India
India: Paris climate talks problem-child or green leader?
ANALYSIS: Delhi has huge plans to invest in solar but it’s the country’s longstanding coal addiction that has climate experts worried
India hailed for constructive stance at solar alliance launch
NEWS: Experts call PM Narendra Modi’s clean energy initiative a game changer in brokering a sustainable climate deal at COP21 in Paris
No renewables without coal, says Indian energy minister
NEWS: Fossil fuel is imperative to meet India’s development needs, Piyush Goyal insists at the opening of UN COP21 climate talks in Paris
COP21: What do countries want from a Paris climate deal?
ANALYSIS: China, the EU, US, small island states and the least developed countries outline what they want to see in a proposed global agreement
Bangladesh capital faces future influx of climate refugees
NEWS: Rising sea levels and cyclones spell huge migrations to overpopulated Dhaka if the planet doesn’t cut carbon emissions fast enough
Solar v coal: Can India shift from fossils to sunbeams fast enough?
ANALYSIS: Why would you dig fossilised plants out of the bowels of the earth if you could capture rays from the heavens? It’s not that simple
Nepal’s farmers turn ‘climate smart’ as erratic rains bite
NEWS: Plastic sheeting, plywood and resilient seeds can make a huge difference to communities faced with increasingly tough climate-linked impacts
Meet the Indian islanders losing ground to the sea
NEWS: In the Bay of Bengal, Ghoromara faces disaster as the rising ocean eats away at people’s homeland
UK, India agree £3.2bn low carbon deal ahead of Paris climate talks
NEWS: Cameron and Modi sign off trade package to boost India’s green economy, but doubts persist over UK’s domestic commitment to tackling climate change
John Kerry: India poses ‘challenge’ at UN climate talks
NEWS: Secretary of state says New Delhi is focus of US diplomacy push, rejects notion that Paris may deliver new legally binding treaty
Modi, Cameron to discuss climate change during UK visit
NEWS: India expecting technological cooperation from UK to combat climate change, says environment minister
India PM proposes solar power alliance with Africa
NEWS: Climate change and security cooperation key themes of Narendra Modi address to 41 African heads of state in New Delhi
Video: Jairam Ramesh talks up India’s climate progress
New Delhi has taken controversial steps to reduce emissions intensity and push solar power, says former environment minister
Sri Lanka makes compensation plea in UN climate pledge
NEWS: Island off tip of southern India wants reimbursing for the $420m it plans to spend by 2025 on warding off extreme weather
India ex-climate minister lays out ‘minimums’ for Paris deal
NEWS: Tool to both verify countries’ carbon cuts and ratchet them up in the future vital to summit’s success, says Jairam Ramesh
Prakash Javadekar: rich countries are on a climate vacation
NEWS: India’s environment chief say he wants more pre 2020 carbon cuts from wealthy countries, and is not happy with a draft UN climate agreement
India poised to overachieve ‘cautious’ emissions target
NEWS: Clean energy policies put country on track to outperform carbon-cutting aims for 2030, says Climate Action Tracker
Germany offers India €2 billion in solar, clean energy funds
NEWS: Leaders Modi and Merkel agree renewables finance package and to cooperate on plans for global climate deal in Paris
World welcomes India climate pledge
ANALYSIS: We round up the reaction to New Delhi’s contribution to a UN climate change deal
India targets 33-35% emissions intensity cut by 2030
NEWS: Hotly anticipated climate pledge from New Delhi needs an estimated US$2.5 trillion of international support