in the climate change negotiations of the Bali Action Plan. Most of the ideas are also relevant to freight transport as well as other modes such as air and maritime. …
This paper provides an overview of the possible steps and requirements needed to develop and implement a monitoring system for estimating emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, assessing carbon stocks and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from changes in forest cover, and assessing the enhancement of forest carbon stocks. It provides …
This paper provides an overview of the possible steps and requirements needed to develop and implement a monitoring system for estimating emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, assessing carbon stocks and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from changes in forest cover, and assessing the enhancement of forest carbon stocks. It provides …
The UN climate change negotiating text leaves no one fully satisfied, especially given the yawning gap between positions of rich and poor countries The 53-page negotiating text, released by the UN climate change secretariat for the talks beginning in Bonn next week for thrashing out a treaty on tackling global …
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol allows the crediting of emission reductions from greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement projects in developing countries. Designated Operational Entities (DOEs) are accredited third party entities that are responsible for evaluating proposed CDM project activities against requirements established by the COP/MOP and the …
New Delhi: The first draft for negotiating the international climate change deal, released on Tuesday, has rankled the Indian government with purported biases in favour of the industrialized countries in some parts. The draft text
Rich nations should cut their greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels as part of a new global climate change pact, China said on Thursday, spelling out its stance ahead of negotiations. Photo: Shannon Stapleton BEIJING - Rich nations should cut their greenhouse gas …
This document was prepared by the Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) in response to the request from the AWG-LCA at its fourth session. The document presents a negotiating text, contained in the annex, which aims to provide a starting point …
The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at its fourteenth session (COP14) welcomed the Global Environment Facility
The world's poorest nations are not prepared for the strain climate change will put on their public health systems, according to studies by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and partners. The findings come ahead of a major summit of health ministers from Commonwealth nations in Geneva that …
Swedish government assured Bangladesh of providing US$ 20 million financial assistance from its Multi-donor fund to help the country combat climate change said a press release. "The Swiss fund will add to Multi donors fund, a multilateral financial mechanism to support Bangladesh to take and implement plans for facing climate …
Swedish government assured Bangladesh of providing US$ 20 million financial assistance from its Multi-donor fund to help the country combat climate change said a press release. "The Swiss fund will add to Multi donors fund, a multilateral financial mechanism to support Bangladesh to take and implement plans for facing climate …
Sirsa afforestation project gets CDM certification eight remote villages of Haryana have entered the global carbon market. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (unfccc) registered an afforestation project on the degraded land of these villages as the world
