By Anju Sharma
On my way to the sixth meeting of the Green Climate Fund Board (GCFB) this month, I grabbed the opportunity for an unplanned visit to Nagarahole National Park in Karnataka, south India. The significance of this journey struck me only as I entered the park, when I remembered the last time I was there.
By Senashia Ekanayake
It’s ironic how the world’s poorest countries are those severely affected by climate change. With the Himalayas in place and the countries’ proximity to the equator, climate change is an issue we are to deal with right here, right now.
By Saleemul Huq
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which was signed and ratified almost two decades ago to tackle the threat of human induced interference in the global atmosphere, has gone through several paradigm shifts over the last two decades.
By Thishya Weragoda
“Nice, you’ve got a Pink Badge… so you can go and follow all the negotiations” she said.
He replied, “What’s the point … they spend hours talking about the same stuff.. sometimes they spend days talking about changing one word”.
By Saleem Khan
As governments and other agencies spend more money on adaptation to climate change they want to know that their investments are effective.-that adaptation will keep development on track, that there is a fair distribution of costs and benefits, and that climate resilience is being built.
By Dipesh Chapagain
(Durban) “There is a need for a stronger political commitment beyond narrow short term interest, we should not let our people down”, Hon. Environment Minister Hemraj Tater, Government of Nepal stressed in his statement in high level segment of the UN climate change conference (COP 17/CMP 7) in Durban, South Africa on December 7, 2011.
By Dipesh Chapagain
The first half of the UN climate change conference (COP17) in Durban was about to end and parties were unsure about the outcomes from the conference. Meeting of both the subsidiary body (SBI and SBSTA) were in the closing stage and negotiation was about to enter into the high level segment.
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).
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.
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 […]