Work Overview

CSE has been well known for influencing the design of international climate policy since well before such policy was enshrined in formal institutions - whether it is the landmark paper released in 1991 by Sunita Narain and Anil Agarwal, calling for a decolonisation of carbon budget accounting, or CSE’s commentary on every UN climate meeting since 1992. CSE has led the discourse in climate policy for over three decades advocating for equity, the principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities, and investing in resilient economies for the poor.

The Climate Change Programme is committed to championing the study of the most pressing climate issues relevant for the Global South. CSE’s publications on climate-critical topics, its presence at UNFCCC proceedings such as COP summits and Subsidiary Body meetings, public outreach and advocacy, media engagement, and training programmes are designed to create multipliers in society for climate action.

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Paris Agreement carbon market edges closer to rollout as oversight body wraps up 15th meeting
By: Trishant Dev
What does Trump mean for international climate cooperation?
By: Avantika Goswami, Trishant Dev, Sehr Raheja, Upamanyu Das, Rudrath Avinashi
Green banks’ coalition goes bust: Biggest American fossil funders exit Net Zero alliance
By: Sehr Raheja
Five reasons why Trump could be the worst thing for the climate, again
By: Upamanyu Das
‘Tariff Man’ returns to White House: How Trump’s policies could reshape global trade and green transitions
By: Trishant Dev
Energy and agriculture sectors lead emissions in India’s latest greenhouse gas inventory
By: Sehr Raheja, Upamanyu Das
Clean energy technologies market to exceed $2 trillion by 2035: IEA report
By: Upamanyu Das
Climate Change and the New Green Economy: The big questions for 2025
By: Sehr Raheja, Trishant Dev, Avantika Goswami
Fossil giant US announces new climate target, as Trump waits in the wings
By: Rudrath Avinashi, Trishant Dev, Avantika Goswami
Canada sets modest NDC target: 45-50% emissions cut by 2035, while fossil fuel production continues
By: Rudrath Avinashi, Trishant Dev
Big Polluters Dodged Their Duties at COP29; Will the ICJ Hold Them to Account?
By: Laurie Van Der Burg, Avantika Goswami, Nikki Reisch
Inside negotiation rooms: A first-time observer’s notes from finance talks in Baku
By: Sehr Raheja
The Great Escape from Baku: Global North abandons South, denies adequate climate finance at COP29
By: Upamanyu Das, Avantika Goswami
“Is it a joke?”: Developing countries slam rumoured proposal for $200-300 billion in new climate finance from developed countries
By: Avantika Goswami, Sehr Raheja, Upamanyu Das
“Trump ate my climate finance homework”: No more excuses for Global North in Baku
By: Avantika Goswami
CSE-DTE at COP29: All you need to know about the progress on Article 6 at the end of week 1
By: Trishant Dev
CSE-DTE at COP29: Climate finance talks kick off at full throttle but slow down; toughest issues pushed to week 2
By: Sehr Raheja, Upamanyu Das
COP29: New NDCs announced by UAE and Brazil; fossil fuel production remains an open question
By: Rudrath Avinashi
CSE-DTE at COP29: G77 and developing country allies reject first draft of climate finance text
By: Sehr Raheja, Upamanyu Das, Avantika Goswami
Trump may want to destroy the planet, but we cannot let him
By: Upamanyu Das
‘Show us the money’: CSE calls for urgent, scaled-up, non-debt funding for Global South at COP29
By: DTE Staff
Unilateral trade measures will delay climate transition — COP29 must address this
By: Avantika Goswami, Faten Aggad, Trishant Dev
Carbon market in Africa grows bigger with cookstove and forest-based projects
By: Trishant Dev
Up to $6.8 trillion required till 2030 to meet climate goals of developing nations: UNFCCC
By: Satakshi Gupta
Uncertainty looms in Baku as pre-COP29 finance negotiations end in logjam
By: Upamanyu Das
New climate finance goal: Technical dialogue commences in Azerbaijan, heated debates expected
By: Sehr Raheja

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Climate Change

Climate Change and Trade Protectionism

Date: February 2023

Avantika Goswami
Climate Change
CSE

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Climate Change

Loss and Damage Politics and COP 27 Deny distract delay

By: Avantika Goswami
Climate Change, Centre for Science and Environment

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Climate Change

Loss and Damage: Estimations

By: Akshit Sangomla
Correspondent, Down To Earth

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video 5 reasons why Trump could be the worst thing for the climate | US GHG emissions vs NDC targets

On Monday, 20th January 2025, Donald Trump returned to the White House for his second Presidential term. An avid climate denier, Trump’s return signals even greater risk to the developing world.

video Climate Policy in the Era of the Polycrisis: What can we expect in 2025?

CSE's Climate Change team to kick off 2025 with a conversation with policy expert Tim Sahay of the Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab at Johns Hopkins University, and co-creator of the Polycrisis newsletter and community.