paris climate talks

Art of a climate deal

December 21, 2015 12:02 am

Paris was no Copenhagen. But let’s now hope it is no Rio, where commitments made in 1992 were abandoned in due course.

Paris pact: South Korea, some Gulf nations may join ‘developed’ list

December 15, 2015 2:55 am

The Paris Agreement makes repeated references to developed countries and developing countries, but there is no attempt to say which countries these really are.

COP21: History made in Paris, world reaches deal to save Earth

December 13, 2015 11:14 am

The agreement aims to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, the cause of global warming and consequent climate change, and do it fast enough to keep the average global temperature from rising above two degree Celsius compared to pre-industrial times.

Paris climate talks: In few hours, earth will know if its future is secure

December 12, 2015 6:15 pm

Countries have already faced such a failure once before, when they had aimed for a similar global agreement in Copenhagen in 2009 and were unable to stitch together a deal.

Express in Paris: Hectic backstage talks take centrestage as deadline nears

December 11, 2015 7:03 am

The countries expressed optimism as they were engaged in hectic bilateral and multilateral meetings to look for convergence points

Climate talks: Emission slowdown report shot in arm for Paris negotiators

December 08, 2015 2:39 am

Researchers at the University of East Anglia, UK, and the Global Carbon Project have reported that carbon dioxide emissions could decline by 0.6 per cent this year.

Paris Climate talks: now, let the real negotiations begin

December 07, 2015 1:43 pm

All the big contentious issues, including those related to money, have remained unresolved after the first week of talks.

Students at Punjab Agri University sell cakes baked in solar cookers

December 05, 2015 1:34 pm

The initiative is called 'PAU for Planet: Climate Conscious Campus' and it took the students a week to prepare 20 cakes in solar cookers

Climate change conference: No breakthrough in Paris yet, all eyes on next week

December 05, 2015 1:59 am

The Paris template

November 30, 2015 7:33 am

Ahead of the summit, India has been again targeted as a spoiler. It must stand its ground till the end.