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Slipping on climate crisis challenges

A new study suggests catastrophic warming is likely inevitable, as Earth is more sensitive to greenhouse gases than thought, challenging climate goals.

FILE - Demonstrators pretend to resuscitate the Earth while advocating for the 1.5 degree warming goal to survive at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 16, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File) (AP)
Updated on Feb 06, 2025 08:25 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Weather Bee | January 2025 all set to be the warmest January month on record

January 2025 is on track to be the hottest January on record, with an average temperature increase of 1.75°C above pre-industrial levels

A couple take a walk at sunrise near the icy Oak Street Beach along the shore of Lake Michigan Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Chicago (AP/Kiichiro Sato)
Updated on Feb 01, 2025 06:35 PM IST

Climate change intensified LA fires: Analysis by 32 climate scientists

The hot, dry, and windy conditions that drove the fires were about 35% more likely due to warming caused primarily by the burning of oil, gas, and coal.

A helicopter drops water on the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles (AP)
Published on Jan 29, 2025 06:15 PM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

Cause and Effect | Donald Trump’s entry triggers US exit from Paris Agreement

Each country’s pledge toward the Paris goal is voluntary. The US commitment was to limit emissions by 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025.

US President Donald Trump. (REUTERS)
Published on Jan 27, 2025 01:26 PM IST
ByTannu Jain

A rundown of Trump’s executive actions, from tariffs to immigration

While Trump is still signing more orders on Monday night in Washington, here’s a brief rundown of what we know so far his administration plans to initiate

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday. (AP)
Published on Jan 21, 2025 01:22 PM IST
ByBloomberg

How to make sense of 2024’s wild temperatures

Our climate team highlight four charts and two maps

Temperatures passed 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in northern India as an unrelenting heatwave triggered warnings of water shortages and heatstroke. 2024 is confirmed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) to be the warmest year on record globally, and the first calendar year that the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above its pre-industrial level. (AFP)(HT_PRINT)
Published on Jan 17, 2025 08:00 AM IST
The Economist

Haryana delegation departs for COP-16 int’l conference in Saudi Arabia

Before departing, Rao Narbir Singh said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking historic steps to combat climate change as part of his vision for a developed India by 2047.

A delegation from Haryana departed from Delhi on Sunday to participate in the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - COP-16, scheduled to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (HT File)
Updated on Dec 02, 2024 06:42 AM IST
ByANI, New Delhi

After ‘paltry’ funding offers, day of chaos, fury at COP29

Tensions escalated further as climate activists confronted US climate envoy John Podesta, accusing the United States of “a legacy of burning up the planet” and failing to pay its fair share of climate finance

The draft also controversially “encourages” developing country contributions through South-South cooperation while affirming that voluntary contributions won’t affect any party’s development status - language that many see as an attempt to shift responsibilities. (REUTERS)
Updated on Nov 24, 2024 07:08 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

COP29: Leaked NCQG draft angers developing parties; call USD 300bn funding ‘paltry’

According to the draft, it proposes to call on all actors to work together in scaling up finance for developing Parties for climate action from all public, pvt sources to at least USD 1.3 tn per yr by 2035

The text states that finance will be mobilised from a wide variety of sources, public and private, bilateral and multilateral. (COP29 | Official X account)
Published on Nov 23, 2024 07:01 PM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

COP29: NCQG talks spillover as no breakthrough in agreement yet

Experts feel that countries will need to take a political call on the quantum of New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG)

The matter is being discussed at the highest level especially among developed nations. (COP29 | Official X account)
Published on Nov 23, 2024 10:53 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

COP29 talks extended as draft $250 billion finance offer flops

Brazil warned the inadequate funding could jeopardise next year’s critical climate commitments.

A man uses his laptop as he sits near the COP29 United Nations climate change conference pavilion, in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Friday. (REUTERS)
Updated on Nov 22, 2024 11:55 PM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

Developing nations oppose expanding NCQG contributor base

Developing nations argue expanding climate funding contributors violates the Paris Agreement, opposing developed countries' proposals at COP29 in Baku

Flags fly near a venue of the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday. (REUTERS)
Updated on Nov 21, 2024 12:27 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

Paris pact at centre of NCQG contributor base controversy

Developing countries are clear that with several proposals to expand contributor base being discussed, it is important to understand that what developing countries, especially China and others may contribute in South-South solidarity is outside the ambit of NCQG

A man stands next to the logo of the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday. (REUTERS)
Updated on Nov 21, 2024 06:04 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

COP29: No question of becoming donors under NCQG, say developing countries

During the stock-take plenary on Wednesday, the Like-Minded Developing Countries said the USD 200 to 300 billion NCQG quantum being discussed informally and expansion of contributor base is a super redline for them.

