This working paper by the Ministry of finance examines issues of climate change related to development and finance. Clarifies India

This paper summarises the importance of wetlands in relation to climate change, as a basis for examining their potential role in the measures for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) being discussed under the Kyoto Protocol. The question is addressed also in relation to relevant aspects of other intergovernmental agreements.

Article 12.5 of the Kyoto Protocol specifies that emission reductions are only to be certified under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) if they are additional to any that would occur in the absence of the certified project activity. The primary question to be pursued in this discussion paper is simply: Why?

This report provides actions for, and conditions to, a Copenhagen climate agreement from the perspective of the EU steel sector.

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol
is designed to allow the industrialised countries to earn credits

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol
is designed to allow the industrialised countries to earn credits

The negotiations held at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change reveals there is a wide gap between the developed and developing nations which has threatened the equity related components of the Convention. It has been felt that there is a need to follow the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities (CBDR) that will serve as the medium for bringing about equality.

The purpose of this study is to provide an Indian civil society view on the contents of the Indian government