The future of climate action: In search of a united global south
3 years, 1 month ago

The future of climate action: In search of a united global south

Hindustan Times  

Average global temperatures have increased by 1.07° C relative to the 1850-1900 average—a growing trend that is likely to persist over the next few decades. At the same time, there is increasing pressure on developing countries to cut their own greenhouse gas emissions and collaborate more decisively in tackling climate change. Therefore, requiring only the wealthy countries to cut their GHG emissions is politically non-feasible and also yields fewer effective results in mitigating climate change. However, these schemes will end up rewarding rich countries for past emissions and penalising developing ones by entitling them to a relatively small percentage of emissions. Developing countries must pressure rich countries to adopt more robust emission cuts and provide compensations for past emissions, which should be allocated for climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries.

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Biden, on his way out, sets ‘ambitious’ climate goal: Cut US greenhouse gas emissions by over 60%
5 days, 23 hours ago

Biden, on his way out, sets ‘ambitious’ climate goal: Cut US greenhouse gas emissions by over 60%

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is pledging to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by more than 60% by 2035 as he fights to ensure his legacy on slowing global warming, even as President-elect Donald Trump vows to undo much of Biden’s climate work when he takes office next month. “And I believe that with this new 2035 target as their …

West’s hypocrisy at COP29: Why Global South must draw the line
3 weeks, 1 day ago

West’s hypocrisy at COP29: Why Global South must draw the line

Firstpost  

Perhaps it is time for the Global South to signal its collective agency by exploring a South-South Carbon Adjustment Union. While such a measure may not directly generate significant revenue, it would send a powerful message to the developed world The Global South's call for substantial and immediate financial support has been met with empty promises and token gestures, exposing …

Renewable surge in 2023 fails to curb worldwide emissions: Report
1 month ago

Renewable surge in 2023 fails to curb worldwide emissions: Report

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The world witnessed rapid progress in the renewable energy sector in 2023, but the slow speed of reductions in global emissions rendered it ineffective, a new report released at COP29 in Baku has highlighted. India ranked 10th, a drop from seventh last year, in the analysis — Climate Change Performance Index co-authored by Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute, and CAN …

Climate finance is central for enabling and implementing climate actions, says India at COP29
1 month ago

Climate finance is central for enabling and implementing climate actions, says India at COP29

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Highlighting four essential aspects of global climate action, Leena Nandan, secretary of the ministry of environment, forest and climate change at COP29 on Monday, said the pre-2030 period is an opportunity to enhance global climate action through climate finance to reduce emissions and meet net zero. It is an opportunity to enhance global climate action,” Nandan said in …

India should not be seen as 3rd or 4th-largest GHG emitter due to low per capita emissions: Minister
3 months, 1 week ago

India should not be seen as 3rd or 4th-largest GHG emitter due to low per capita emissions: Minister

The Hindu  

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday said India should not be viewed as the world's third or fourth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases and its low per capita emission should be considered instead. Addressing a session at the Global Renewable Energy Investors Meet and Expo in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, he said India is home to 17% of the world's population, but …

UN draft: Developing nations expect trillions for climate mitigation efforts
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN draft: Developing nations expect trillions for climate mitigation efforts

Hindustan Times  

A draft document on the new climate finance goal, to be negotiated at the UN Climate Conference COP29 in November, indicates developing countries expect contributions in the trillions from developed nations for climate change mitigation efforts. The United States reiterated its stance that contributing to the new fund should be voluntary, and argued that NCQG is separate from UNFCCC provisions, …

Developed countries should intensify climate actions
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Developed countries should intensify climate actions

China Daily  

An employee undertakes turbine blade installation at a wind farm in Ruichang, Jiangxi province, last week. Hence, developed countries should continue to provide the developing nations with more economic and technological support to mitigate and adapt to climate change. In 2009, developed countries committed to jointly mobilize $100 billion a year in climate finance by 2020 to boost climate actions …

Developed countries should intensify climate actions
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Developed countries should intensify climate actions

China Daily  

An employee undertakes turbine blade installation at a wind farm in Ruichang, Jiangxi province, last week. Hence, developed countries should continue to provide the developing nations with more economic and technological support to mitigate and adapt to climate change. In 2009, developed countries committed to jointly mobilize $100 billion a year in climate finance by 2020 to boost climate actions …

