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Author: Tirthankar Mandal

Paris agreement draft shows little compromise

The best thing about it is that it may find a way to measure national actions and add them up in an international system, but there is a long way to go before these rules are worked out

Environment ministers and bureaucrats from 196 governments are struggling in Paris with the draft of an agreement that shows little sign of compromise despite four years of work. The draft is cleaner and clearly maps out the points…Read More

World after Paris COP

The Paris agreement needs to be ratified by national parliaments, so it is scheduled to take effect only after 2020. So the post-COP world is divided into two phases – one between now and 2020, and the second after 2020. Here is a preview of challenges that lie ahead for world to combat global warming once the UN summit ends in Paris

Negotiations for the Paris climate agreement started with the host French government trying…Read more

Climate policy in India

India’s main challenge in tackling climate change is to find a way to meet its development goals while controlling the emissions. Here is a primer on how India’s climate policymaking has evolved over the years and its milestones

India’s development policies have acknowledged the need to protect nature. From the beginning of the twentieth century, the British and Indian governments have recognised…Read more

India in a hotter world

It is for the first time India has rented space for a country pavilion at COP to improves its outreach. Here’s how a country that was once known as a champion of the developing world, started losing ground in climate negotiations due to poor communication in recent years

India started the UNFCCC negotiations in the late eighties and early nineties from a position of strength. It had attended the Stockholm…Read more