The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Brazil, S Africa, India And China To Work Out Strategy On Kyoto Protocol WITH no signs of closing the trust gap between the rich industrialised countries and the developing nations, the meeting of Brazil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC) in Cape Town later this week will be watched by …
New Delhi: India has clarified its stand on the issue of international scrutiny of climate change actions in a note forwarded by Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh to the on-going meet of 17-country Major Economies Forum at Washington. The Copenhagen Accord, agreed to by India in the last …
Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD) held a Workshop on international decision making following Copenhagen from 24 - 25 March 2010 at London. The workshop brought together representatives of governments, research institutes, NGOs, academia and media, was held under the Chatham House Rule of non-attribution. Participants identified approaches …
This short piece analyzes the background and content of the Copenhagen Accord on climate change, which was agreed to last December by leaders of roughly 25 countries, including all of the world's major economies. Although the Copenhagen Accord is a political rather than a legal instrument and has been criticized …
The 15th Conference of the Parties (CoP 15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held in Copenhagen from the 7th to the 18th of December, 2009. At this CoP, agreements were to be finalised in two sets of parallel negotiations.
