The Union Cabinet headed by the Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi gave its ex-post facto approval to India’s negotiating stand at the 24th Conference of Parties (COP)
Ambition, Equity, and Human Rights Left Behind in Poland Climate Talks. Katowice, Poland—As parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change wrapped up two weeks of negotiations
UNFCCC and Conference of Parties The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established in May 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro came into
India’s economy is rapidly growing with an ever-increasing demand for electricity. Renewable energy is the new and rapidly advancing field and is likely to support the growing electricity
The 21st meeting of the Conference of Parties, which refers to the United Nations-sponsored climate change talks taking place in Paris this year, has renewed global discussions about
COP 19 was hosted by Poland at Warsaw. As an environmentalist or perhaps anyone who has been following environment over the past few years would realise that the
The city of Copenhagen intends to become the first carbon neutral capital city in the world by 2025 and is already on its way to reduce carbon emissions
India has resisted efforts to bring HFC’s under the Montreal Protocol. The government wants HFC’s to be treated separately under the framework of UNFCCC and not under the
Climate change conferences are increasingly becoming a charade and losing their relevance in a world marred by recession. The environment movement that began in the 60’s and 70’s
As various countries meet to decide on the future roadmap for fighting climate change and prevent global warming, it will be worth watching out whether the representatives of
Black Carbon considered as a potent greenhouse gas has been resisted by India which opposes its inclusion in the list of GHG’s under the UNFCCC mechanism. What