Activists participate in a demonstration against carbon markets at the COP29 UN Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday. (AP)
Published on Nov 20, 2024 02:19 PM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

COP29: Draft G20 communique skips referring to transition away from fossil fuels

The draft G20 leaders’ communique focuses on the 2 degree C goal (upper limit of Paris Agreement) and doesn’t mention ‘transitioning away from fossil fuels’ language agreed upon at CO28 in UAE

The venue of the COP29 UN Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP)
Updated on Nov 19, 2024 12:35 PM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

Negotiations over climate finance remain deadlocked at UN summit

The latest draft text on the new collective quantified goal (NCQG), shows little progress despite four revisions and extensive overnight consultations

Environmental activists protest to urge world leaders to commit to a strong climate finance deal during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday. (REUTERS)
Updated on Nov 16, 2024 11:48 PM IST
ByJayashree Nandi, Baku

Baku should deliver agreement to mobilise $1tn per year for developing countries by 2030: Top experts

The investment breakdown by 2030 shows advanced economies requiring $2.7-2.8 trillion, China needing $1.3-1.4 trillion, and other EMDCs needing $2.3-2.5 trillion

A person walks past art in the Turkey Pavilion at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, on Thursday, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP)
Updated on Nov 15, 2024 06:44 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

What COP29 needs to do on climate finance goals

If timely climate investments are not made, the stability of the global economic order itself may be prone to climate-induced risks

Activists with signs spell out
Published on Nov 14, 2024 08:27 PM IST
ByManish Kumar Shrivastava

Himalayan nations in a huddle at COP29; Brazil to announce ambitious climate plan

India urged nations, particularly Pakistan and Bangladesh, to take proactive, collaborative steps to manage and mitigate air pollution across borders.

The venue of the COP29 UN Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo)
Published on Nov 13, 2024 02:20 PM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

Developing countries reject draft text on climate finance

Among other things, developing countries have said that the quantum of the fund should be around $1.3 trillion a year, the mobilisation goal should be from developed to developing countries

A banner flag featuring the logo of Nio Inc. at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday. (Bloomberg)
Updated on Nov 13, 2024 06:04 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi, New Delhi

COP29 opens with divisions over Europe’s carbon border tax and climate financing

CBAM is hailed by the EU as a critical step to curb carbon leakage. However, developing nations claim it disproportionately burdens them

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday. (REUTERS)
Published on Nov 12, 2024 11:14 PM IST

COP29 Presidency announces adoption of standards for carbon credits, draws flak

The early adoption of the related modalities and most importantly carbon removal technologies was done without a discussion by parties and drew criticism

Negotiators from India and China said they were okay with the adoption of modalities as it kick-starts the markets. (X)
Published on Nov 12, 2024 03:24 PM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

Trump presidency shadow on climate summit in Baku

India locked itself into substantive commitments, which it could not reverse when Trump, in his first term, pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement

U.S. President elect Donald Trump gestures at the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. (File image)(REUTERS)
Published on Nov 10, 2024 11:02 PM IST
ByShyam Saran

Climate commitments continue to miss key targets of the Paris Agreement: Report

The latest synthesis report shows climate action is still insufficient, with emissions reductions lacking the depth needed for the Paris Agreement targets

New Delhi, India- October 18, 2024: Yamuna River at Kalindi Kunj has foamed up in large quantities. The Yamuna in Delhi is almost dead and in most places the water is not fit for bathing, let alone sustaining aquatic life. The main reason for this is the high ammonia levels in the river due to excessive emissions of industrial pollutants, in New Delhi, India, on Friday, October 18, 2024. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)
Published on Nov 08, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Donald Trump nomination raises fears of US climate rollback

In 2017, Donald Trump announced US withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Agreement, but the withdrawal never materialised as he lost his re-election bid

People sit near a television broadcasting footage of former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as he speaks during an election night event, at a train station in Seoul on Wednesday. (AFP)
Updated on Nov 07, 2024 01:29 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

'No More Hot Air’: UNEP calls for urgent action to prevent climate catastrophe

As emissions climb to unprecedented levels, the UNEP’s latest report exposes a widening chasm between climate pledges and reality.

FILE PHOTO: A countdown display for the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference is set in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo(REUTERS)
Published on Nov 06, 2024 04:21 PM IST

Current pledges on climate change ‘will fail’ to meet 2°C goal

Current NDCs combined would see global emissions in 2030 at a level only 2.6% lower than in 2019, falling far short of the 43% reduction by 2030 that is required to achieve the Paris Agreement goal

The Schkopau coal-fired power plant operates in Teutschenthal, near Halle, eastern Germany. (AP)
Updated on Oct 29, 2024 06:38 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

Climate crisis data: A critical guide to government responses

This article is authored by Mehdi Hussain, assistant professor (former), department of political science, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi.

Climate experts, scientists, and policymakers said the report presents the most worrying account of climate crisis impacts so far. (Shutterstock/Representative image)
Published on Aug 24, 2024 01:11 PM IST

COP Troika urges parties to submit climate plans for 1.5 degree celsius goal

The COP Presidencies Troika said this will be an important opportunity for leaders to signal their commitment to keep 1.5 within reach.

COP28 UN Climate Summit in UAE. (AP File Photo)
Published on Jul 24, 2024 05:29 PM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

Weather Bee | Will July warming fall below the 1.5°C level?

The expectation of the 1.5°C threshold not being breached in July is not wishful thinking. Some gradual cooling in global temperatures was expected this year.

Noida, India- July 11, 2024: Due to the increase in temperature and humidity after the rain in Delhi-NCR, passengers are walking under umbrella to avoid the heat, in Noida, India, on Thursday, July 11, 2024. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)
Published on Jul 18, 2024 08:00 AM IST
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