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Building the bedrock

16 March 2024 4:38 PM GMT
During COP-5 in Bonn (1999), the focus was on preparing for future conferences and operationalising the Kyoto Protocol, with discussions revolving...

Stymied by dichotomies

9 March 2024 3:48 PM GMT
The fourth Conference of Parties (COP4) in Buenos Aires (1998) ended with modest achievements and persistent friction between developed and developing...

Climate change: Shaping the future of global emissions

2 March 2024 4:16 PM GMT
The historic 1997 Kyoto Protocol marked a pivotal moment in international climate policy, setting binding targets for industrialised nations and...

Climate Change Series: Abstract achievements

24 Feb 2024 4:15 PM GMT
The Second Conference of Parties (COP2) in Geneva, 1996, aimed to reduce emissions and set up Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate alongside...

A subtle initiation

17 Feb 2024 3:49 PM GMT
While the inaugural COP1 in 1995 marked a promising start with the establishment of the ‘Berlin Mandate’, persistent disparities among nations...

Chronicles of climate action

10 Feb 2024 4:18 PM GMT
Through a close inspection of Conference of Parties, this new series of articles aims to trace the evolution of global climate change action over the...

Lingering shadows

30 Dec 2023 3:03 PM GMT
Although the 12th Ministerial Conference made crucial decisions in the realm of e-commerce, fisheries subsidies, TRIPS waiver, food security and WTO...

Mounting troubles

23 Dec 2023 3:58 PM GMT
The trail of failures continued at the 11th Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires — leading to a shift towards regional and bilateral agreements, and...

Triumphs and trials

16 Dec 2023 2:56 PM GMT
Although the Nairobi Ministerial Conference was considered successful with a consensual ministerial declaration, developed nations made minimal...

An ‘imbalanced’ revival

9 Dec 2023 4:40 PM GMT
Coming on the back of an unsatisfactory eighth Ministerial Conference, the Bali Declaration, focusing on Trade Facilitation, rebooted the WTO but...

Minimal headway

2 Dec 2023 2:32 PM GMT
Held against a low bar of expectations, the eighth Ministerial Conference (MC) of the WTO in Geneva concluded with minimal progress on key issues,...

Revitalising negotiations

25 Nov 2023 4:03 PM GMT
The 7th Ministerial Conference at Geneva, which happened after a four-year hiatus, was devoid of goals and text-based talks and aimed for open...
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