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The saga of limiting the Scourge
26 Oct 2024 11:18 PM ISTAfter having discussed at length the details of all the major climate conferences, the Climate Change Series will now offer a glimpse of the efforts...
Trudging along the steep slope
24 Aug 2024 10:31 PM ISTThe major highlights from the COP28 in Dubai included progress on global stocktake and the operationalisation of the Loss and Damage Fund, but the...
Breakthrough with a caveat
17 Aug 2024 10:19 PM ISTAfter 30 long years of negotiations, COP27 at Sharm-al-Shaikh managed to establish the Loss and Damage Fund but, at the same time, saw the weakening...
Rising up to the challenge
10 Aug 2024 9:58 PM ISTComing after a one-year postponement induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, COP26 in Glasgow registered a remarkable progress with agreements on key issues...
Ending in disarray
3 Aug 2024 11:30 PM ISTThe last conference before the operationalisation of the Paris Agreement, COP25 in Madrid came as a disappointment, as no major agreements were made,...
Shadowed commitments
27 July 2024 8:30 PM ISTSponsored controversially by a coal company, COP24 at Katowice was a procedural conference aimed at operationalising the Paris Agreement, but it...
Progress & pitfalls
20 July 2024 11:56 PM ISTCOP23 in Bonn, Germany, advanced Paris Agreement implementation but faced criticism for slow emissions reductions, inadequate climate finance, and...
Shadows of a dream
13 July 2024 6:30 PM ISTThe COP22 meet at Marrakesh focused on implementing the Paris Agreement but lacked progress on finance, technology transfer, and loss and damage...
A milestone accord
6 July 2024 7:30 PM ISTThe Paris Agreement finalised during COP21 was a ‘historic turning point’ towards combating global warming. With increased US financial support,...
Sticking to the role
29 Jun 2024 8:13 PM ISTAmidst optimistic factors like US-China bilateral climate talks and India’s invigorated commitment—countered by setbacks in the form of Europe’s...
Lacklustre progress
22 Jun 2024 7:11 PM ISTThough COP19 saw limited achievements in the form of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage and some REDD+ progress, Japan's reduced...
Prelude to Paris
15 Jun 2024 8:00 PM ISTThe eighteenth COP (COP18) was held from November 26 to December 8, 2012 in Doha. The eighth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the...