Bonn climate talks end as developing countries fight the odds to keep their hopes alive

After bitter fights, intrigue and convoluted trade-offs, the window of opportunity had been kept open to implement Paris climate change agreement.

Nitin Sethi

· Nov 18, 2017 · 01:20 pm

Bonn climate summit: India and other developing countries score a victory

Developed countries will now need to report what they have done so far to stop climate change.

Nitin Sethi

· Nov 16, 2017 · 09:35 am

Bonn climate talks: What the debate around Loss and Damage is about (and why it is so heated)

Harjeet Singh of ActionAid International explains what’s at stake.

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

· Nov 13, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Bonn climate talks: In second week, ministers will try to break impasse on pre-2020 agenda

In the first week, developing countries were perplexed by the US and EU acting in tandem, as also the less-than-neutral stance of Fiji as president.

Nitin Sethi

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Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

· Nov 13, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Bonn talks: Developing world chides developed countries for failing to deliver on climate goals

137 developing countries collectively demand that rich nations be bound by deadlines to deliver on their commitments.

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

· Nov 10, 2017 · 09:43 am

Bonn climate meet: Talks on developed world’s obligations can’t be postponed, says Africa Group

Xolisa Ngwadla, lead coordinator for the Africa Group of Negotiators, lays out the block’s priorities at the ongoing climate summit.

Nitin Sethi

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Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

· Nov 09, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Bonn talks: US and EU oppose assessments of their current climate change commitments

Developed countries do not want to discuss whether they are on track to fulfil their promises to cut emissions and provide funds to developing nations by 2020.

Nitin Sethi

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Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

· Nov 09, 2017 · 11:47 am

Fiji, presiding over Bonn climate talks, defers assessment of rich countries’ current commitments

India and other Like-Minded Developing countries protested the decision. They say this could raise doubts over promises rich countries make in the future.

Nitin Sethi

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Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

· Nov 07, 2017 · 10:30 am

Principle of equity must guide Bonn talks, says member of Indian PM’s climate change council

Excerpts from an interview with JM Mauskar on India’s expectations from the Bonn climate change negotiations.

Nitin Sethi

· Nov 06, 2017 · 09:37 pm

Bonn talks: India and China wrest focus back on action by rich countries to prevent climate change

As part of the Like-Minded Developing Countries group, the two want to ensure that discussions are also held on what developed countries have done so far.

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

· Nov 06, 2017 · 11:41 am

Rich nations must take holistic view on climate change, says developing countries group spokesman

Excerpts from an interview with Majid Shafiepour, the spokesperson for Like-Minded Developing Countries group, which includes India and China.

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

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Nitin Sethi

· Nov 06, 2017 · 07:30 am

Bonn climate change talks: Fiji’s proposal to raise targets on cutting emissions angers India, China

The island nation wants all countries to compulsorily raise goals before 2020. But some countries say this subverts the accepted decision-making process.

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

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Nitin Sethi

· Nov 03, 2017 · 02:15 pm