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Dear readers,
Welcome to the Climate Weekly digest by the Centre for Science and Environment’s Climate Change programme and Down to Earth.
It has been three decades since the landmark Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992, where the world agreed on the first global climate deal and established the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Rio Summit established principles for climate cooperation and enshrined equity in climate governance. However, the decades since have witnessed shifting political priorities, dilution of principles due to industry pressure, and changes in Global South economies. As the world enters another phase of turbulent politics, there is a need for fresh ideas alongside learnings from the past.
In the latest episode of the Carbon Politics podcast, CSE’s Climate’s Avantika Goswami is joined by two attendees of Rio, Sunita Narain, CSE’s Director General, and Anumita Roychowdhury, CSE’s Executive Director. In this wide-ranging episode, the duo revisit Rio and highlight how Global South countries successfully pushed for an equitable climate regime based on Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR). They also discuss green growth in today’s changing political landscape, highlighting how Global South economies can build resilience by reinvesting in local economies, prioritising regional and bottom-up economic solutions, and forming new alliances around green technology to create markets pools in the developing world—potentially offsetting the global disruption caused by Global North economies.
Continuing with international climate diplomacy, debates on climate finance are set to continue at the 30th Conference of Parties (COP30) to the UNFCCC in Belem, Brazil this year. Climate finance negotiations at COP29 in Azerbaijan ended in disappointment as developed countries agreed to mobilise $300 billion annually by 2035, far short of the $1.3 trillion annually demanded by the Global South. Down to Earth’s Puja Das reports that while developed countries agreed to ‘take the lead’ in mobilising the $300 billion target, the goal is expected to dilute the obligations of Global North governments by including a combination of public and private finance.
India, with the support of like-minded developing countries (LMDCs), pushed the issue of Article 9.1—which refers to the obligation of developed countries to provide financial resources to assist developing countries—during the mid-year climate talks in Bonn, Germany. The issue is set to be brought up again in Belem this November, with developing countries expected to demand strong public finance commitments from the Global North.
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By - Upamanyu Das
Climate Change, CSE
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| EXTREME WEATHER TRACKER |
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Gangotri glacier has lost 10 per cent snow melt flow in four decades, 27 August 2025
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Cherrapunji on way to driest monsoon on record, Surlabbi, Tamhini wettest spots in India, 26 August 2025
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