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 …
New Delhi India has said it is open to negotiate on mitigation issues at the Durban climate talks but said developed countries have to show clear commitment to reduce their carbon footprints. The Indian response makes the chances of the global ministerial level talks on climate change yielding clear solutions …
Durban: The fears of finances turning into an empty shell seemed to be coming true on Tuesday, with the developed world not keen to show where the money is going to come from to help the developing world cope with changes in the climate. Even as the African countries were …
Durban India and the European Union seems to be on a collision course with New Delhi saying that it will only stick to its voluntary domestic pledge on carbon emission cuts even as the 27-member block insist the stand is not acceptable. As environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan landed in Durban …
Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan will lead the Indian delegation in the second week of negotiation at the stalled climate talks that are yet to see a forward movement on crucial questions of carbon emission reduction and legally binding commitments. The first week of talks did not see breakthroughs on key …
December 2: Talks at the climate change conference have predictably bogged down over funding and over the insistence of the first world countries that emerging economies like India and China also commit to legally binding and higher reduction of carbon emission. Countries like Japan, Canada, Russia and New Zealand have …
In a setback to the climate talks underway in Durban, discussions on finance, a key element of a successful outcome, appear to have hit the slow road. The discussions on the two integral elements — the Green Climate Fund and sources for long-term funding — have been put on hold. …
The 17th conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, popularly known as COP-17, is taking place in Durban, South Africa, at a critical moment, as the historic 1997 Kyoto Protocol is set to expire next year. But, like the climate-change conferences in Copenhagen in 2009 and in Cancún …
Nod To Natarajan’s Stand On Equity, Intellectual Property & Trade Barriers At Durban New Delhi: The Centre endorsed the mandate sought by Union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan for negotiating at the ongoing Durban climate talks on Thursday, key being the power to take decisions based on her strong stance on …
New Delhi India Inc is urging the key negotiating nations at the ongoing climate talks at Durban to focus on three key issues — market-based mechanisms, technology transfer and trade. Industry chamber Ficci has pushed for strengthening market mechanisms, accelerating technology transfer and removing barriers to trade as this is …
The 17th Conference of Parties (COP) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is being held in Durban, South Africa, from November 28 to December 9, 2011. Urgent action is required to arrest the inexorable rise in global CO2 emissions. What are the issues before this important international …
Durban is all set to be the new venue for climate diplomacy, as leaders, negotiators and experts across continents gather in that South African city of to cobble up a consensus on the future course of action towards a more livable earth. The two-week discussion will see countries discussing and …
Ahead of the Durban climate change talks beginning Nov 28, experts are worried that Eurozone crisis may curtail the billions of dollars of funding from industrialised countries to their poorer counterparts to adapt to climate change. Money is expected to be a bone of contention between developing and developed countries …
The contentious issue of finance will be among the key items that will take centrestage at the UN-sponsored climate talks in Durban. Predictable and continuous funding to undertake steps to tackle climate change lies at the core of a balanced global deal. At the pre-conference meeting, South Africa said that …
In the run-up to the Rio+20 summit, minister of environment Jayanthi Natarjan cautioned against the use of green economy to promote “green protectionism”. “Access to energy, food security and poverty eradication” were the key pillars to ensure global partnership the minister emphasised while welcoming minister to the Delhi Ministerial Dialogue …
The eighth BASIC Ministerial Meeting on climate change took place in Inhotim, Minas Gerais, Brazil on 26-27 August 2011. The representatives of the four BASIC countries namely, Brazil, South Africa, India and China met to coordinate their perspectives on key negotiation and implementation issues. Ministers stressed the importance of ensuring …
The United Nations Green Climate Fund was set up in December 2010 to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation needs of the developing countries. What are the promises and challenges of this fund and what lessons can be learnt from previous experience with similar funding efforts?
GLOBAL negotiations are not an easy task. For that matter, every negotiation requires maturity of understanding of what one party will give and what the other party is able to accept. In negotiations that involve many parties and contentious international issues such as trade or climate change, things become much …
This note outlines a scheme for mobilizing financing to help developing countries confront the challenges posed by climate change. The idea is to create a
The Copenhagen Accord does mention a Copenhagen Green Climate Fund and a Technology Mechanism for technology development and transfer in support of action on adaptation and mitigation. However, it is silent on crucial aspects of both; perhaps those will be worked out in the negotiations to be conducted later. Nevertheless, …
