India
Pollution levels in Delhi high despite odd-even traffic rule
COMMENT: Car use dropped and local politicians were praised for decisive action, but a partial driving ban did not lead to cleaner air as many had hoped
Climate policies on collision course with clean cookstoves drive
NEWS: Switching from dirty wood stoves to propane saves lives, but carbon pricing threatens to make it unaffordable for millions in South Asia
India coal imports down 34% in December
NEWS: Delhi’s strategy to boost domestic production paying dividends in blow to world’s top coal exporters, but overall coal use set to soar
Climate finance: A gaping wound that needs healing
ANALYSIS: The rich say they’re coughing up, the poor say they’re not getting enough, emerging economies are kicking off. Who’s right?
Pressure for regular reviews builds on India, China at Paris climate talks
NEWS: UNEP chief Achim Steiner and coalition of over 100 countries urge envoys to commit to tough review process, but questions persist on funding
Paris climate talks: What do the last 3 days have in store?
ANALYSIS: Oil producers, forest nations, high-tech trading centres, low lying and desert countries all have distinct interests to protect. This is where it gets serious.
Scientists: 1.5C warming limit means fossil fuel phase-out by 2030
NEWS: Global greenhouse gas emissions stalled in 2015, but tough target demanded by climate vulnerable countries looks unattainable
India can accept 1.5C warming limit – if rich nations make the carbon cuts
NEWS: Chief negotiator tells Climate Home Delhi is open to more ambitious global goals, but warns it’s rich nations who will have to take up the slack
Soft power: Check out the Paris climate summit national pavilions
VIDEO: Over 190 countries are in Paris to save the world from dangerous global warming. But they’re also here to show off their latest gizmos and cut some juicy deals
COP21: Climate Home speaks to India’s chief climate negotiator
Q&A: Susheel Kumar, a key negotiator of Indian delegation opens up to Climate Home’s Avik Roy on what is at stake and India’s determined position at COP21 in Paris
Saudi Arabia, India quash UN study warning of 2C dangers
NEWS: Island nations left distraught as major carbon polluters block report that suggested limiting temperature rises to well below 2C would be safer for millions
COP21: Climate finance row burning bright as clock ticks on talks
NEWS: Negotiations heat up as developed, developing and emerging economies get cold feet over long term funding figures
India: Paris climate talks problem-child or green leader?
ANALYSIS: Delhi has huge plans to invest in solar but it’s the country’s longstanding coal addiction that has climate experts worried
India hailed for constructive stance at solar alliance launch
NEWS: Experts call PM Narendra Modi’s clean energy initiative a game changer in brokering a sustainable climate deal at COP21 in Paris
No renewables without coal, says Indian energy minister
NEWS: Fossil fuel is imperative to meet India’s development needs, Piyush Goyal insists at the opening of UN COP21 climate talks in Paris
COP21: What do countries want from a Paris climate deal?
ANALYSIS: China, the EU, US, small island states and the least developed countries outline what they want to see in a proposed global agreement
Bangladesh capital faces future influx of climate refugees
NEWS: Rising sea levels and cyclones spell huge migrations to overpopulated Dhaka if the planet doesn’t cut carbon emissions fast enough
Solar v coal: Can India shift from fossils to sunbeams fast enough?
ANALYSIS: Why would you dig fossilised plants out of the bowels of the earth if you could capture rays from the heavens? It’s not that simple
Nepal’s farmers turn ‘climate smart’ as erratic rains bite
NEWS: Plastic sheeting, plywood and resilient seeds can make a huge difference to communities faced with increasingly tough climate-linked impacts
Meet the Indian islanders losing ground to the sea
NEWS: In the Bay of Bengal, Ghoromara faces disaster as the rising ocean eats away at people’s homeland