Sundarbans are threatened by India’s export of coal powered energy to Bangladesh
At a time when India has shelved several planned coal power plants across many of its states, it is constructing a new coal power plant to supply electricity to energy…
Zeenat Masoodi
Conflict of Interest is inherent in Carbon Markets within the UNFCCC
Carbon market mechanisms are well entrenched within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Trading of carbon emissions is permitted by the Kyoto Protocol, 1997, an agreement under the…
‘Conflict of interest’ remains unresolved at the 2018 UNFCCC Bonn intersessional
The just concluded 2018 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) intersessional, held at Bonn, Germany, brings the Paris Agreement one step closer to implementation. Country representatives met at…
India Must Scale Up Efforts At Adaptation To Climate Change
The principal aim of the Paris Agreement as laid down under its Article 2 is to hold the “increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above…
Climate Change Induced Loss And Damage In India
Climate scientists have warned of the negative impacts of climate change for several years now. In September 2016, scientists declared that atmospheric CO2 levels had permanently crossed 400 parts per…
Climate Finance Is Imperative To Combat Climate Change In India
Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), first world countries based on their historic responsibility of maximum contribution to global warming, have agreed to contribute financially in…
India’s Coal Contradiction
The Indian economy is heavily dependent on coal. Infamous as the world’s fourth largest polluter, India’s current energy mix has an enormous proportion of coal. Close to 60 % of…
Potential For The Growth Of Renewable Energy In India
Scientists unanimously agree that massive quantities of greenhouse gases released from combustion of fossil fuels are primarily responsible for global warming and have unleashed an internecine cycle of melting polar…
Mainstreaming The Gender Dimension In India’s Climate Change Discourse
The 4th Assessment Report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change released in 2007, unambiguously states that climate change is not gender-neutral and women experience it differently than men.News reportsabound…
Non And Sub-State Actors In The International Climate Change Regime
Climate change is viewed by many as a classic case of ‘tragedy of the commons’ i.e. anything used commonly and freely by people is not cared for by anyone. ‘Commons’…
Climate (In)justice: Significance of COP 22
The Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is one of the first international instruments to include the term ‘climate justice’. While the notion of…
400 ppm CO2: The Case For Renewable Energy
Scientists have reached a near unanimous agreement that the earth has entered a new geological era – anthropocene – characterised by human induced climate change. The resulting super floods, typhoons,…
Corporate Takeover Of Climate Change Negotiations: Drawing Inspiration From The Tobacco Industry Precedent
One of the major treaties to combat climate change is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is a binding multilateral agreement that entered into force in…
The Himalayan Victims Of Climate Change
On the second anniversary of the 2014 Kashmir flood – dubbed by some as the worst in a century – I write this short piece as a victim of climate…
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