Are India’s forests really growing? Look under the cover, say experts
According to the State of Forest Report 2021, India’s forest cover rose 1,540 sqkm between…
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Article 6: How the dependence on “charity” was retained in the new market mechanism
After four years of negotiations, more than 200 countries finalised Article 6 of the Paris…
The legal liability Pandora’s box holding back finance for loss and damage
While negotiations on L&D, the ‘step-child’ of COPs past, saw significant progress at COP26, there…
A recipe for disaster: How climate change, mixed with oil prices, is stirring food insecurity
Oil crisis aside, weather has now become a near constant feature in the food price…
The biggest takeaway from COP26 might be the dilution of multilateralism
The climate conference saw an unprecedented reliance on the potential of private finance to fund…
COP26: The saving grace conference
After two weeks of back-and-forth negotiations between developed and developing country parties, the COP has…
Energy crises, geopolitical tensions set stage for explosive climate talks
Emerging geopolitical fault lines and skyrocketing energy prices have only raised the stakes for success…
India needs to step on the gas to win the global green hydrogen race
Intentions aside, there are a series of issues that the country must urgently resolve in…
Is climate finance the antidote to the trust deficit looming over COP 26?
A lack of trust between the developed and developing world, largely over issues of equity…
Profound inequality bears heavy on India’s energy transition
Unjust power structures typical of India’s coal belt will make the prospects of a just…