The Global Status of CCS 2018
An organization with members including ExxonMobil and the governments of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States released a report arguing for the key role of carbon capture and storage in
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The Climate Change Performance Index 2019
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/dte/userfiles/images/energy-20140725.jpg" style="width: 340px; height: 189px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />India ranks 11th in this year's CCPI,
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Explaining extreme events of 2017 from a climate perspective
This BAMS special report presents assessments of how human-caused climate change may have affected the strength and likelihood of individual extreme events. This is the second year that scientists have
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New energy solutions for 1.5°C: pathways and technologies to achieve the Paris Agreement
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C compared to 2°C reduces the severity of climate change impacts on our natural and human systems. As highlighted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC)
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The 2018 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: shaping the health of nations for centuries to come
The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change was established to provide an independent, global monitoring system dedicated to tracking the health dimensions of the impacts of, and
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NDC update report November 2018 – ambition: taking a long-term perspective
The NDC Update Report tracks the progress on the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement. The theme of this edition is “Ambition”: look ahead and explore whether
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Adaptation gap report 2018
While climate consciousness across the globe is on the rise, the fourth UN Environment Adaptation Gap Report has revealed a considerable gap between countries’ preparedness for climate change and the actual
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Extreme weather and poverty risk: evidence from multiple shocks in Mozambique
This paper investigates the effects of multiple weather shocks on household welfare in Mozambique, as well as some of the coping responses and price mechanisms at play. The analysis employs a triple-difference
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2018/2019 El Niño Asia-Pacific impact outlook for December 2018 to February 2019
This joint ESCAP/RIMES advisory assesses the potential repercussions of the present situation, both, in terms of the climate and its possible societal impacts. It is intended to inform the efforts of Governments,
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India, Germany to boost ties with climate talks in Feb
Katowice (Poland): The bilateral relations between India and Germany seem to be reinforcing at the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP), which is being hosted by the United Nations Convention
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Katowice climate talks: Progress only on areas US, developed nations favour
Progress only in areas that US and developed countries favour Negotiators at the climate conference made some progress behind closed doors on parts of the Paris Agreement rule-book, which developed
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India calls for funds from rich to developing countries to fight climate change
India Tuesday made a strong case for funds from developed countries to developing nations to fight climate change, which is adversely affecting people around the globe. In a discussion paper released
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COP24 special report: health and climate change
Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement could save about a million lives a year worldwide by 2050 through reductions in air pollution alone. The latest estimates from leading experts also indicate that
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Global carbon budget 2018
<p>Global emissions in 2018 are projected to increase by more than 2% after three years of almost no growth, reaching 37.1 GtCO2, a new record high as per this latest report. In India, the carbon dioxide emissions in 2018 are likely to be 6.3 per cent more than in 2017, and is expected to touch 2.62 billion tones.</p>
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Greenhouse gas mitigation scenarios for major emitting countries – analysis of current climate policies and mitigation commitments: 2018 update
This report by NewClimate Institute, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) provides an overview of projected greenhouse gas
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Trends in global CO2 and total greenhouse gas emissions: 2018 report
In 2017, the warmest year on record of years without the occurrence of El Niño, and a year with normal global economic growth, the increase in global greenhouse gas emissions resumed at a rate of 1.3%
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COP24: Will achieve all our climate targets ahead of deadlines, India tells environment meet
India had, in 2015, as part of the international requirement ahead of the finalisation of the Paris Agreement, listed a series of specific actions it would take to fight climate change. n the first
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World 'way off course', UN warns at crunch climate summit
KATOWICE, POLAND: The world is "way off course" in its plan to prevent catastrophic climate change, the United Nations warned on Monday as nations gathered in Poland to chart a way for mankind to avert
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India to play constructive, balanced role in UN climate summit: Vardhan
KATOWICE: Indian Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday said the high level of greenhouse gas emission was a major concern and reaffirmed that India would play a "positive, constructive and balanced
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Rich countries eroding confidence in the Paris Agreement: India and China
Along with other members of the LMDC group, they demand detailed rules on climate finance flows India, China and other countries in the Like-Minded Developing Country group put forth their priorities