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 …
Picking up from the outcome of the Copehagen talks last year, which left most countries bruised or confused, climate talks are set to kickstart this year again, with the first formal negotiations beginning on June 1 in Bonn, Germany. The atmosphere in Bonn, however, will be decidedly colder, as some …
AHEAD of the June climate-change negotiations in Bonn, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has released the text by the chair of the Bali track (ad hoc group on longterm co-operative action) of the negotiations. The text represents a victory for the developing countries as it incorporates …
As UN members meet in Bonn this month to discuss climate strategy, India has said it will not accept any pact that ''erodes'' the differentiation between rich and developing nations set forth in Bali Action Plan centred on historic responsibilities on greenhouse gas emissions. The move is aimed at thwarting …
As UN members meet in Bonn this month to discuss climate strategy, India has said it will not accept any pact that "erodes" the differentiation between rich and developing nations set forth in Bali Action Plan centred on historic responsibilities on greenhouse gas emissions. The move is aimed at thwarting …
Climate change negotiations—cold after the freeze at Copenhagen—have warmed up again.In early April, negotiators met in Bonn, Germany, on the possible agreement that could be signed at the meet scheduled in December 2010 in Mexico. This was followed by a US-convened meet of the Major Economies Forum, better named the …
"Mr Guru" was how US President Barack Obama greeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the Copenhagen Climate Summit, which showed the degree of respect he has for the Indian leader, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday. "President Obama has certainly got the right instincts on India. I know for …
New Delhi: India has made one of the strongest and most elaborate formal submissions in recent times for the climate change negotiations, hardening its stance ahead of a hectic six months of talks leading to the key meeting in Mexico in November. Taking a position strongly contrasting with that of …
Ahead of the next round of climate talks in Germany in June, India is trying to bring the emphasis back on per capita emissions, something that was rather muted in the outcome of the Copenhagen climate change conference last year. New Delhi has stressed that the long-term goal of keeping …
At last, all the major emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs) have agreed under the Copenhagen Accord that global average temperature increase should be kept below 2
There were as many opinions about what took place in Copenhagen last December 2009, as there were participants. Even more. Beyond those who did attend, a seemingly infinite number of blogs, op-eds, editorials, think tank workshops and diplomatic briefings are focusing on what happened and now what to do next …
The Copenhagen Climate Conference and its Copenhagen Accord have generally been regarded by the press as a failure. I think this is a very unfortunate mischaracterization. The conference was a failure only in not achieving binding commitments to reduce global greenhouse gas emission levels sufficient to meet the requirements identified …
This paper provides a brief overview of the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) submissions made by developing countries as of 4 February 2010. Since February 1 submissions are added to the UNFCCC website every day and a number of Parties have stated an "intention? to do so. The current fluidity …
Ad?hoc Working Group on Long Term Co?operative Action, in its 9th Session has invited the Chair to prepare a text to facilitate negotiations among Parties, drawing on the report of the AWG?LCA presented to the COP at its 15th Session, as well as work undertaken by the COP on the …
This report provides a brief update of greenhouse gas emission trends from the transport sector and discusses the outcome of the United Nations Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change held in December 2009 in Copenhagen. It is based on material collected for the OECD-ITF Joint …
In December 2009, an important United Nations climate change conference (COP15) took place in Copenhagen, Denmark. This conference resulted in the Copenhagen Accord, which forms the basis for further negotiations in Cancun, Mexico, later this year. As part of the Copenhagen Accord, industrialised countries have submitted greenhouse gas emission reduction …
