The objective of the research is to establish the linkages between poverty and #ClimateChange . For both the government and the NGOs in South Asia, #Poverty alleviation is the central focus of their planning efforts. Poverty is already an unbearable state and is a major retarding force in development. Impacts of climate change are likely […]

The Earth’s climate is a complex system, derived from a combination of natural and human induced properties. #ClimateChange results from an interplay of radiation from the sun, the circulation of water in oceans, the growth of trees and other plants, changes in land use, and changes in the combination of gases that form the atmosphere. […]

It is clear that there has been substantive discussion taking place in the negotiations here in #Bonn . Few issues like NGO participations in the informal discussions, legal issues and the package of the KP CP2 discussion took the central stage over the few days. Apart from these the other interesting news was the Indian […]

Amid much of expectations from the Parties to fast track the negotiations, the last round of Intersessional before the COP has begun in #Panama. Positive side of the first day’s development was marked by intention of the parties to get into the real business. Pretty surprises were there in store during the post lunch session […]

The focus of the day was the #NAMA workshop. This is a second set of countries who have presented on their actions after the first round in Bangkok early this year. The countries in line were Vietnam, Chile, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Kenya, AOSIS, Norway, and USA as the main presenters. The parties have explained the plans […]

The most prominent of the issue during the negotiations was the workshop by the Parties in relation to their obligations and efforts towards emission reductions. It must be acknowledged that the usual suspects, like Canada, and USA presented their efforts. While the other parties like the Denmark, Croatia actually made efforts to explain their actions […]

The fears of the parties about getting further rounds of stalled process in the negotiation got somehow wiped out with the two working groups moving ahead on their usual discussion and adoption of the Agenda. Both the AWG LCA and the AWG KP went off smoothly with their discussion, clearly showing that the technical modalities […]

Parties decided in Cancun to discuss the establishment of procedures for considering appeals from stakeholders directly involved“ with #CDM activities. In #Bonn, parties moved forward with this agenda item. For South Asian civil society, especially in India, the country with the second largest number of CDM projects, this could be useful. Local communities are often […]

In order to give the United States flexibility in meeting its emission reductions targets, the #CleanDevelopmentMechanism (CDM) was created in #Kyoto . Under the CDM, developed countries support a project in a developing country that reduces emissions for the developed country. Since the U.S. is (and was in Kyoto, as well) the world’s largest historical […]

Reporting from UNFCCC – SB 34, June 2011 on Shared Vision and Review Parties met in mostly closed LCA informal meetings to discuss amongst others the #SharedVision and the Review. Observers, however, get the same impression from both informal groups: Parties are discussing what to discuss, while observers try to remind them about the urgency […]