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. …
Manoj Mitta | TNN Bonn: MRV is a new acronym on which developed and developing countries are sharply divided in the ongoing climate change negotiations meant to culminate in an ambitious deal in Copenhagen in December. The acronym, which is used both as a verb (can this be MRVed?) and …
Rich nations must commit to more ambitious targets for slashing greenhouse gases by 2020 to help stave off the ravages of climate change, the UN's top climate official said yesterday. "More ambition is clearly needed on the part of industrialised countries if we are to get a robust response to …
Asian Development Banks 2009 pipeline includes a $1 million proposed regional technical assistance (Reta) on climate change for Central Asian countries, including Pakistan. Under the proposed technical assistance, potential outputs envisaged for Pakistan could include improved enabling environment and program development for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements; (ii) adaptation …
Asian Development Banks 2009 pipeline includes a $1 million proposed regional technical assistance (Reta) on climate change for Central Asian countries, including Pakistan. Under the proposed technical assistance, potential outputs envisaged for Pakistan could include improved enabling environment and program development for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements; (ii) adaptation …
This week the G-20 leaders met in London to discuss the global financial crisis, which is set to dominate the international agenda for some time. A parallel debate has been under way here in Bonn on another financial question, which affects an even greater systemic crisis: the funding required to …
A new report commissioned by the Heinrich Boell Foundation and written by the UK's Institute for Public Policy Research focussing on fair sharing of climate finance commitments. The report looks at estimates of financial costs of mitigation, financing proposals and sources, the need for finance to flow from developed to …
With just eight months to go for the decisive United Nations Climate Change Conference, participating countries the world over are trying to weigh their options and ensure that their political requirements are met. Yvo de Boer highlights the four key political points that the participating countries ought to be clear …
The aim of this paper is develop a new institutional architecture and governance structure for the Financial Mechanism (FM) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which would enjoy broad political acceptance among the main countries and country groupings, in the sense that: those who (have to) pay …
This climate adaptation booklet highlights the sector and geo-climatic impacts of climate change, and the development challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region. The countries of Asia and the Pacific are home to half of the world
The global climate change agreement should include actions on deforestation and forest degradation within the wider context of sustainable forest management. Current funding for sustainable forests management is far short of what is needed. Th e funding should be provided from various public and private sources including those mobilized through …
This paper focuses on the cross-cutting objective of advancing development goals throughout the Bali Action Plan in a sustainable way, making the case that there are strategic interests for developing countries in simultaneously addressing climate change and nationally-defined development priorities. The paper first frames the terms of discussion, arguing for …
Marianne de Nazareth talks to Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC on the implications of the proposed climate change talks in Bonn The world is poised to conclude an agreement which has the potential to decide the fate of the human race, according to Yvo de Boer, the Executive …
Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) has moved firmly onto the agenda as the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) approach the climate change negotiations at the Conference of the Parties (COP) 15 at Copenhagen in December 2009. REDD is an option that could …
Close your eyes. Picture white sands and turquoise waters, rows of palm trees cocooning you under the balmy sun. Then, imagine this pristine picture wiped away not simply from your mind, but from reality. The Maldives face an actual and potent risk of extinction. The island state, nowhere higher than …
On mitigation commitments of developed countries The proposal is silent on historical emissions or current per capita emissions. The formula focuses on capacity, ignoring
