Climate Change

At Cancun the move is to replace the regime to voluntary targets for all. India’s shift in policy to support this regime will be disastrous for an effective and equitous agreement

The climate endgame in Cancun and how I suspect it will play out in the next 48-hours
By Sunita Narain, CSE, 10 am Cancun time, December 9, 2010

Tech-transfer finds consensus on all but IPR issue

Text to be presented to high level ministerial segment could be the first positive outcome at Cancun  

By Arnan Pratim Dutta

Cancun: A semblance of agreement on the crucial element of technology transfer may emerge as the first positive outcome at Cancun on the 10th day when a rather diluted text on the matter is handed over to the high level segment, where ministers get involved in negotiations.

Indian ICA proposal finds partial support in new drafts on mitigation actions

Cancun, December 2, 2010
By Arnab Pratim Dutta

India stuns all at Cancun by opening up to binding emission commitments

Minister goes extempore, deviates from written speech to make announcement that writes off 'historical debt' and poses a challenge to development of millions in poverty

By Arnab Pratim Dutta

A week of non-results

December 6, 2010

A week of non-results

By Arnab Pratim Dutta,

Capsizing climate boat: BASIC must stay together

Bribery is passé, ugly attempts to demean camaraderie among emerging powers as revealed in Wikileaks is worrying
By Aditya Ghosh

Two Climate Gates in two years. First it was the science and now the diplomacy. Both during a CoP.   

Cancun Photos

Cancun musing

I have reached Cancun few hours’ back to attend the 16th Conference of Parties (CoP-16) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and have been greeted with news that can only be characterised as bad or worse.

Climate Change

Lie, damn lie...statistics

By Aditya Ghosh