At COP27, developed nations must deliver
2 years, 1 month ago

At COP27, developed nations must deliver

Hindustan Times  

With barely a few days to go before the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, two things have happened. If the Security Council indeed takes over the responsibility on this issue, a few States will then have a free-hand in deciding on all climate-related issues.” But the reasons for trying to “cannibalise” UNFCCC are clear if one looks at the status of implementation of climate pledges by developed countries. But with the developed world struggling, they will shift the burden of mitigation on to the Global South, non-State actors, multilateral financing institutions and “market forces.” The $100 billion per year by 2020 pledged at COP15 by developed countries is far from being reached. With floods and extreme climate events in the Indian subcontinent and Small Island Developing States, Egypt has called COP27 “Implementation COP”. Developed nations must not backtrack on their Paris pledges but commit to “Global Net-Zero”, which means “Net-Negative” by 2050, and set pathways for climate financing.

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UN climate summits turning dubious deepen crisis
3 weeks, 3 days ago

UN climate summits turning dubious deepen crisis

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The COP29 climate conference, hosted in Baku, concluded with palpable disappointment as developed nations committed to mobilising only $300 billion annually for climate action in developing countries. This disappointing outcome exemplifies a larger pattern that has emerged over the past several years with the annual climate summits consistently failing to deliver on their ambitious goals. According to the United …

COP29 ends with contentious outcome
1 month ago

COP29 ends with contentious outcome

China Daily  

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev walks during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 24, 2024. Following two weeks of wrangling between the delegations of developing and developed countries, the COP29 United Nations climate change conference finally concluded, more than 30 hours past its deadline, with the adoption of a climate finance …

COP29 ends with contentious outcome
1 month ago

COP29 ends with contentious outcome

China Daily  

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev walks during a closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 24, 2024. Following two weeks of wrangling between the delegations of developing and developed countries, the COP29 United Nations climate change conference finally concluded, more than 30 hours past its deadline, with the adoption of a climate finance …

After ‘paltry’ funding offers, day of chaos, fury at COP29
1 month ago

After ‘paltry’ funding offers, day of chaos, fury at COP29

Hindustan Times  

Negotiators returned to the table late on Saturday in a last-ditch effort to salvage the COP29 climate talks, hours after dramatic walkouts by developing nations and heated protests threatened to derail the conference entirely. The draft also controversially “encourages” developing country contributions through South-South cooperation while affirming that voluntary contributions won’t affect any party’s development status - language that many …

Cop29 draft deal on verge of collapse as small island nations walk out
1 month ago

Cop29 draft deal on verge of collapse as small island nations walk out

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The latest Cop29 draft deal on climate finance is thought to have been firmly rejected …

Finance deadlock pushes COP29 to brink of failure
1 month ago

Finance deadlock pushes COP29 to brink of failure

The Hindu  

Despite running into overtime, very little headway had been achieved at the U.N. climate summit in Baku late on Saturday in terms of bringing developed and developing countries any closer to agreeing to a new global financial target, called the New Collective Quantitative Goal, for a moonshot at preventing a runaway rise in global temperatures. ‘Nickels and dimes’ The newest …

COP29 UN climate talks wrap up in Baku
1 month ago

COP29 UN climate talks wrap up in Baku

China Daily  

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 11, 2024. The COP29 United Nations climate change negotiations stumbled toward Friday's deadline, with a draft target of climate finance to developing nations falling far short of expectations. A key task of the UN gathering, which kicked off on Nov …

COP29 climate financing negotiations in stalemate
1 month ago

COP29 climate financing negotiations in stalemate

China Daily  

The COP29 United Nations climate change conference went into a stalemate on Friday, its scheduled conclusion date, with key concerns from developing countries largely unaddressed. A key task of the UN gathering, which kicked off on Nov 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan, is to establish a post-2025 climate finance commitment from developed nations to developing countries, building on the previous pledge …

COP29 climate financing negotiations in stalemate
1 month ago

COP29 climate financing negotiations in stalemate

China Daily  

The COP29 United Nations climate change conference went into a stalemate on Friday, its scheduled conclusion date, with key concerns from developing countries largely unaddressed. A key task of the UN gathering, which kicked off on Nov 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan, is to establish a post-2025 climate finance commitment from developed nations to developing countries, building on the previous pledge …

