Sehr Raheja

Jan 14, 2025 | downtoearth.org.in | Sehr Raheja |Upamanyu Das

The agriculture sector contributed 406 MtCO₂e of GHG emissions in 2020, representing 13.72 per cent of overall emissionsOn December 30, India submitted its fourth Biennial Update Report (BUR) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, containing the greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory for 2020. The report stated that India’s overall emissions decreased by 7.93 per cent in 2020 compared to 2019 — an unusual occurrence for a developing country with growing energy needs.

Dec 6, 2024 | downtoearth.org.in | Sehr Raheja

It was around 3 am in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 24, 2024. Sitting in the main plenary hall, observers, Party delegates and journalists finally heard the words they were waiting for: “I invite CMA to adopt the draft decision”. CMA is short for Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to the Paris Agreement.

Dec 2, 2024 | downtoearth.org.in | Avantika Goswami |Rohini Krishnamurthy |Trishant Dev |Sehr Raheja

“Is COP29 dead after the Trump win?” asked some members of the media a few days before the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN climate summit (COP29) started on the shores of the Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 11. News of former reality TV show host Donald Trump sweeping the polls to win a second, non-consecutive term as President of the US, seemed to be added as one more factor that prejudged this summit to be a particularly inconsequential one.

Nov 23, 2024 | downtoearth.org.in | Avantika Goswami |Sehr Raheja |Upamanyu Das

A deal of $300 billion per year to developing countries from developed countries and other sources was reached at the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in the Azeri capital of Baku early on the morning of November 24, 2024.

Nov 22, 2024 | downtoearth.org.in | Sehr Raheja |Upamanyu Das

As the second week of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change draws to a close, negotiations on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance drag on, with limited convergence between developed and developing countries. The latest iteration of the draft decision text was released by the COP Presidency in the early hours of November 21, 2024. This shorter, 10-page document is a streamlined version of earlier drafts.