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. …
India is a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Convention enjoins Parties to communicate information about the implementation of the Convention, taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities and their specific national and regional development priorities, objectives and circumstances.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its Fourth Assessment Report, re-emphasized the need for adaptation to address the impacts of climate change on lives and livelihoods across all sectors. This information note is the first step to enhancing collaboration towards linking climate change adaptation, combating desertification, and biodiversity …
This paper focuses on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol. It also addresses the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. For each agreement (in the case of WIPO, organisation), the paper provides: …
finance ministers of G8 countries recently supported setting up multi-billion-dollar funds to combat climate change in developing countries. Civil society groups and developing countries have, however, criticized the funds placed under the World Bank, saying they might be used for subsidizing carbon-intensive technologies. They want them to be under the …
By Richard Black, BBC News There is acknowledgement that the poorest countries are going to need help to adapt to climate impacts. At first sight, the G8 agreement on climate change promises much. Leaders are "committed to avoiding the most serious consequences of climate change,' and determined to stabilise greenhouse …
The objective of the Terrestrial Carbon Group is for terrestrial carbon to be effectively included in the international response to climate change. This paper provides guiding principles to do so in support of: (a) ongoing global negotiations on reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) under the United Nations Framework …
PM releases the 'National Action Plan on Climate Change' in New Delhi (PTI) NEW DELHI: India on Monday unveiled its climate change action plan which does not set target reduction of greenhouse gas emissions but seeks to promote sustainable development through use of clean technologies. The National Action Plan on …
The State Government today declared the endangered Gangetic river dolphin as the State Aquatic Animal. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi announced this during a World Environment Day celebration here today. The decision would add teeth to the conservation measures initiated by the State Government to save this endangered species, which was …
Global Warming as we all know is one of the serious environmental issues resulting from Green House Effect. Out of all Green House Gases (GHGs), carbon dioxide is the most significant one as its concentration in the atmosphere is increasing at an alarming rate. The most interesting aspect of the …
India has established herself as the most encouraging host party in the carbon market, with the largest global share in registered CDM projects at UNFCCC Amrita Ganguly Ajeya Bandyopadhyay & Subrata Ray Population growth, accelerating consumption demand and rapid industrialisation are leading to all round concern about the cataclysmic effects …
The high aspirations that the Indian green energy-based companies had nurtured for generating additional resources through carbon trading have begun to fade. Their Chinese counterparts have out-smarted them by wooing away customers, largely from the European Union (EU), and forcing them to search for new buyers and even opt for …
This paper contains detailed discussions on climate change strategies. It looks at climate change related issues in several sectors including forestry, energy (biofuels), waste management, and groundwater, as well as key institutional and industry developments in response to climate change challenges. The paper summarises current policy responses from around the …
This volume is the result of a trade and climate change seminar held in Copenhagen in June 2008. Following the structure of that seminar, it explores six themes that link trade and investment to climate change, for each asking where trade policy might be of service to climate change objectives. …
Climate change will have a disproportionate impact on poor developing countries - compared to the expected net effects in developed regions - due to a combination of more severe climatic impacts in areas that are already vulnerable today, coupled with inadequate resources, technology and organizational capacity to adapt to them. …
Jai Balaji Industries Ltd today said it became the first company in the steel sector from West Bengal to get registered with UNFCCC, which is necessary to enable carbon credit benefits. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change registration is an international environment treaty, which was formed with the …
The need for a reduction in carbon emissions was debated at the United Nations Conference on Environment & Development (The Earth Summit) in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, resulting in the adoption of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an international treaty on environment. The Kyoto Protocol, 1998, …
The success of historically developed adaptation practices among the rural poor depends crucially on the nature of prevailing formal and informal rural institutions. This paper focuses on how rural institutions can help shape and enhance the adaptation practices of the rural poor in relation to climate change-induced risks and how …
