COP21

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COP21 Diary: From Chasing Ice to Helping Climate Migrants

Anjali Vaidya 09/12/2015

Paris: When chunks of glaciers break off, or “calve,”...

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COP21 Diary: The Thrill and the Challenge of Collective Action

Anjali Vaidya 07/12/2015

Paris: I am lying on the ground with my face...

A plenary at at the ongoing COP21. Credit: ConexionCOP/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

‘Climate Technology is a Public Good, it Can’t be Driven by Market Principles Entirely’

M.K. Venu 07/12/2015

The principle of common but differentiated responsibilities must be...

The plenary hall 'Seine' at COP21. Credit: franceecologieenergie/Flickr.

Paris Package Gets Green Light from 196 Nations

Nitin Sethi 06/12/2015

The arguments over the week had been bitter and...

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No Alternative at Paris: What the Promise at COP21 Must Be

Sunita Narain 06/12/2015

Paris must agree to operationalise equity by accepting that...

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COP21 Diary: With Conference at Midpoint, India Hard Sells Its Carbon Budget Idea

Anjali Vaidya 05/12/2015

The battle lines are still the same: Will the...

A view of Rashtrapati Bhavan enveloped in a blanket of smog, caused by a mixture of pollution and fog, in New Delhi in November 2012. Credit: PTI

Fewer People Have Died in the Last 5 Years Due to Natural Calamities

Devanik Saha 05/12/2015

Lives lost due to natural disasters reduced by 20%...