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. …
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi December 03, 2008, 1:25 IST The global climate change talks, the latest round of which started yesterday at Poznan in Poland under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), are already confronting first of their failures since the participating countries chalked out the …
The 14th Conference of Parties (CoP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held December 1-12, 2008, at Poznan in Poland, is a little different from all the CoPs held so far in the 21st century. For the first time since the December 1997 CoP …
It is no wonder that a friend of mine, a chartered accountant, is still confused about climate change causing severe winter while it is all about global warming. I am sure there are millions in the world who are oscillating between the hot and cold of climate change. To start …
U.N. meet on global warming witnesses dire predictions War, hunger, poverty and sickness will stalk humanity if the world fails to tackle climate change, a 12-day UN conference on global warming heard on Monday. A volley of grim warnings sounded out at the start of the marathon talks, a step …
The rich countries, which were mandated to cut down on their emissions, are instead on an upward curve that could lead the world to tipping point. The global warming-causing greenhouse gas emissions of the rich nations have increased by 9.9% between 1990-2006. The data released by the UN Framework Convention …
Will Africa be steamrollered by climate change? The continent harbours 33 of the Least Developed Countries, is heavily reliant on agriculture and has limited economic resources to finance adaptation. Its geographic position and high sensitivity to climatic variability make it vulnerable. Large swathes of Africa already see more frequent and …
Recognizing that poor communities in developing countries are the least responsible for climate change but most vulnerable to its impacts, the Bali Action Plan calls for
Deforestation and forest ecosystem degradation are significant causes of the global warming recorded in the past century. The Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC concluded that
According to the concept of historical responsibility, the commitments of individual countries to take action on climate change are distributed based on the relative effects of their past emissions as manifested in present climate change. Brazil presented a comprehensive version of the concept to pre-Kyoto negotiations in 1997. The
This report contains the results of a study analyzing the transfer of technology under Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects. It contains an analysis of information on: technology transfer used in CDM projects; technology transfer by project type; technology transfer by host country; technology supplier versus buyer participants; the origin of …
This strategic framework serves to guide and support the operational response of the World Bank Group (WBG) to new development challenges posed by global climate change. The WBG recognizes the very complex political process toward long-term cooperative action within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The framework will …
Measures to mitigate climate change are defined as any human (anthropogenic) intervention that can either reduce the sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (abatement) or enhance their sinks (sequestration). This module has been developed to assist Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (non-Annex I Parties) in preparing …
Technology transfer is seen as playing a critical role in the global response to the challenges of climate change. Indeed, the transfer of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) is embodied in the very fabric of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This brochure summarizes GEF strategies and policies …
Until recently, most assessments of the impact of climate change on the food and agriculture sector have focused on the implications for production and global supply of food, with less consideration of other components of the food chain. This paper takes a broader view and explores the multiple effects that …
By YOJNA GUSAI New Delhi Nov. 26: India will demand a "new financing architecture" at the United Nations meeting on climate change beginning in Poland from next month. While the decision on who will lead the Indian delegation to the UN
NEW DELHI: The rich countries, which were mandated to cut down on their emissions, are instead on an upward curve that could lead the world to tipping point. The global warming causing greenhouse gas emissions of the rich nations have increased by 9.9% between 1990-2006. The data released by the …
Come December, a group of young Indians will participate in a UN convention on climate change. Yamini Vijayan meets the agents of change and says that its about time we joined hands with those who have been fighting relentlessly for causes that are ours too. In December, a group of …