Cop29: The trillion-dollar question that has left climate summit at an impasse
1 month ago

Cop29: The trillion-dollar question that has left climate summit at an impasse

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The New Collective Quantified Goal on Finance, which will fund the climate disaster and prevention-related costs in developing countries, …

G20 summit ends in disappointment for COP29 negotiators
1 month ago

G20 summit ends in disappointment for COP29 negotiators

Live Mint  

The Group of 20 summit in Brazil's Rio De Janeiro disappointed negotiators at the UN Climate Change Conference Baku-COP29, as it failed to send a “strong signal” on the pressing need to resolve the climate crisis. The G20 leaders' declaration reiterated the need for rapidly scaling up climate finance “from billions to trillions”, which they acknowledged in the 2023 New …

G20 nations reach climate finance breakthrough that eluded COP29 talks: Report
1 month, 1 week ago

G20 nations reach climate finance breakthrough that eluded COP29 talks: Report

India Today  

Diplomatic tensions over global warming spilled over into the G20 summit negotiations in Brazil this week, with sources saying the 20 major economies reached a fragile consensus on climate finance that had eluded UN talks in Azerbaijan. G20 countries account for 85% of the world's economy and are the largest contributors to multilateral development banks helping to steer climate finance. …

CoP29: India, LMDC flag lack of progress, unwillingness by some parties to engage on finance
1 month, 1 week ago

CoP29: India, LMDC flag lack of progress, unwillingness by some parties to engage on finance

Hindustan Times  

Baku: India and the Like Minded Developing Countries among other developing country parties made statements late on Saturday night during the closing plenary, as week 1 of COP29 came to an end, calling out lack of progress in finance talks. LMDC, a group of around 24 developing countries, including India, also raised the same concerns--that of pressure from developed nations …

Negotiations over climate finance remain deadlocked at UN summit
1 month, 1 week ago

Negotiations over climate finance remain deadlocked at UN summit

Hindustan Times  

With just days remaining at the COP29 climate talks in Baku, negotiations over climate finance remain deadlocked, with developed and developing nations still far apart on both the scale of funding and its fundamental structure, even as Argentina’s withdrawal from the talks casts a shadow over global climate cooperation. Experts say Harjeet Singh, Climate Activist and Global Engagement Director for …

Can COP29 deliver the big bucks needed to fight climate change?
1 month, 1 week ago

Can COP29 deliver the big bucks needed to fight climate change?

India Today  

On the shores of the Caspian Sea, Baku is welcoming leaders, climate activists, civil society members, and negotiators from over 200 countries with heightened anticipation around setting more ambitious climate finance targets through the proposed New Collective Quantified Goal. The agenda aims to revitalise global climate finance commitments, yet concerns loom over the pace and scale of progress. Across the …

COP 29: Developed economies must learn to prioritise lives over profits
1 month, 1 week ago

COP 29: Developed economies must learn to prioritise lives over profits

Al Jazeera  

The so called ‘Wall Street Climate Consensus’ cannot be allowed to shape the new climate finance deal being negotiated in Baku. This means, that if developing nations are to have any chance of building clean-energy systems, preparing for extreme weather events and responding effectively to natural disasters like the one in Spain, it is crucial that a new, much more …

COP29: Climate talks off to rocky start, but carbon mkts mechanism approved
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1 month, 1 week ago

COP29: Climate talks off to rocky start, but carbon mkts mechanism approved

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The COP29 climate negotiations opened in Baku on Monday with proceedings stalled for hours over disagreements on key matters on the agenda, but countries later approved new UN standards for international carbon markets in a key step towards allowing countries to trade credits to meet climate targets. By trying to ram through loose standards for dangerous carbon crediting …

Will COP29 yield a viable agreement on climate change?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Will COP29 yield a viable agreement on climate change?

Al Jazeera  

Delegates gather in Azerbaijan for UN climate conference. Azerbaijan is hosting this year’s United Nations COP29 conference with delegates tackling ways to curb global warming. Developing nations need lots of it – up to a trillion dollars – to help reduce the impact of natural disasters, made worse by climate change. But some are questioning if the re-election in the …

COP29 begins today: What is the point of the UN climate conference?
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

COP29 begins today: What is the point of the UN climate conference?

