Farmers in around 21,000 Rajasthan villages are in deep trouble as much of the standing winter crops have been ruined by recent hailstorms and rain. Experts fear that worse is to come. It may be time for the state government to rewrite its climate action plan
South Asia has seen 150% more rainfall in the 45 days between March 1 and April 15, 2015 than the average for this time of the year…Read more
Ma Jun wins prestigious 2015 Skoll Foundation award for ‘lifting the veil on pollution’ in China
Environmental activist Ma Jun has won the prestigious 2015 Skoll Foundation Award for Social Enterpreneurship for his many campaigns to obtain an accurate picture of pollution in China. The Oxford-based Skoll Foundation said it was recognising Ma Jun for “lifting the veil” on pollution in China, and praised his “innovative…Read more
The White House has arguably offered the toughest carbon target it could muster given the limitations placed on it by a hostile Congress, argues Eliot Diringer, a longstanding analyst of UN climate talks
The US pushed strongly for getting climate targets on the table well ahead of this year’s Paris climate summit, arguing that exposing countries’ offerings to a bit of scrutiny would encourage them to put their best foot forward. With the formal…Read more
Power-starved South Asia can do much better if the countries improve cooperation on buying and selling electricity and move from bilateral agreements to a regional agreement. The obstacle is India
Acute energy poverty is one of the principal challenges in South Asia. Resource scarcity and a burgeoning population make electrification a particularly daunting task. Coupled with a high variance in distribution of natural…Read more
The US government submission to the UNFCCC on how it plans to control greenhouse gas emissions is the same as it announced in a deal with China last year. It is not ambitious enough, and points to a weak deal at the Paris climate summit
Everybody following negotiations to a global climate deal – scheduled to be finalized at the Paris climate summit this December – has been waiting eagerly to see what the US government is…Read more
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