New UN Climate report another strong wake-up call: Guterres
The increasing number of natural disasters and dangers linked to climate change, highlighted in a…
Browsing: Talks
Rule book to implement the Paris Agreement is now a reality
Kicking off COP, the WBG announced a major new set of climate targets for 2021-2025,…
COP24: Day 12 – Negotiations heading into overtime
It’s crunch time in Katowice, on what it supposed to be the last day of…
Decoding Article 6 of the COP24 climate negotiations
It is close to curtain call for the United Nations’ Climate Conference in Katowice, Poland,…
UN climate talks inch forward, appear headed for overtime
Poland, Dec 14 (AP/UNB) — Agreement on the fine print of the Paris climate accord…
Cop24: Pre-2020 ambition gap must not be shifted
Katowice, 13 Dec (Prerna Bomzan) – The gap in ambition for emissions reductions of developed…
CoP24: High-level meeting to decide on global warming
A high-level meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (CoP24) on global…
Poor Progress and No Finance Commitments at Katowice COP24
Implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change is in limbo as developed countries remain…
Cop24: Move to prepare negotiating texts on Paris Work Plan
Katowice, 7 Dec (Prerna Bomzan and Meena Raman)- At a stocktake plenary held on 6…
Stocktake on execution, ambition of pre-2020 actions begins
Katowice, 6 Dec (Evelyn Teh)- The technical part of the stocktake on the pre-2020 implementation and…
Call for a win-win framework at COP24
An African delegation is in the Polish city of Katowice to join 30,000 delegates and…
Watering the Paris Agreement at COP24
Most people will experience climate change in the form of water – higher frequency and…
COP24: 1m lives could be saved by 2050 thru climate action
Taking bold climate action now could help save a million lives and a lot of…
4 things UN chief wants world leaders to know
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has asked decision-makers to focus on four key things – a…
COP24 update: Leave no issue behind in package of decisions
Katowice, 3 Dec. (Prerna Bomzan and Meena Raman)- At the launch of the year-end climate…
Govt, Oikya Front dialogue shows little visible result
Dhaka, 01 Nov. The dialogue between the 14-party alliance and the National Unity Front held…
Developing countries oppose renegotiation of Paris Deal
Bangkok, 11 September 2018 (Prerna Bomzan and Meena Raman) – Developing countries strongly opposed attempts…
The masses are mobilizing for climate leadership
by May Boeve, Christiana Figueres London – This year, extreme weather conditions have ravaged our…
Positive move on finance vital to execute Paris Deal – G77
Bangkok, 7 Sept. 2018 (Prerna Bomzan) – At a joint-stocktake session of the Bangkok climate talks…
No hurry for new collective goal on finance, say Industrial nations
Bangkok, 6 September (TWN) – Developed countries are refusing to determine a process for setting…
UNFCC parties work on guidelines to implement Paris Deal
Bangkok, 5 Sept. (Meena Raman and Prerna Bomzan) – Parties under the United Nations Framework…
Rich & poor fight issue of ‘conflict of interest’ in UNFCCC
Boston, 14 June 2018, (COI) – Several developing countries continued to champion the need to…
Has Suva Expert Dialogue managed to secure climate insurance
By Zulker Naeen In the context of Loss and Damage, most financial instruments that have…
Climate finance: The Paris Agreement’s “lifeblood”
By Friday Phiri Bonn, May 15 (IPS) – As negotiators concluded ten days of climate…
Paris work progamme to be coherent and balanced
14 May, Bonn (TWN) — The UNFCCC’s Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement…
Climate talks: Lively session on common time-frames for NDCs
Bonn, 10 May (Prerna Bomzan) – Parties at informal consultations under the UNFCCC’s Subsidiary Body…
Overview of outcomes at the 2017 climate talks
by Meena Raman The annual climate change talks under the United Nations Framework Convention on…
Money talks at One Planet Summit in Paris
By Paris Correspondent Paris, Dec 14 (IPS) – As funding to combat climate change has…
PM leaves for Paris to attend ‘One Planet Summit
Dhaka, Dec 11 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Paris on Monday morning…
Paris climate summit a chance for real progress: World Bank
WASHINGTON,BSS/AFP) – The Paris climate summit next week offers a chance for concrete advances in…