India Today  

Tens of thousands of people from around the globe will gather next week for COP29, the annual U.N. climate summit, in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku. Country representatives meet year round to build support for new climate action proposals ahead of the COP, where they can be agreed by consensus of all countries. While each summit is meant to advance global …

Can $1 trillion in climate finance be achieved amid political hurdles
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Can $1 trillion in climate finance be achieved amid political hurdles

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The World Meteorological Organisation has declared that 2024 is on track to be the warmest year on record, which means it will be the first year of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius warming above pre-industrial levels. It is the most consequential of climate summits since the Paris Agreement as the discussions are set to address the New Collective Quantified …

India's push for $1 trillion in climate finance to take centre stage at COP29
1 month, 2 weeks ago

India's push for $1 trillion in climate finance to take centre stage at COP29

India Today  

With just days left until the United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in Azerbaijan, negotiators have yet to clearly outline a deal for a new climate finance goal. India has emphasised that developed nations need to provide at least $1 trillion annually for climate finance, as stated in the G20 New Delhi Declaration. The new financing goal will support developing …

COP hosts call on countries to align NDCs with 1.5 degree C goal
9 months ago

COP hosts call on countries to align NDCs with 1.5 degree C goal

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The hosts of the United Nations climate conferences – the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Brazil – on Wednesday announced to cut emissions in line with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius-aligned nationally-determined contributions under the Paris Agreement by early 2025. The Troika in this regard issued a letter to all 198 United Nations Framework Convention on …

Don’t applaud the COP28 climate summit’s loss and damage fund deal just yet – here’s what’s missing
1 year ago

Don’t applaud the COP28 climate summit’s loss and damage fund deal just yet – here’s what’s missing

The Hindu  

Shortly after the opening ceremony of the 2023 United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai, delegates of nations around the world rose in a standing ovation to celebrate a long-awaited agreement to launch a loss and damage fund to help vulnerable countries recover from climate-related disasters. A brief history of loss and damage “Breakthrough” was the term often used to describe …

At COP28, much talk but incremental gains
1 year ago

At COP28, much talk but incremental gains

Hindustan Times  

As the climate crisis talks underway in Dubai under the 28th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC enter the second week of negotiations, all eyes are set on the ministers who have arrived to make national statements. Usually, the climate crisis negotiations do not make much headway in the first week as this period is spent mostly on developing options …

Climate negotiators urged to reach agreement on reducing Global warming as COP28 talks near end
1 year ago

Climate negotiators urged to reach agreement on reducing Global warming as COP28 talks near end

Firstpost  

The draft text expresses concern over the gap between the money needed for adaptation and how much countries are getting, but it doesn’t say exactly how much money is needed for the world to adapt to climate change Negotiators have been urged to narrow down their options and agree on how to save Earth from disastrous levels of warming as …

COP28 | Rising ambitions on climate action must see matching progress on climate finance: PM Modi
1 year ago

COP28 | Rising ambitions on climate action must see matching progress on climate finance: PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for ensuring requisite climate financing and technological transfer to developing countries, asserting that it must be recognised that they have not contributed in creating the climate problem but are still willing to be a part of the solution. Rising ambitions on climate action must see matching progress on climate finance, the Prime Minister asserted. …

King and Sunak to attend Cop28 as leaders assess bids to tackle climate change
1 year ago

King and Sunak to attend Cop28 as leaders assess bids to tackle climate change

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Rishi Sunak will push for an “era of action” at the Cop28 climate conference as he highlights the UK’s …

COP28 World Climate Action Summit: PM Modi hails 'historic' operationalisation of 'Loss and Damage' fund
1 year ago

COP28 World Climate Action Summit: PM Modi hails 'historic' operationalisation of 'Loss and Damage' fund

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed the 'historic' decision of the UAE presidency to operationalise the $475 million 'Loss and Damage' fund, just moments after the opening of the two-week COP28 climate conference on Thursday. Speaking at a session on Transforming Climate Finance during the COP28 World Climate Action Summit, PM Modi asserted that India has given the utmost …

COP28: Loss and damage fund, climate finance among India's key focus at climate summit, says Env min
1 year ago

COP28: Loss and damage fund, climate finance among India's key focus at climate summit, says Env min

Firstpost  

The present COP Presidency has prepared a draft proposal to operationalise the loss and damage fund which confirms what the Loss and Damage Fund technical committee had recommended in its last meeting that the World Bank be the interim host of the fund. Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav said on Thursday that the ’loss and damage fund’, climate finance and issues …

Science-wise: COP28 Begins, Can First-Ever Global Stocktake Be Decisive Moment for Climate Action?
1 year ago

Science-wise: COP28 Begins, Can First-Ever Global Stocktake Be Decisive Moment for Climate Action?

