India’s third way
From death came life. Cremation, a traditional ceremony for the 8.5 million Hindus dying each year in India, is emotionally and environmentally fraught. An estimated…
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The Paris Agreement: not great but still a good deal
“Perfect is the enemy of the good, so we don’t have a perfect agreement but a good agreement and this is an earth-shaking moment,” said…
On the road to Paris
100 to go. Developed country Parties under the Kyoto Protocol today enter the final 100 days of the emission reduction treaty’s accounting period during which they ensure…
An inconvenient truth
High expectations are being built around the forthcoming 21st Conference of the Parties (COP-21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which will…
Obama’s new emissions rules likely to help shape White House race
With Monday’s release of landmark rules to combat global warming, President Obama is putting into place what probably will be the last piece of his…
(From Bonn) We are waiting for solutions not wishes
Representatives from countries across the world convene in Bonn this week for the final climate negotiations in the lead-up to COP 21 this winter, the…