Media Briefing Workshops Technology transfer The UNFCCC Article 4, Paragraph 5 stresses the need for transfer of environmentally sound technologies from the developed world to developing as well as least developed countries (LDCs), to help them adopt a low-carbon growth and development path. Negotiations on the mechanisms of technology transfer began at Bali (CoP-13). It was hoped that the process would lead to a formal decision or understanding at Copenhagen (CoP-15). Read more
Media Briefing Workshops Who is responsible? The question ‘who is responsible for climate change?’ lies at the heart of the politics of negotiations related to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In December 1988, the UN General Assembly resolution recognised climate change as a “common concern of mankind” and noted that “the largest part of the current emission of pollutants into the environment including toxic and hazardous wastes, originates in developed countries… Read more
Media Briefing Workshops WHO IS EMITTING? Current global emissions As per World Resources Institute’s Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) version 7.0, USA has less than 5 per cent of the world’s population, but accounts for more than 20 per cent of the global carbon dioxide emissions in 2006. India, with almost 17 per cent of global population, accounts for less than 5 per cent of the emissions. Download pdf
Vehicle Technology and Fuel From Mobility to Mitigation Regional Workshop on ‘Bus transport: An agenda for reform to promote clean and low carbon mobility’ & Media Briefing Workshop on ‘Managing urban transport to meet the challenge of climate change’ Friday, February 17, 2017 Kolkata
Food and Toxins Fact Sheet VI: Risks of nickel exposure There are no set limits for nickel in colourants and products in India
Food and Toxins Fact Sheet IV: Mercury in cosmetics Its compounds are being used in skin lightening creams in violation of law
