Climate Change Talks

India plans final refinery expansion as electric vehicle era looms

This comes even as New Delhi is struggling to strike a balance between rapidly adopting EV and bolstering energy security by taking recourse to affordable and more reliable transport fuels

Closely-watched climate case in Hague wraps up first week of testimony

A closely-watched international climate case that could yield guidance for governments around the world wrapped its first week of arguments before the top court of the United Nations in The Hague Friday. The case, though not binding, is expected to spell out what countries are legally required to do to combat climate change and help vulnerable nations fight its devastating impact. The push for the International Court of Justice to hear this case comes like much of the call to address climate change from island nations that are losing territory and fear they could disappear under rising seas. The UN General Assembly asked the court last year for an opinion on the obligations of States in respect of climate change. The stakes could not be higher. The survival of my people and so many others is on the line, Arnold Kiel Loughman, attorney general of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, told The Hague-based court. For years his country has spearheaded calls for reductions of the ...

India slams developed countries for climate crisis at ICJ hearing

India home of about 17.8% of global population, its contribution to climate change less than 4%, said JS, MEA Luther M Rangrezi to ICJ

Govt official slams COP29 as missed opportunity for climate finance goals

Describing COP29 as one steeped in "semantics and not solutions", a senior Indian official has called the proceedings a missed opportunity to mobilize meaningful climate finance for adaptation and mitigation efforts in developing nations. Leena Nandan, Secretary of the Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Ministry, highlighted India's strong stance during negotiations and its leadership role in articulating concerns of the developing world. Speaking about the outcomes of COP29 at a session, she said the conference, which was anticipated to focus on implementation, fell short of expectations. "This was to be an enabling COP, a COP which was going to be focused on the means of implementation and what is means of implementation other than funds and resources. And here it was that we found semantics and not solutions. We found rhetoric and not results. And that has been the biggest disappointment," she said, adding that the sentiment was echoed across the Global South. Nandan ...

Time to adapt: India's climate efforts lack alignment with urgent needs

Evidence suggests that both the extent of change and the associated income losses are likely to be higher than expected

UN calls for $2.6 trillion investment to reverse land degradation by 2030

To hit $2.6 trillion - approaching the annual economic output of France - the world needs to close an annual gap of $278 billion, after just $66 billion was invested in 2022, the UN said

UN climate summit in Baku leaves the developing world with crumbs

Unusually for a UN climate summit, COP29 was mainly about climate finance, and yet the finance mandarins were missing

Suboptimal outcome: The Baku deal falls way short of requirements

India has gained traction from its negotiator's astringent rejection of the deal and advocacy for the Global South

COP29: Innovation, not funding, holds the key to tackling climate change

Policymakers are missing a key point - there are few new and scaled-up technology solutions to mitigate climate change

COP29 gets UN carbon mkts going but concerns persist on climate integrity

UN Climate Change chief Simon Stiell lauded the passage and said that carbon markets would enable flow of $250 billion in annual financing

COP29: Countries agree on deal to kickstart global carbon credit trading

The agreement, clinched roughly a decade after international talks on forming the market began, hinged on how to ensure credibility in the system so it can reliably lead to reductions in greenhouse

COP29 Climate Summit: Climate finance draft sets stage for a clash

The final version not only keeps the role of public financing ambiguous but also tries to put the burden of making contributions on developing countries

Failure not an option, says Stiell amid disagreement among nations at COP29

UN climate chief Simon Stiell on Thursday issued a strong call for global unity and ambition to secure a groundbreaking finance goal to support climate action in the developing world, saying, "Failure is not an option." As negotiators raced against time to resolve outstanding issues related to the critical objective of COP29, Stiell said a major push was needed to bring discussions to the finishing line. "It might jeopardise both near-term action, and ambition in the preparation of the new national climate action plans, with potential devastating impacts as irreversible tipping points are getting closer, he said. On draft climate finance text released earlier in the morning, the UN climate chief said that despite areas of convergence, significant differences remain. A surge in finance is essential: To ensure all parties can deliver new national plans aligned with 1.5 degrees as they must, he said. Stiell warned that delays at COP29 could complicate the road to COP30 in Brazil nex

COP29: At climate talks, draft of deal gives little clarity on climate cash

A new draft text released early Thursday which will form the basis of any deal reached at United Nations climate talks on money for developing countries to transition to clean energy and adapt to climate change left out a crucial sticking point: how much wealthy nations will pay. Negotiators at the talks known as COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, are trying to close the gap between the $1.3 trillion the developing world says is needed in climate finance and the few hundred billion that richer nations have been prepared to pay. But the draft text "presents two extreme ends of the aisle without much in between", said Li Shuo, Asia Society Policy Institute Director. Other than capturing the ground standing of both sides, this text hardly does anything more. Rob Moore, Associate Director at European think tank E3G said that negotiators need to make a huge amount of progress over the next few days and the road to agreement will need to see rapid and candid engagement, with numbers on the ...

India drops 2 places but remains among top 10 climate performers: Report

India remained in the top 10 on a list of 63 countries assessed for efforts to combat climate change, despite dropping two spots compared to an year ago, thanks to its low per-capita emissions and rapid deployment of renewables, a report said on Wednesday. The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI 2025) -- published by think tanks Germanwatch, New Climate Institute, and Climate Action Network International -- tracks the progress of the world's largest emitters in terms of emissions, renewables, and climate policy. The 63 countries, along with the European Union, assessed in the CCPI are responsible for 90 per cent of global emissions. India ranks 10th in this year's CCPI, remaining among the highest performers. The CCPI report, however, noted that significant changes in India's climate policy are unlikely. The growth-oriented approach to climate action is expected to continue or intensify, driven by rising energy demand from industry and the growing population, it said. The repor

COP29: Climate talks in Baku enter final stretch; what happens next

The talks, which began on Nov. 11, are due to end on Friday at 1400 GMT, but COP summits have a history of running long

G20 Summit: Rio statement echoes New Delhi declaration on climate financing

G20 leaders call for ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, peace in Ukraine

COP29: Farmers argue for share of money dedicated to fight climate change

Extreme heat ruined the pineapples on Esther Penunia's small farm in the Philippines this year, more disappointment than catastrophe since Penunia doesn't depend on the farm for a living. But Penunia worries about the millions of small farmers in her part of the world who do depend on rice paddies, coconut groves and vegetable patches that are all threatened by climate change. That's why she's hoping that countries at this year's United Nations climate summit will dedicate some of the money for fighting climate change to agriculture and the family farmers who feed most of the people in many parts of the world. You don't help small farmers, where will you get your food from?" wondered Penunia, secretary general of the Asian Farmers Association. "Who will farm for you? Who will catch the fish, who will get the honey, who will plant your vegetables? Many countries, especially in the Global South, need money to help pay for the months of recovery when typhoons wreck fields, to insure .

India highlights 4 important aspects of global climate action at COP29

India emphasised that this ambitious, action-oriented approach depends on bold commitments from parties responsible for leading economy-wide emission reductions

COP29: India, developing world face EU resistance to climate finance

A new NDC, which forms the basis of climate finance, must be submitted by next February, according to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)