Unheeded priorities of climate action
5 months, 1 week ago

Unheeded priorities of climate action

New Indian Express  

The rising accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is threatening a potentially catastrophic change in the living and working conditions of humanity. Controlling the addition of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases into the layer requires cooperation at the global level and a fair distribution of mitigation actions. At present, what we have is the Paris agreement in …

China at forefront of fight against climate change
5 months, 4 weeks ago

China at forefront of fight against climate change

China Daily  

A participant takes a picture in front of a Formula E race car made of e-waste materials, which is on show at the 2024 Summer Davos in Dalian, Liaoning province. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY In the next five years, China's economic development will no longer lead to growth in carbon emissions and instead make a significant contribution to the global efforts …

A nation supporting renewables, green transition should be commended
6 months, 1 week ago

A nation supporting renewables, green transition should be commended

China Daily  

People visit the 21st Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition held in Guangzhou of Guangdong province, Nov 19, 2023. Without China's development in the renewable energy sector, the global progress on climate change would be much slower and more costly. China's new energy vehicle sales rose 33.5 percent year-on-year in April 2024, far outpacing the overall increase in vehicle sales, and the …

To save the climate, the oil and gas sector must slash planet-warming operations, report says
1 year, 1 month ago

To save the climate, the oil and gas sector must slash planet-warming operations, report says

The Independent  

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Developed countries to overshoot carbon emissions goal: study
1 year, 1 month ago

Developed countries to overshoot carbon emissions goal: study

The Hindu  

In the run-up to a key global climate summit, an analysis shows that developed countries — responsible for three-fourths of existing carbon emissions in the atmosphere — will end up emitting 38% more carbon in 2030 than they have committed to, going by current trajectories, In fact, 83% of this overshoot will be caused by the United States, Russia, and …

Countries asked to slash cooling emissions by 68% by 2050
1 year, 2 months ago

Countries asked to slash cooling emissions by 68% by 2050

The Hindu  

With climate warming leading to more air conditioning use worldwide, dozens of countries including China, India and the United States are being asked to commit to a global pledge that would require at least a 68% reduction in cooling-related emissions by 2050, sources told Reuters. The pledge, which would mark the world's first collective focus on energy emissions from the …

Group of 20 countries agree to increase clean energy but reach no deal on phasing out fossil fuels
1 year, 3 months ago

Group of 20 countries agree to increase clean energy but reach no deal on phasing out fossil fuels

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Group of 20 leaders agreed Saturday to triple renewable energy and try to increase the funds for climate change-related disasters but maintained the status quo with regards to phasing out carbon spewing coal. At a news conference shortly after the G20 leaders — whose countries also emit 80% of all planet-warming gases — announced the agreement, Amitabh …

The planet’s burning. Can the Global South save it?
1 year, 5 months ago

The planet’s burning. Can the Global South save it?

Al Jazeera  

As the world hurtles towards climate devastation, countries like The Gambia, Costa Rica and Morocco may have a fix — if others help them. Costa Rica is one of only nine countries – Morocco and The Gambia are also on this list – whose steps to mitigate climate change are “almost sufficient”, according to Climate Action Tracker. Soon after The …

Shifting S. Africa coal plant for clean energy needs millions in loans. Experts say that’s a problem
1 year, 6 months ago

Shifting S. Africa coal plant for clean energy needs millions in loans. Experts say that’s a problem

Associated Press  

MIDDELBURG, South Africa — Plumes of heat-trapping pollutants last billowed from the giant stacks of Komati Power Station in October, when the coal-fired plant that fed South Africa’s hungry electrical grid for more than half a century was shut down to make way for a solar, wind and battery storage plant. Converting Komati to be part of the clean energy …

Countries must be allowed to prepare own plans for Sustainable Aviation Fuel: India
1 year, 6 months ago

Countries must be allowed to prepare own plans for Sustainable Aviation Fuel: India

The Hindu  

India on May 31 asserted that global mandates for Sustainable Aviation Fuel with 2050 as the target year was “too early” and that each State must be allowed to develop its strategy as per its national plans. It also sought support from the U.N. Aviation watchdog ICAO to achieve carbon net zero goals alongside other priorities in the aviation sector …

G7 urges major economies: Net zero by 2050, emissions peak by 2025
1 year, 7 months ago

G7 urges major economies: Net zero by 2050, emissions peak by 2025

Live Mint  

The G7 nations have called on major economies, such as India and China, to make a commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and reach the peak of their emissions by 2025, as reported by PTI. "We call on all Parties – especially major economies – whose 2030 NDC targets or long-term low GHG emission development Strategies are not …

