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 […]

#Cancun set an excellent example how the outstanding leadership of a host country could effectively shape the discourse. With the Cancun Agreement as an output on the table, many issues need further discussion and more political willingness. As a follow-up for next year, discussion started from Bangkok on last April. Agenda became main agenda for […]

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is one of the two official bodies on climate change, has stated in their latest Assessment Report #IPCCAR5 that warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. Ranga Pallawala, a member of the […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama agree on a partnership to combat climate change, particularly reducing the use refrigerants like #HydroFluoroCarbons (HFCs). The United States has taken the lead to forge a consensus to allow for discussions on phasing out the use of HFCs under the #MontrealProtocol the UN-sponsored agreement […]

By Nilima Choudhury India’s vulnerability to extreme weather was exposed this week when floods killed at least 130 people with thousands reported missing. The monsoon arrived early in the northern state of #Uttarakhand , bringing with it 375% more rain than in previous years. The sheer weight of water that hit an area known as India’s […]

[Delhi – India] – June 19, 2013 – #ClimateChange will overturn hard won gains in reducing poverty in #SouthAsia as changing weather patterns make accessing water and food resources even more difficult, according to a new report released by the #WorldBank today. Extreme weather such as heat waves, devastating floods and droughts, and more intense […]