The prospect of an international agreement to halt dangerous climate change may seem more remote than ever following the talks that ended last week in Bonn, Germany. The delegates there appeared to be more interested in being cordial than in delivering on science-based targets. (Editorial)
Climate finance and the development of the global low-carbon economy are crucial elements for discussion at G8 and G20. An outcome form these Summits can be leveraged positively by formal UN negotiations.
While developing country parties are worried with the disbursement of fast-track climate
fund committed by developed countries in Copenhagen, a new institutional arrangement for financing came into focus in the ongoing climate change meeting here in Bonn today.
Delegates of the country parties of the UNFCCC discussed the issue in a meeting of the Ad-hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperati
New Delhi: With a goal to reduce carbon emissions by 20-25% by 2020, as a part of India's commitments at Copenhagen, India Inc is trying its best to adopt newer strategies to reach that target. In the Financial Express-Emergent Ventures India Green Business Awards on Saturday, several industry associations discussed myriad ways to cut emissions and make the environment cleaner.
For the past one week, negotiators from all over the world have been meeting in Bonn to take forward the unfinished work of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference last December and prepare the ground for the completion of global comprehensive agreement in the next conference in Cancun, Mexico, slated at the end of this year.