G7 Ministers commit to move to carbon-free power by 2035
1 year, 8 months ago

G7 Ministers commit to move to carbon-free power by 2035

The Hindu  

Climate and Energy Ministers and envoys from Group of Seven countries on April 16 committed to work towards ensuring carbon-free electricity production by 2035 and “accelerating” the phase-out of coal. “We highlight that we ended new direct government support for unabated international thermal coal power generation by the end of 2021 and public support for the international unabated fossil fuel …

G7 ministers' meeting: India asks rich nations to intensity emission cuts
1 year, 8 months ago

G7 ministers' meeting: India asks rich nations to intensity emission cuts

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Meeting the global target of achieving net zero emissions by 2050 will require developed nations to scale up their emission reduction efforts, India said at the G7 Ministers Meeting on Climate Energy and Environment in Japan's Sapporo on Saturday. This will create opportunities for developing nations like India to address the needs of its people, which will also …

Countries historically responsible for climate change cannot stall India's development, says Environment Minister
1 year, 8 months ago

Countries historically responsible for climate change cannot stall India's development, says Environment Minister

The Hindu  

India is moving towards renewable energy but countries historically responsible for climate change cannot ask it to stop its development, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on March 28. Countries historically responsible for climate change cannot decide how India uses its resources to fulfil the energy needs of its population, he said. However, at 2.4 tCO2e, India's per capita greenhouse …

Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report
1 year, 9 months ago

Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report

NPR  

Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report Enlarge this image toggle caption Thoko Chikondi/AP Thoko Chikondi/AP The planet is on track for catastrophic warming, but world leaders already have many options to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and protect people, according to a major new climate change report from the United Nations. A cheat-sheet for …

Loss and Damage decisions, pitfalls and promises
2 years ago

Loss and Damage decisions, pitfalls and promises

The Hindu  

A major takeaway from COP27 in Egypt, as far as loss and damage is concerned, is the decision relating to new funding arrangements focusing on L and D — those particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Past, present and the future In the entire climate change negotiations, the developed countries have consistently opposed being made liable for …

China sets good climate example for all: Envoy
2 years ago

China sets good climate example for all: Envoy

China Daily  

The file photo shows a wind power plant in Zhangjiakou, North China's Hebei province. Pakistan's chief climate negotiator and permanent representative to the United Nations said China has made remarkable progress toward renewable and sustainable energy and has set an example for developing countries in fighting climate change. "Developing countries work in close cooperation with China to acquire some of …

Climate summit: India opposed developed world's efforts to extend scope of mitigation to agriculture
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate summit: India opposed developed world's efforts to extend scope of mitigation to agriculture

Firstpost  

Expressing concern over the draft decision text on the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture, India said the developed countries are blocking a pro-poor and pro-farmer decision by insisting on expanding the scope for mitigation to agriculture, thereby compromising the foundation of food security New Delhi: India has opposed the developed world’s efforts to extend the scope of mitigation to agriculture …

COP27 | India, China, Brazil, South Africa oppose ‘carbon border tax’
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 | India, China, Brazil, South Africa oppose ‘carbon border tax’

The Hindu  

With the 27th edition of the Conference of Parties in Sharm El Sheikh nearing its final stages and efforts being ramped up to arrive at a conclusive agreement, a consortium of countries that includes India has jointly stated that carbon border taxes, that could result in market distortion and aggravate the trust deficit amongst parties, must be avoided. BASIC, a …

COP27: India calls for gradual low-carbon development over de-carbonisation
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27: India calls for gradual low-carbon development over de-carbonisation

Firstpost  

India asked the developing countries to be given their fair share of the carbon budget to make sure that the switch to carbon-free sources of energy doesn’t come at the expense of their development New Delhi: Clarifying India’s position on de-carbonisation at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said that for India a just transition could …

India Undertaking Arduous Effort to Fight Climate Change: Environment Minister at COP27
2 years, 1 month ago

India Undertaking Arduous Effort to Fight Climate Change: Environment Minister at COP27

News 18  

India is undertaking an arduous effort to fight climate change despite accounting for less than 4 per cent of the world’s cumulative emissions so far, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Tuesday. Within one year, India has submitted its long-term low-emission development strategy and indicated low-carbon transition pathways in key economic sectors, Yadav said at the COP27. “India, home to …

