Climate action, not negotiations, is need of the day
The world is looking elsewhere for faster climate action, even as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change remains caught up in debate and discussion
Tag: Bonn climate summit
Climate risks weigh heavily upon business elite
As the World Economic Forum meets in Davos this week, the world’s economic leadership thinks environmental disasters and climate-related impacts are the biggest risks to global business in 2018
Global leaders have said extreme weather events would likely pose the greatest threat to business in 2018, which marks a major departure from what they thought even 10 years ago…Read More
Best of 2017: Only solution is if global money goes green
Combating climate change needs money that is only available in global bond and equity markets, which are heavily invested in fossil fuels; public finances are needed to make them change direction
Trillions of dollars. That is what India said it needed to deal with climate change in 2015, and it is only one of – though one of the biggest – the developing countries. Where will this come from?…Read more
Best of 2017: Climate insurance not enough for loss and damage
Insurance initiatives for those vulnerable to climate change impacts is a move in the right direction, but more needs to done to account for the loss and damage suffered by communities that have done little to add to global warming
Two major global insurance initiatives were launched at the Bonn climate summit that aim to provide insurance to hundreds of millions of…Read more
Commonwealth seeks common response to climate threat
The devastation of Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean due to the series of hurricanes this year has brought an increasing sense of urgency
Why was the Commonwealth Secretary General at the UN climate summit? “The Commonwealth is very involved in tackling climate change,” answered Patricia Scotland. “We were the first to put climate change on the agenda, in 1989…Read more
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- Climate change drives down yields and nutrition of Indian crops 14.07.22Rising temperatures and weather fluctuations may drive hunger and malnutrition in India, unless the country acts urgentlyFateh Veer Singh Guram
- Floods disrupt monsoon weddings in Bihar 13.06.22In India’s most flood-prone state, grooms are hopping into boats and onto tractors to avoid having to cancel weddings. This type of adaptation comes with risk and some cultural lossAlok Gupta
- Walking in the shadow of Madhya Pradesh’s devastating floods 02.06.22A walk along the River Sindh in central India reveals lasting damage from floods in August 2021, when unprecedented rainfall and mismanaged water reservoirs led to widespread losses for the region’s farmersAishani Goswami, Rahul Singh
- Climate change hits harvest of one of world’s priciest mushrooms in Himalayas 26.04.22Picking wild morel mushrooms brought big money to mountain villages in the Indian Himalayas. But higher spring temperatures and low rainfall may mean an end to the lucrative harvestJigyasa Mishra
- India’s banks unprepared for climate breaking points 06.04.22New analysis has found India's large lenders and state-run energy giants are doing little to reduce their mounting climate exposureLou del Bello
- Fears for farming as groundwater plummets in northern India 21.02.22Across Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, there has been an alarming rise in the number of districts categorised as ‘overexploited’Kapil Kajal
- India’s policymakers get detailed data to help manage disasters 31.01.22As disasters worsen due to climate change, a new report reveals what to expect in every district of the country in the hope of mitigating the human costsJoydeep Gupta
- Rooftop solar: The missing piece of India’s renewable ambitions 27.01.22India aimed to roll out 40 GW of rooftop solar capacity by 2022, but has not achieved a tenth of the target. This could derail the country’s dreams to be a leader on climate action.Lou del Bello
- In Bihar, women face floods and increasing violence 12.01.22As climate change increases the incidence of flooding, women in the northeast Indian state of Bihar are becoming more vulnerable to violence and traffickingShreya Raman
- Early heatwaves foreshadow uncertain future in South Asia 12.04.21As Pakistan, Bangladesh and India warn citizens of higher temperatures in early April, experts say urgent adaptation is essentialZuha Siddiqui