Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Mministers and other top officials made progress on establishing the details of how hundreds of billions of dollars in climate aid will be raised and distributed. The informal meeting in Geneva, co-hosted by Switzerland and Mexico, aimed to clarify the status of the billions of dollars pledged by developed countries …
The Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) submitted by non-Annex I country Parties to the UNFCCC had an initial deadline of 31st of January but are continuing to be submitted. There have now been 43 submissions and 28 of these make direct reference to the transport sector. The Bridging the Gap …
The Copenhagen Accord was cobbled together in hasty closed-doors consultations in the final hours of the failing climate meet by a select group of 26 countries. The Accord did not even get the imprimatur of the UNFCCC. Copenhagen failed to deliver a comprehensive and legally binding emissions reduction treaty. Copenhagen …
Tackling the problem of global climate change requires a high level of international cooperation. Many countries have pledged targets or actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Appendices to the Copenhagen Accord. This analysis examines the costs and effectiveness of these pledges, using the OECD
NOTHING characterized the stalemate at Bonn climate talks more than the candid admission by incoming executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica, in an informal chat with media, said she did not think a complete climate deal could be reached in her …
India’s response: point by point and blunt For once, India’s submission to the climate secretariat (AWG-LCA) was blunt and took on the US head on. It asserted the fact that the Copenhagen Accord was not ‘adopted’ but only ‘noted’ by parties as an input to negotiations on the text. Any …
Three negotiation related documents that I have been sitting on, which need to be put on public record, are: Todd Stern, US special envoy on climate change, speech at the Brookings Conference, May 18, 2010 Submission of the US to the AWG-LCA chair, April 26, 2010 Submission by India to …
The prospect of an international agreement to halt dangerous climate change may seem more remote than ever following the talks that ended last week in Bonn, Germany. The delegates there appeared to be more interested in being cordial than in delivering on science-based targets.
With little progress being made in the climate talks underway in Bonn for the past one and half weeks, India and China Wednesday stressed on the need to go back to basics and re-start the process from the first principles enshrined in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). …
While there has been a general frustration at the lack of progress in the climate talks, it is evident that the ongoing meetings in Bonn are struggling to address more pressing issue at hand
Near-Resolved Issue Of Putting Up Technology Mechanism Reopens For Debate At Climate Meet Urmi A Goswami BONN AT BONN, it is one step back for the agreement on technology. The near-resolved issue of putting in place a mechanism to ensure effective transfer and development of technology has been reopened for …
Merely Recycling Already Committed Development Assistance As Climate Funds SIX months after developed countries pledged to provide finance to the developing world to fight climate change, there is no clarity on the exact quantum of money available. This is happening even when it is being recognised that settling the finance …
This paper assesses the state of the adaptation negotiations under the UNFCCC after the historic climate summit of Copenhagen. It compares the current draft negotiating text (June 2010) and compares it to key essentials that an ambitious adaptation action framework needs to contain to assist developing countries living up to …
This report analyses the emissions reduction targets submitted under the Copenhagen Accord by developed and developing countries in matters of four key questions: Do the pledges add up to the emission reductions required necessary by science?; What are the costs associated with meeting the given targets?; Are the proposed emission …