5 questions over India's emission plan at COP27
2 years, 1 month ago

5 questions over India's emission plan at COP27

Live Mint  

The strategy focuses on low-carbon electricity and transport systems, low-emission industrial systems, carbon mitigation technologies, energy-efficient urban infrastructure, enhanced forest cover, and the economic and financial aspects of low-carbon development. India is a signatory to the Paris Agreement, under which countries must formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies, taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities …

India Unveils Blueprint for Net-Zero Target by 2070, Rips Into Rich Nations for Sitting on Climate Finance
2 years, 1 month ago

India Unveils Blueprint for Net-Zero Target by 2070, Rips Into Rich Nations for Sitting on Climate Finance

News 18  

Reiterating its commitment to achieve net-zero by 2070, India has unveiled its long-term strategy to bring down emissions over the next five decades at the ongoing UN Climate Summit in Egypt’s Sharm-el-Sheikh, while taking into account its emergent and future energy needs and the need to build climate resilience. Highlighting India’s low historical contribution to global warming despite having a …

Climate Questions: What are the solutions to climate change?
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate Questions: What are the solutions to climate change?

Associated Press  

As the world warms and extreme weather events mount, governments and corporations have been called on to address climate change by top officials, climate scientists and activists and to curb levels of heating. ___ Scientists and officials agree that it’s important to not make matters worse by burning even more fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — that …

The real issue at COP27 is energy equity
2 years, 1 month ago

The real issue at COP27 is energy equity

The Hindu  

In a starkly unequal world, what does the urgency of climate action imply? Global energy inequality Global energy poverty is concentrated in the developing countries. The average annual per capita electricity consumption of sub-Saharan Africa is 487 kilowatt-hours, alongside an infant mortality rate of 73 per 1,000 live births; maternal mortality ratio of 534 per 1,00,000 live births, and per …

UN calls for energy sector overhaul to avoid climate catastrophe
2 years, 1 month ago

UN calls for energy sector overhaul to avoid climate catastrophe

Al Jazeera  

The United Nations has found that only a swift system-wide transformation of the energy sector can stave off the most devastating effects of climate change, as projections show current pledges offer “no credible pathway” to limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. “Only a root-and-branch transformation of our economies and societies can save us from accelerating climate disaster.” The UN’s climate …

Sticking to commitments: The Hindu Editorial on India’s climate change goals
2 years, 4 months ago

Sticking to commitments: The Hindu Editorial on India’s climate change goals

The Hindu  

Ahead of the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in November, the Union Cabinet has approved India’s Nationally Determined Contributions, a formal statement detailing its action plan to address climate change. India’s first NDC, in 2015, specified eight targets, the most salient of them being reducing the emissions intensity of GDP by 33%-35% by …

Universal access to energy is vital
2 years, 5 months ago

Universal access to energy is vital

Hindustan Times  

The centrepiece of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pitch to the world’s richest nations at the G-7 summit in Germany was equity in energy access. Mr Modi said that access to energy shouldn’t be the privilege of only the rich at a time when geopolitical tensions are propelling energy costs and pointed out that while providing energy access to its citizens, …

G-7 pledges put coal on notice, could boost climate aid
2 years, 6 months ago

G-7 pledges put coal on notice, could boost climate aid

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Officials from the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced Friday that they will aim to largely end greenhouse gas emissions from their power sectors by 2035, making it highly unlikely that those countries will burn coal for electricity beyond that date. Under pressure to step up their financial aid to poor nations, the G-7 ministers in Berlin said …

G7 vows to end greenhouse emissions from 2035, could boost climate aid
2 years, 6 months ago

G7 vows to end greenhouse emissions from 2035, could boost climate aid

The Hindu  

Officials from the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced Friday that they will aim to largely end greenhouse gas emissions from their power sectors by 2035, making it highly unlikely that those countries will burn coal for electricity beyond that date. Financial aid for developing countries In a move aimed at ending the recurring conflict between rich and poor nations …

‘Worse than predicted’: G7 meets to keep climate action on track
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Worse than predicted’: G7 meets to keep climate action on track

Al Jazeera  

Environmental groups warn nations risk undermining their green goals by scrambling to secure new sources of natural gas to make up for shortfalls in supplies from Russia. “Delivering on climate promises really becomes even more vital in this tense geopolitical environment.” The ministers will consider committing to a phase-out of coal power generation by 2030, according to a draft communique, …

