India
Plastic roads help solve Bangalore rubbish crisis
NEWS: While the authorities dump or burn rubbish, two businnesses in India’s Silicon Valley are using waste plastic to build roads
Obama visit to India unlikely to deliver US-China climate pact repeat
NEWS: Washington and Delhi likely to agree pact on renewables and HFCs, but little chance of any major climate deal say insiders
Scientists to help Ganges rice farmers handle climate threat
NEWS: An international team of researchers will boost food security for 300 million people in Nepal, India and Bangladesh
Greenpeace slams Indian government after activist blocked at airport
NEWS: Campaigner Priya Pillai was due to brief London MPs on proposed coal mine in Mahan forest
Climate sceptics gain platform at Indian Science Congress
NEWS: Academics questioned the human influence on climate at India’s leading science conference this week
Connie Hedegaard: India should ‘reconsider’ climate strategy
NEWS: Outgoing EU climate chief hopes China-US carbon cutting pact will encourage other major economies to follow
Crowdfunded “ice stupas” help Ladakh adapt to climate change
NEWS: An engineer has raised US$125,000 through Indiegogo for a novel way to solve water shortages in a remote mountain region of India
Cheap coal poses climate and health dilemma for India
NEWS: Experts warn coal use is growing unsustainably, in the absence of effective regulation or support for low carbon development
Pressure rising on Delhi to target ambitious carbon cuts
NEWS: India unlikely to set peaking year at Lima climate talks, says minister, but could offer goal early in 2015
India considers emissions peak 2035-50
NEWS: Government officials say US president Barack Obama pushed for an announcement when he visits in January
Todd Stern on China, India and the UN climate deal
NEWS: US special envoy for climate change spells out what his country hopes to achieve in the UN’s climate change deal
India hints at new focus on consumption based emissions
ANALYSIS: India wants countries to take responsibility for pollution created abroad by imported products. Could this work—and is it fair?
India and China agree to discuss HFC cuts under Montreal Protocol
NEWS: Delhi and Beijing drop opposition to talks on limiting use of climate-warming gases used in refrigeration
India targets 500% increase in solar power generation
NEWS: India’s energy minister promises 100 GW of solar power by 2022 across sunny India
HFCs breakthrough possible at Montreal Protocol meeting
NEWS: India stance on highly polluting gas appears to soften as countries meet for ozone treaty discussions
India must lead climate fight for developing countries at UN talks
COMMENT: US-China climate deal will take the world towards a catastrophic beyond 4C temperature increase pathway, writes Chandra Bhushan
India feels heat as pressure mounts to deliver climate target
NEWS: Officials suggest Modi government will make a “strategic shift” in climate planning post US-China deal
India must unveil climate targets after US-China pact – Ramesh
NEWS: US-China emissions deal puts pressure on Indian government to reveal target, says India’s former environment minister
India aims to double coal production in five years
NEWS: Energy minister targets a billion tonnes of coal in 2019 to meet soaring electricity demand
Climate change could create more Boko Haram extremists – study
NEWS: Drought, famine and crop failures could destabilise 32 countries in Africa and Asia, warn risk analysts