The CDP India Report 2009 reflects the progress that the Indian business community is making to combat climate change. This report highlights the actions of the top 200 Indian companies in reducing emissions as well as adapting to the direct impacts of climate change. It also identifies the challenges faced by the Indian industry in view of an uncertain international climate regime.
In Climate Finance, a leading group of 35 policy experts and scholars show how effective mitigation of climate change will depend on a complex mix of public funds, private investment though carbon markets, and structured incentives that leave room for developing country innovations.
It now seems certain that the United Nations conference on climate change in Copenhagen in December will not see the adoption of a detailed and legally binding agreement.
Weeks ahead of the Copenhagen Summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said India was ready to do more on climate change if developed nations offer financial resources and technology.
SINGAPORE: American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday pledged support for the creation of a global climate fund to help developing countries. She called for credible elections in Myanmar and restraint on the inter-Korean border.
LONDON: A meeting of G20 Finance Ministers at St. Andrews in Scotland on Sunday failed to reach an agreement on funding climate change as developed countries continued to dither over the amount of money they were willing to offer to developing countries to help them adopt environmental-friendly schemes.
