Negotiating a new global deal on climate change has proved to be one of the most complex international processes in recent history. There are uncertainties over what countries are willing and able to do, the ability of cost-efficient technologies to deliver the needed emissions cut and the timing and cost of the effort required.

The fear is that the official climate deal likely to come out the UN conference in Copenhagen will be focused on

The Little Climate Finance Book is a companion piece to the Global Canopy Programme

Minister of State for Environment & Forests Jairam Ramesh's response to Calling Attention notice on 'government's changing position on climate change' in Rajya Sabha. He reiterated that India will not accept any legally binding emission reduction cuts in Copenhagen climate summit.

This collection of articles captures and disseminates some perspectives on climate change from the Indian context. Starting from an argument on a new climate deal to highlighting the importance of the small-scale industrial sector within climate change debates,this includes concerns and convictions of India

Adopted at the thirteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 13) in December 2007, the Bali Action Plan (BAP) raised the political status of adaptation and opened discussions on international adaptation finance.

The German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) has developed an innovative approach to solving the problem of climate change. A key component is an agreement between the community of states regarding a cap for the total amount of