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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Joint statement issued at the conclusion of the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of the BASIC Group
This document contains the Joint statement issued at the conclusion of the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of the BASIC Group took place in Rio de Janeiro on the 25th and 26th of July 2010. Ministers reiterated the importance of the two pronged approach, which envisages, an ambitious and comprehensive outcome for the negotiations under both the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action u
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Add equity principle to climate draft: Ramesh
New Delhi: Attending the seventh meeting of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) in Rome, environment minister Jairam Ramesh demanded that the principle of cumulative per capita emissions be embedded in the draft of the long-term deal.
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Statement of Mr Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Environment & Forests, Government of India at the 7th MEF meeting, Rome, Italy
The statement by Mr Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Environment & Forests at 7th MEF meeting, Rome, 29-30th June, 2010. He stressed on the need for interlinking MRV of climate mitigating actions to ensure that developing nations have "equitable" access to carbon space.
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Top emitters meet in Rome to iron out climate issues
As it becomes clear that a global deal might elude Cancun, agreements on key issues can be expected at the December conference in Mexico. All attention is now being focused on smaller plurilateral groups. Smaller groups like the Major Economies Forum (MEF) are taking up discussions on substantive issues to arrive at some clear understanding ahead of the weeklong Bonn negotiations in August.
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Bonn talks clearing doubts on measuring, reporting & verification
THE villain of the piece in 2009
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Be optimistic about Cancun, says Mexico
THE concerted attempt over the past few months to lower expectations from the Cancun conference on climate change has not gone down well with Mexico. On Tuesday, Mexico responded by saying that Cancun can deliver results, and that the world community needs to be
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Towards a work programme on agriculture: a submission to the AWG-LCA by the FAO
This submission examines agriculture in the context of the climate change negotiations.
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Indias submission to AWG-LCA on organisation and methods of work in 2010
Ad?hoc Working Group on Long Term Co?operative Action, in its 9th Session has invited the Chair to prepare a text to facilitate negotiations among Parties, drawing on the report of the AWG?LCA presented to the COP at its 15th Session, as well as work undertaken by the COP on the basis of that report.
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45 nations Bonn-homie over climate talks
FOR three days, beginning Sunday, environment ministers from 45 countries will meet in Bonn for the Petersberg Climate Dialogue. This is the first major ministerial meeting to be held since the Copenhagen climate change conference and is aimed at
