US and China are using bilateral talks to push ahead with concrete climate cooperation and chip away at old divides over principles
US and Chinese leaders just wrapped up the sixth annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. As in previous years, energy and climate cooperation was a key focus of the strategic track, which is headed up by US secretary of state John Kerry and Chinese state councilor Yang Jiechi…Read more
The last few years have been challenging for the wind energy sector in India, especially with regard to policy issues. However, hope reigns despite confusion created by two versions in two languages, in the recent budget
India’s new Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a slew of mega solar power projects in his recent budget. But when it came to wind energy, there was more confusion than certainty…Read more
Over two-thirds of Indians still burn wood and dung-based fuel for cooking, leading to a million deaths a year from indoor pollution
“The walls of my house are covered in black soot and my eyes sting when I cook,” says Pratibha Devi, 36, a resident of Mamura village in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh that has a small population of 302 people…Read more
Upto 250 million people may be displaced due to climate change by 2050. Will the world demonstrate a political will to acknowledge and protect climate refugees legally?
Can the United Nations help to protect people seeking safety abroad if their homes and jobs are destroyed by prolonged drought, rising sea levels or other climate change-related phenomena in the same way as if they were displaced by…Read more
On the eve of a crucial meeting, India’s government and industry are unsure about the way to approach phase-out of some of the ozone-depleting gases which have been banned under the Montreal Protocol
As a meeting of the Montreal protocol on ozone-depleting gases begins in Paris on July 14, both India’s newly-renamed Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change…Read more
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