Blockchain for scaling climate action
The environment and climate sectors require digital transformation to keep up with the changing planetary ecosystem and to coordinate urgent and global action in areas including biodiversity loss, disaster
Measurable, Reportable and Verifiable (MRV)
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Bid to initiate discussion on emission monitoring
Proposed discussion paper expected to outline the monitoring issues of developed and developing countries WITH an eye on ensuring a
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Shaping the climate change agenda in India: NAMA and MRV
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This paper argues that India’s actions towards climate change mitigation and the domestic monitoring and evaluation mechanisms are fast evolving as key parts of the country’s climate policy in order to address the growing concerns on climate change</span>.</p>
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Measurable, Reportable and Verifiable (MRV): trends and developments in climate change negotiations
Discussions on a post?2012 future climate regime have been rigourously carried out, not only within the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, but also at other principal international forums, including the G8, G20 and the Major Economies Forum (MEF), as well as domestically in each country.
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Climate change summit unlikely to end in global consensus
The Union minister for environment and forest, Mr Jairam Ramesh, today said any global consensus during the climate change summit in Cancun starting from 27 November is unlikely and the most viable option for India is to hold grounds as far as compromises are concerned.
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Making climate talks count
The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 on climate change is expiring in 2012. So, we should consider the Cancun (Mexico) Summit
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India hopes for forestry gains at Cancun
Although India is not hopeful of a global deal from the forthcoming climate change negotiations in Cancun, it expects some progress in areas relating to forestry and on a new mechanism to scrutinise the actions taken by developing countries to curb emissions. The Environment Minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, said the decisions that will be taken by the 193 countries at Cancun would provide a roadmap
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Accessing climate finance for sustainable transport: a practical overview
Bridging the Gap has developed a practical guide for developing country governments on how to access climate funds for sustainable land transport interventions. The guidance focuses on climate change mitigation and introduces existing and proposed sources of climate finance in the context of the land transport sector.
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Climate deal unlikely at Cancun
Developed countries need to do more, says China BEIJING: As the last round of negotiations before the year-end Cancun climate conference begins on Monday in Tianjin, a port city near here, Chinese officials played down the chances of a binding climate deal being reached this year, citing persisting differences between developed and developing countries. China's top climate official Xie Zhenh
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Guide for REDD-plus negotiators
The purpose of this guide is to assist developing country negotiators and others who are working on REDD-plus. The guide is divided into three parts: Part I considers REDD-plus in the negotiations; Part II contains general negotiating tips for new REDD-plus negotiators and others; Part III contains UNFCCC documents that are often referred to in REDD-plus negotiations.
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Show dollars for Cancun success: BASIC
NEW DELHI: The Rio de Janeiro meeting of BASIC countries