News 18  

In 2015, 196 nations signed on a landmark agreement in Paris committing to slash greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the climate crisis from spiraling out of control. This is significant especially after India’s G20 Presidency succeeded in securing a commitment from the big economies to pursue efforts to triple renewable energy goals by 2030 – a key target of COP28. …

COP28 UAE | Unpacking the Dubai climate meeting
1 year ago

COP28 UAE | Unpacking the Dubai climate meeting

The Hindu  

As December draws near, so does the volume and intensity of global conversation around climate change negotiations. While climate change diplomacy occurs in multiple fora including G20 m67557084.eetings, UN summits, and bilateral fora, the COP remains the central place where the machinery of global climate governance gets built. The GST is at the heart of a five yearly ‘ambition cycle’, …

UN COP28: What to know about the climate summit in Dubai
1 year ago

UN COP28: What to know about the climate summit in Dubai

Al Jazeera  

Climate financing and reining in fossil fuels are to top the agenda of the 2023 climate change summit to be held in Dubai. World leaders, government representatives and delegates are set to gather for the annual United Nations climate change summit, known as the Conference of the Parties or COP28, in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Based on countries’ current …

Impasse broken on climate fund before COP28 but tough road ahead
1 year, 1 month ago

Impasse broken on climate fund before COP28 but tough road ahead

The Hindu  

The fifth meeting of a 24-member U.N. committee tasked with designing the fund concluded in Abu Dhabi over the weekend, with support for a “take-it-or-leave-it” deal that would make the World Bank the interim home of the fund and encourage - but not oblige - all countries to contribute to it. It would aim to divert billions of dollars towards …

COP28 conference looks set for conflict after tense negotiations on climate damage fund
1 year, 1 month ago

COP28 conference looks set for conflict after tense negotiations on climate damage fund

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — Tense negotiations at the final meeting on a climate-related loss and damages fund — an international fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet — ended Saturday in Abu Dhabi, with participants agreeing that the World Bank would temporarily host the fund for the next four years. The United States and several developing countries …

Countries deadlocked on 'loss and damage' fund as UN climate summit nears
1 year, 2 months ago

Countries deadlocked on 'loss and damage' fund as UN climate summit nears

The Hindu  

Countries are deadlocked over how to design a fund to help countries recover and rebuild from climate change-driven damage, with just over 30 days left before crucial United Nations climate negotiations kick off in Dubai. Two dozen countries involved in a committee tasked with designing a "loss and damage" fund wrapped up the last meeting in the early hours of …

Climate ‘loss and damage’ talks ahead of COP28 end in failure
1 year, 2 months ago

Climate ‘loss and damage’ talks ahead of COP28 end in failure

The Hindu  

A crucial meeting on climate "loss and damages" ahead of COP28 ended in failure on Saturday, with countries from the global north and south unable to reach an agreement, according to sources involved in the talks. The agreement to set up a dedicated fund to help vulnerable countries cope with climate "loss and damage" was a flagship achievement of last …

We need decisive climate action, can COP28 deliver?
1 year, 8 months ago

We need decisive climate action, can COP28 deliver?

Al Jazeera  

Climate scientists are warning yet again that we are off target on climate action; COP28 can offer an opportunity to change that. But COP28 has the potential to achieve even more than that; it can become a watershed where COP meetings transition from multilateral negotiations to bold decision-making to advance climate action. While being a bona fide climate pioneer and …

COP-28 must focus on adaptation instead of mitigation, says India
1 year, 10 months ago

COP-28 must focus on adaptation instead of mitigation, says India

The Hindu  

The forthcoming United Nations Conference of Parties in Dubai must focus on adaptation instead of mitigation, Leena Nandan, Secretary, Environment Ministry said at a public meeting on Friday. Mitigation refers to reducing carbon emissions and historically, countries have wrangled over the deadlines and upper limit of emissions to keep global temperatures from rising 0.5 or 1 degree Celsius from current …

After Cop27 – what next for the battle against the climate crisis?
2 years ago

After Cop27 – what next for the battle against the climate crisis?

