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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...
Paltry progress
8 Jun 2024 10:42 PM ISTThe COP17 kicked off on November 28, 2011, in Durban and continued till December 11, 2011. The seventh meeting of the Conference of Parties serving as...
Feeble resurrection
1 Jun 2024 7:31 PM ISTAs the COP16 in Cancun revived climate negotiations post the Copenhagen fiasco, barely any major agreements were made, with longstanding issues like...
A missed milestone
26 May 2024 2:08 AM ISTThe much-awaited COP15 at Copenhagen failed to meet the expectations for a Kyoto Protocol successor, increasing distrust between developed and...
Forward momentum
18 May 2024 8:11 PM ISTCOP14, serving as a preparatory platform for the significant COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009, aimed at establishing crucial post-2012 emissions treaties...
Diluted breakthroughs
11 May 2024 9:10 PM ISTFollowing dramatic negotiations and certain compromises, COP13 managed to establish an independent Adaptation Fund under UNFCCC and outlined the Bali...
Navigating through riddles
4 May 2024 8:00 PM ISTWith climate-related challenges mounting to still greater heights, both COP12 and COP/MOP2 continued the work on Kyoto Protocol issues but lacked...
Triumphs and trials
27 April 2024 7:19 PM ISTThe Eleventh Conference of Parties at Montreal in 2005 came to be dubbed as ‘highly productive’ but raging climate events laid bare the necessity for...