Climate change is devastating the Global South
2 years, 7 months ago

Climate change is devastating the Global South

Al Jazeera  

Right now in India and Pakistan, a record-breaking heatwave is impacting the daily lives of nearly a billion people. Despite the negligible contribution that most vulnerable countries have made to cause climate change, these countries are the most ambitious in tackling it – but they cannot fight this crisis on their own. The decisions adopted at the UN’s COP26 climate …

Strengthening implementation of energy-related NDCs to limit global warming
2 years, 7 months ago

Strengthening implementation of energy-related NDCs to limit global warming

Hindustan Times  

The growing demand for energy due to increasing population and economic growth has come with a concern in terms of its impact on global warming. The Paris Agreement of 2015 intends to keep global warming to ‘well below’ 2°C, and preferably below 1.5°C by 2100 compared to pre-industrial levels. The World Resources Institute’s State of Climate Action 2021 reports that …

BASIC nations underline climate finance goal
3 years, 1 month ago

BASIC nations underline climate finance goal

Hindustan Times  

Brazil, South Africa, India, and China -- nations that form the ‘Basic’ grouping -- are seeking a fresh long-term climate finance goal at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, according to a statement presented by India’s environment minister, Bhupender Yadav, on behalf of the bloc. Environment minister Bhupender Yadav Yadav said during the opening of COP26 that the grouping endorsed for …

Developed countries enjoyed fruits of low-cost energy for several years, should go for net-zero faster: India
3 years, 1 month ago

Developed countries enjoyed fruits of low-cost energy for several years, should go for net-zero faster: India

India TV News  

Developed nations have enjoyed the fruits of energy and they will need to go for net-zero faster so that developing nations have some carbon space, India asked developed nations ahead of the COP26 climate meet. So all the countries put together will be net-zero which means the developed countries, which have already enjoyed the fruits of low-cost energy for several …

Policy unveiled set to advance carbon goals
3 years, 2 months ago

Policy unveiled set to advance carbon goals

China Daily  

Unlike many rich countries, China hasn't yet seen its carbon dioxide emissions peak. With the working guideline as an overarching guide, the country will also develop specific action plans for different industrial sectors and introduce supporting policies, including financial instruments and procedures for supervision and assessment, according to the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planner. It also …

Policy unveiled set to advance carbon goals
3 years, 2 months ago

Policy unveiled set to advance carbon goals

China Daily  

Unlike many rich countries, China hasn't yet seen its carbon dioxide emissions peak. With the working guideline as an overarching guide, the country will also develop specific action plans for different industrial sectors and introduce supporting policies, including financial instruments and procedures for supervision and assessment, according to the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planner. It also …

Countries' fossil fuel production plans out of sync with Paris limits: UN report
3 years, 2 months ago

Countries' fossil fuel production plans out of sync with Paris limits: UN report

Hindustan Times  

The 2021 Production Gap Report, by leading research institutes and the UN Environment Programme, finds that despite increased climate ambitions and net-zero commitments, governments still plan to produce more than double the number of fossil fuels in 2030 than what would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C. “However, governments continue to plan for and support levels of fossil …

Despite climate change promises, governments plan to ramp up fossil fuel production
3 years, 2 months ago

Despite climate change promises, governments plan to ramp up fossil fuel production

NPR  

Despite climate change promises, governments plan to ramp up fossil fuel production Enlarge this image toggle caption Tony Gutierrez/AP Tony Gutierrez/AP Despite lofty commitments by governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they are still planning to extract huge amounts of energy from fossil fuels in the coming years, according to a new report from the United Nations. The report published …

US, China, India, Europe Need to Do Maximum to Reduce Greenhouse Emissions Without Waiting for Others: UN
3 years, 3 months ago

US, China, India, Europe Need to Do Maximum to Reduce Greenhouse Emissions Without Waiting for Others: UN

News 18  

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday asserted that both developing and developed nations must do their job to reach the goal of net zero emissions by 2050, expressing hope that countries such as the US, China, India, Europe will understand they need to do the maximum without waiting for what the others are doing. To limit temperature rise to …

Countries Promised To Cut Greenhouse Emissions, The UN Says They Are Failing
3 years, 3 months ago

Countries Promised To Cut Greenhouse Emissions, The UN Says They Are Failing

NPR  

Countries Promised To Cut Greenhouse Emissions, The UN Says They Are Failing Enlarge this image toggle caption ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images The United Nations is warning that most countries have failed to uphold promises to make deep cuts to greenhouse gas pollution, in order to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Under …

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