The Independent  

Our planet is still in the emergency room – this was the parting shot of the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, at the end of the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt. If loss and damage was the crowning achievement of Cop27, it is widely accepted that the summit failed to make meaningful progress to reduce emissions The agreement also calls …

The dust has settled on Cop27. Here’s what we can make of its failures
2 years ago

The dust has settled on Cop27. Here’s what we can make of its failures

The Independent  

It’s been a few weeks since the final gavel came down on Cop27, the United Nations’ annual climate conference, held this time around in Sharm el-Sheikh. There was progress in the shape of a historic “loss and damage” fund – long called for by countries already bearing the brunt of severe climate impacts. There was also a very real fear …

Real COP27 failure is absence of commitments on long-term climate finance
2 years ago

Real COP27 failure is absence of commitments on long-term climate finance

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 01, 2022 10:25 IST As COP27, the climate summit at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, ended after being extended by more than a day, assessments of what it achieved were mixed. The text on long-term climate finance, after noting “with deep regret that the goal of developed country Parties to mobilize jointly USD 100 billion per year by …

COP27 fails to improve on COP26 but loss and damage fund the saving grace
2 years ago

COP27 fails to improve on COP26 but loss and damage fund the saving grace

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 29, 2022 14:31 IST Some 30 years ago, in 1991, the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu put the term “loss and damage” on the table of the UN climate negotiations, which finally saw some tangible progress at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Glasgow declaration …

The Cop27 deal is historic but is it enough
2 years ago

The Cop27 deal is historic but is it enough

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A deal has been reached after the latest Cop summit – number 27 –has come …

COP27 and the ambiguity about responsibility
2 years ago

COP27 and the ambiguity about responsibility

The Hindu  

This year, at COP27 in Egypt, a dizzying array of topics was on the table for discussion — from the more familiar emissions reductions to the more detailed rules to govern carbon markets. And as scientists today are able to attribute these events to climate change, and derivatively, to greenhouse gas emissions, developing countries maintain that developed countries should inherit …

COP27 raised the pitch for urgent climate action
2 years ago

COP27 raised the pitch for urgent climate action

Hindustan Times  

The 27th Conference of the Parties ended last week in Egypt, and despite the many challenges and divergence of views, member-countries rose to the occasion. Making a pitch for countries to move towards low-carbon development, the Implementation Plan calls for “targeted support to the poorest and most vulnerable in line with national circumstances and recognising the need for support towards …

COP27 ‘loss and damage’ fund: What does South Asia have to gain from it?
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 ‘loss and damage’ fund: What does South Asia have to gain from it?

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 22, 2022 15:11 IST Countries that participated in this year’s UN climate summit in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh agreed on November 20 to set up a “loss and damage” fund to help developing and climate-vulnerable countries overcome the devastating effects of worsening weather extremes. “Countries must now work together to ensure that the new …

Explained: Why UN's climate summit COP27 will be remembered as a failure
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained: Why UN's climate summit COP27 will be remembered as a failure

Firstpost  

The COP27 agreement failed to go beyond the 2021 Glasgow climate pact’s promise to ‘phase down unabated coal power’, despite the Indian proposal that all fossil fuels should be phased out Billed as “ Africa’s COP ”, the 27th UN climate change summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, was expected to promote climate justice, as this is the continent most affected …

Paying for the loss and damage due to the changing climate
2 years, 1 month ago

Paying for the loss and damage due to the changing climate

The Hindu  

After a fortnight of difficult negotiations at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change — or COP27 — at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the participating nations agreed to set up a new fund to help developing countries address loss and damage from the severe effects of a changing climate. The Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan …

COP27: How politics put climate on back-burner at fraught summit
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27: How politics put climate on back-burner at fraught summit

Hindustan Times  

Several countries and blocs involved in negotiations at the UN Climate Conference sought to reopen texts that had already been agreed upon and leaked discussions that were not held widely among parties, people who were part of the 13-day talks that culminated on Saturday said. Delegates applaud after COP27 president Sameh Shoukry delivers a statement during the closing plenary at …

Cop27: Historic deal to create loss and damage fund
2 years, 1 month ago

Cop27: Historic deal to create loss and damage fund

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The final deal reaffirms what was said in the Glasgow agreement, resolving to “pursue further efforts to limit the …

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