By Tirthankar Mandal
Technology is one of the rare areas where in the potential to arrive at a substantial agreement here in Durban. The task on the table was to operationalise the Technology Mechanism by 2012. The components of the technology mechanism consist of establishing a Climate technology Centre and Network (CTCN), and Technology Executive Committee (TEC).

Health #ClimateChange is likely to have wide ranging and mostly adverse effects on human health with significant loss of life. (WGII SPM). Overview Global climate change poses substantial risks to human health. Millions of people could be affected and the #IPCC anticipates that most of the impacts would be adverse. Increases in mortality from heat […]

Sri Lanka has sent an official delegation of 20 to the UNFCCC COP17/CMP7, the largest delegation ever in Climate Change negotiations. It is an indication that climate change has come up in the government’s priority list over the last few years. This is a warmly welcome by all environment lobby groups in Sri Lanka and South Asia. However, there is lot more to do by Sri Lanka on climate change negotiations.

There is an unchallenged contention that there is a causal and direct link between increased #Population and #ClimateChange . Population is linked to climate change only through the intermediate stage or process of consumption. This fact may be illustrated by the GHG equivalent population distribution curves.  The major focus of this research project will be […]

Extended discussions on different aspects of the scientific issues concluded that so far, almost all major scientific initiatives, research and data output had been from the developed countries, even when they pertain to developing countries. It was strongly felt that developing countries must undertake some relevant scientific studies of their own. It was, therefore, decided […]

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 […]