COP27 agrees to fund climate damages, no progress on emission cutsThe two-week talks in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, which at times appeared to teeter on the brink of collapse, delivered a ma...
20 Nov, 2022, 09.24 PM IST
- Islands drift away from EU, rich-poor gulf widens
The negotiations at Qatar National Convention Centre have been a witness to a slow cleaving of ties between the ‘allies’ of Durban talks la...
04 Dec, 2012, 02.11 AM IST
- EU-small island states’ ties under strain?
The negotiations at Qatar National Convention Centre have been a witness to tremors in the climate geo-politics with a slow cleaving of tie...
03 Dec, 2012, 08.52 PM IST
- Doha negotiations witness tremors in climate geopolitics
At Durban, EU had forged a close alliance with the AOSIS and Least Developed Countries in what the developed world began to dub as the ‘coa...
03 Dec, 2012, 05.46 AM IST
- Gambia breaks G77 unity over agricultural emissions
The sudden tabling of the proposal in radical opposition to the G77 stand, which India too supports, came despite the fact that the Least D...
02 Dec, 2012, 03.22 AM IST
EU shifts climate change targets againThe EU has shifted its goalpost for climate change again, unilaterally seeking talks on a new global protocol from this year that puts Indi...
10 May, 2012, 05.43 AM IST
- Chance for India to back LDCs in their submissions to UN on emission reduction
After the differences at Durban over carbon reduction, India has an opportunity to mend fences with the least developed countries.
03 Apr, 2012, 05.03 AM IST
- Durban Climate Summit: European Union for a new global treaty to tackle climate change
The “common statement” glosses over the differences between the European Union and vulnerable developing countries (LDCs and AOSIS).
09 Dec, 2011, 04.37 PM IST
- Island countries support EU again, oppose India's move for UN review of rich countries
The small island states - very small countries with powerful moral presence in the climate talks - showed their political inclinations towa...
08 Dec, 2011, 09.56 PM IST
- BASIC meet in Delhi to discuss joint strategy
The BASIC countries - Brazil, South Africa, India and China - will meet on Sunday in New Delhi for the first time since the climate confere...
26 Feb, 2011, 04.51 AM IST
- Caribbean nations express faith in India’s role
Twelve representatives from the Caribbean countries appreciated India’s willingness to engage with the concerns of the island states, which...
27 Jan, 2011, 06.21 AM IST
- Ramesh says he 'nuanced' India's position on emission cuts
A day after environment minister Jairam Ramesh made an unplanned statement on the legal form of the negotiations, Prime Minister Manmohan S...
10 Dec, 2010, 09.12 PM IST
- Japan seeks firm commitments
The climate talks at Cancun hit a bad logjam on Monday night with Japan and AOSIS demanding that India and other developing countries get b...
08 Dec, 2010, 06.29 AM IST
- India reaches out to small island nations on climate change
India has reached out to small island states, which are the most vulnerable to climate change, to convey its sensitivity to their concerns ...
21 Sep, 2010, 01.01 PM IST
- Small islands, Saudi Arabia temperatures rise over 1.5 degrees C
A new line of division has appeared in the climate change negotiations, this time on the issue of a temperature threshold of 1.5 degrees Ce...
11 Jun, 2010, 02.51 AM IST
- Differences between US & rest may scuttle Copenhagen Summit
Political deadlock mars possibility of an outcome at Copenhagen.
14 Dec, 2009, 05.51 AM IST
Cracks show up in G-77 bloc on Day 1The opening day of the meeting of 193 countries on climate change at Copenhagen was meant to be an occasion for reinforcing political rheto...
08 Dec, 2009, 01.38 AM IST