Reports
Trends in global CO2 and total greenhouse gas emissions
This latest report by Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research concludes that in 2016, total global greenhouse gas emissions continued to increase by about 0.5% reaching 49.3 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent…Read more
India Solar Rooftop Map 2017
The latest edition of the report shows that India added 678 MW of rooftop solar capacity in the financial year ended March 31, growing at 81% year-on-year and reaching a total installed capacity of 1.4 GW. Strong market fundamentals including falling costs and improving debt financing mean that the segment will continue its strong growth trajectory…Read more
Brown to Green: the G20 Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
G20 countries have stepped up green finance, but their investment in fossil fuels remains so high that the well below 2 degree warming limits set in the Paris Agreement will be missed by a wide margin, says the 2017 report. This third edition of the annual report provides a comprehensive overview of the G20 countries on how they are doing on the journey to transition to a low-carbon economy. It assesses the main trends for the G20 in emissions, climate policy performance, finance and decarbonisation…Read more
Policymaking
Clean air plan short on specifics
India has launched a National Clean Air Programme that is dependent on many authorities, but has little teeth of its own
Mismanagement can worsen Odisha extreme rainfall events
As climate change makes extreme rainfall events more frequent in the Mahanadi River basin in Odisha and Chhattisgarh, there is urgent need to better manage the river and its dams
Best of 2018: India showcases action on electric mobility at global meet
Indian technocrats discussed various initiatives across the country to encourage the use of electric vehicles at the Global Climate Action Summit being held in San Francisco
Events
1-4 July: 20th Meeting of the GCF Board
Venue: Incheon, Republic of Korea Organizer: UN
18-21 June: Adaptation Futures 2018
Venue: Cape Town, South Africa Organiser: Global Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (PROVIA)
31 January – 4 February: 47th Session of the IPCC
Venue: To be announced Organiser: IPCC Secretariat
23-25 January: Third GEF-7 Replenishment Meeting
Venue: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil Organiser: The Global Environment Facility
23-26 January: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2018
Venue: Davos, Graubunden, Switzerland Organiser: The World Economic Forum
Latest Articles
Articles
Declining rainfall places farming at risk in Bihar
The economy of Bihar is in jeopardy as the number of no rainfall days due to climate change is showing an increasing trend in a state that depends heavily on rain-fed agriculture
Photo feature: the waterman of Jharkhand
Simon Oraon Minj is a living legend in Jharkhand for his community driven initiatives to build wells, ponds and reservoirs that have transformed lives of thousands of villagers
Clean air plan short on specifics
India has launched a National Clean Air Programme that is dependent on many authorities, but has little teeth of its own
Mismanagement can worsen Odisha extreme rainfall events
As climate change makes extreme rainfall events more frequent in the Mahanadi River basin in Odisha and Chhattisgarh, there is urgent need to better manage the river and its dams
Renewables can help reduce India’s water stress
Water scarcity has often impacted output in India’s power sector that depends overly on coal-fired plants requiring much cooling, but that can change with increasing use of renewable energy
India sees encouraging rise of green finance
A growing and persistent need to reduce carbon emissions has led to an increase in funding for innovative green projects in India
Rising sea forces villagers to abandon rice farming
As the sea level rises due to climate change and the land turns more saline, farmers in Tamil Nadu on India’s Bay of Bengal coast are forced to give up rice cultivation
Best of 2018: Navi Mumbai airport ignores climate resilience
Besides displacing thousands of people, the proposed Navi Mumbai international airport is expected to destroy local mangrove and wetland ecosystems that strengthen climate resilience of India’s financial capital
Best of 2018: Migrant workers turn climate refugees twice over
It has been a double whammy for migrant workers fleeing the unprecedented Kerala floods back home to the Sundarbans in West Bengal, a region that is anyway facing the brunt of climate change
Best of 2018: Farmers turn to millets as a climate-smart crop
Farmers in arid parts of Karnataka have adapted to climate change by switching from water-intensive rice, sugarcane and maize cultivation to various types of drought-resistant millets