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
How to make clean air plans work in Indian cities
Implementation of the clean air plans for India’s cities can work if there are legal mandates, clear targets and accountability, coordination and sufficient funding
Opinion: No climate concerns in India’s draft green rules
The central government’s draft proposal to overhaul environmental impact assessment regulations largely ignores India’s climate crisis
Rethink laws to rebuild the Sundarbans in India
India should rewrite outdated, colonial laws and empower local people in the Sundarbans so that embankments to keep out the sea work for communities and nature
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
Covid-19, climate extremes combine to hammer millions
Extreme weather events amid the coronavirus pandemic have harmed millions of people worldwide and hampered recovery of vulnerable communities
China pledges carbon neutrality by 2060
Experts react to President Xi Jinping’s statement that China will ratchet up its climate ambition by achieving peak emissions before 2030 and striving for carbon neutrality by 2060
India seeks self-reliance in solar equipment manufacturing
Even as India boosts solar power capacity, the country needs to take further policy action to scale up competitive solar equipment manufacturing
Global warming leads to dramatic growth of glacial lakes
In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers have found that the volume of water in these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990
Nature in freefall as world misses 2020 biodiversity goals
The planet is losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate, posing grave danger to human health and prosperity, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity warned in its flagship report
Flash floods surge in Himalayas due to extreme rain
The chance of sudden, catastrophic river flooding in the western Himalayas has doubled as climate change leads to an increase in extreme rainfall events
Who rules climate interventions on the high seas?
With a range of marine geoengineering field trials moving forward, attention is turning to how research and eventual deployment should be governed globally
Carbon emissions continue to rise despite Covid-19 disruption
Reduced human footprint due to the coronavirus pandemic will not have any effect on global warming unless climate concerns are built into a sustainable recovery
India’s child activists lead the fight against climate change
Concerned about the dangers of climate change and environmental degradation, children in India have taken to activism, demanding their rights to a better future
Himalayan communities struggle to cope with climate change
People in the middle ranges of the Indian Himalayas are the most vulnerable to climate change and they are finding it difficult to adapt to the changed weather patterns