For billions of people, mountain meltwater is essential for drinking water and sanitation, food and energy security, and the integrity of the environment. But today, as the world warms, glaciers are melting faster than ever, making the water cycle more unpredictable and extreme. And because of glacial retreat, floods, droughts, …
Visiting French minister of state for ecological and inclusive transition Brune Poirson has said the US decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement is a challenge for the international community, but the global deal is not under threat. She was here to prepare for President Emmanuel Macron's visit to India …
The 18-member Pacific Islands Forum includes countries such as Kiribati, which are only metres above sea level and risk being swamped by rising oceans Climate change will dominate discussions when the leaders of vulnerable Pacific nations hold their annual meeting in the Samoan capital Apia this week, with global warming …
Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan today said India is developing a blueprint for implementing its Nationally Determined Contributions on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. “We are working on developing a roadmap for implementation of our NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions) and have constituted an implementation committee and six thematic sub-committees involving key …
Reducing fossil fuel supply is necessary to meet the Paris Agreement goal to keep warming “well below 2°C”. Yet, the Paris Agreement is silent on the topic of fossil fuels. This paper outlines reasons why it is important that Parties to the Agreement find ways to more explicitly address the …
This discussion paper explores key issues and options to ensure robust accounting of international transfers from market mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. The paper first provides an overview of key issues that must be addressed to ensure robust account and highlights approaches to address them. The further …
Recognising the national budget as the nance system through which most public actions are funded, this paper discusses how climate change-related public expenditures can be considered under the Union Budget. There are various channels of funding for climate change actions, but it is public funding through the Union Budget, with …
Lagos — Nigeria has joined the global aviation community in mitigating the impact of carbon emissions on the environment. To this end, the country has developed and submitted its State Action Plan to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) for the implementation of the Carbon Dioxide (CO2)Emissions Mitigation Measures and …
Agriculture has contributed nearly as much to climate change as deforestation by intensifying global warming, according to US research that has quantified the amount of carbon taken from the soil by farming. Some 133-billion tonnes of carbon have been removed from the top 2m of the earth’s soil over the …
Former Marshall Islands foreign minister Tony De Brum, who played a key role in securing the Paris climate pact has passed away aged 72. At countless UN climate meetings, Mr De Brum was a passionate champion of the rights of small island states. He was instrumental in securing the "high …
Three union ministers -- Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines Piyush Goyal and Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan -- have confirmed their participation in the two-day Business and Climate Summit (BCS) …
A €91,297 (about Rwf91m) project has been launched with view to ensure that corruption does not undermine climate change mitigation efforts as well as effective and equitable allocation of climate finance in the country. It is financed by the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. The …
Kenya is on course to reduce the effects of climate change, the Government has said. Environment Cabinet Secretary Judi Wakhungu listed banning of plastic bags, planned restoration of 5.1 hectares of land under forest and promotion of renewable energy as some of the measures the Government had taken to reduce …
A campaign to plant trees to compensate for the impact of President Trump's climate policies has 120,000 pledges. The project was started by campaigners upset at what they call the president's "ignorance" on climate science. Trump Forest allows people either to plant locally or pay for trees in a number …
CDKN’s flagship book, Mainstreaming Climate Compatible Development, draws from the alliance’s seven year experience of supporting climate compatible development in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. The book provides practical recommendations on how to achieve low-carbon, climate-resilient development in low income and emerging economies. The new volume is intended …
Australia has a critical shortage of climate scientists, leaving it at serious risk of not delivering essential climate and weather services to groups like farmers, coastal communities and international organisations, a report has found. The report into the nation’s climate science capability by the Australian Academy of Science found the …
Many countries have introduced policy measures, such as carbon pricing, greenhouse gas offsetting mechanisms, renewable energy standards, and energy efficiency improvements, to achieve their climate change mitigation targets. However, in many instances, these measures overlap in ways that may dilute each policy's greenhouse gas reduction potential. This study examines how …
Energy-related emissions represent two-thirds of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Immediate action is needed to start putting the world on a path to net-zero emissions, as per the Paris Agreement. Renewable energy and energy efficiency will work in synergy to drive global energy decarbonisation. When pursued together, they result in higher …
The Climate Change Operational Framework 2017–2030 is intended to provide broad direction and guidance for enhancing resilience and strengthening climate actions in the operations and business processes of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It positions ADB to facilitate, collaboratively and proactively, a regional shift toward a low greenhouse gas emissions …
Extreme climate events are increasing in frequency and intensity, threatening the agriculture sectors and the livelihoods they support. By impacting on agro-ecosystems, climate change and variability have socio-economic implications on the livelihoods and food security and nutrition of the most vulnerable. On the other hand, the agriculture sectors are also …
In a renewed effort to brace up for the nation's emission reduction target, the Federal Government has set machinery in place for a greenhouse gas inventory. The move is part of the expectation for the Nigeria's Third National Communication (TNC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The …
