Deluge and response

The floods in Mumbai and Texas show that both India and the US are underdeveloped in disaster response and preparednessBy: Vijeta Rattani CLIMATE CHANGE is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events around the world, sparing no country. Research from the Washington-based National Climate Assessment establishes a direct link between a warmer climate and heavier downpours: hotter air can hold more moisture, meaning there’s more water available “for storms to wring out of the atmosphere”. Read more

Summary of Side Event

Centre for Science and Environment organized a side event in the COP21 at the India Pavillion along with the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change titled “Equity and Climate Justice: Operationalising Equity and the Global Carbon Budget.” Secretary Ashok Lavasa started the conversation claiming “Climate change is a consequence of the path of economic development chosen by the world and developing country should be denied this development.”

Centre for Science and Environment Press Briefing in Paris

Friday, December 11; 6 PM CET/10.30 PM IST Centre for Science and Environment invites you to attend the press conference discussing the progress in drafting the climate change agreement and the likely Paris Outcome. CSE Director General Sunita Narain and Deputy Director General Chandra Bhushan will be present at the briefing. It would be held in Press Conference Room 3 which can be seen as a webcast through this link. 

Climate Change Update

Update | Finance Bonn, March 13, 2014 Developing countries demand clarity and transparency of financial support from developed countries India wants a report card on climate finance contributions coming from developed countries

Documents

GLOBAL WARMING:IN AN UNEQUAL WORLD Authors: Anil Agarwal & Sunita Narain Download pdf National Action Plan on Climate Change Download pdf Submission on SBSTA Agenda item 4 Download pdf Submission by India on AWG-LCA REDD-plus Financing Issues Download pdf Submission by India to SBSTA, UNFCCC Download pdf Joint Statement Issued at the Conclusion of the 0th Basic Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change Download pdf Increasing Ambition Level under Durban Platform for Enhanced Actions Download pdf