How the Paris climate deal can save lives
The Philippines is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, but its mitigation and adaptation plans are not ambitious
4 tools to make a Climate Commitment
Wondering how to make a Climate Commitment. Start with these 4 lessons on...
Can China Walk the pre-2020 ambition Walk
Can china increase its pre-2020 pledge before Paris
Kiribati, Jamaica, and the fight for a loss and damage agreement
“You are now talking about almost total devastation” and you can’t Adapt to total devastation
Adaptation open windows for finance
It is now the third day of the first round of this year’s United Nations climate talks began here in Geneva, Switzerland. But in a sense, negotiations are just about to happen. Delegates from 195...
India’s reluctance to review sets a bad precedent
Every country has to submit its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) before the Paris climate negotiations, to announce its actions and targets regarding mitigating or adapting to climate...
At What Expense?
As I wrote yesterday, the decisions undertaken under the UNFCCC do not operate in a vacuum, and reflect the power disparities between the north and the south. We see that happening again in the last hours of...
‘Compromise’ gets complicated. Does it need a new meaning?
On Saturday, when all should be done and dusted at the UN climate talks in Lima, Peru, negotiators from over 195 countries are still ‘debating’ on the text. Divisions have been evidently wide among...
The Time For Difficult Decisions
It is clear that the urgency of this moment in addressing climate change is now not being denied by anyone except nutjobs and those on industry paychecks. The UNFCCC Lima climate change conference started 12...
India is blowing bubbles in the air
Today is the twelfth day of 20th United Nations climate change conference, at Lima in Peru. Leaders from across the world have gathered here in a bid to ‘save’ the planet. They are working on a landmark...