Equity, Responsibility, and Feasibility: India and Climate Change

Lost and damaged in translation

Activists will converge tomorrow on the grave of the unknown soldier in Paris to commemorate past and…

Pledge, Review, Cap, Trade: Strategies for Mitigating Carbon Emissions

If you’ve been following the international climate negotiations conversation on Twitter in the days leading up to COP21, you’ve probably seen the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)…

Shining a Light on the Outcomes of COP21

It would be an understatement to suggest that the world has high expectations for the outcome of this month’s COP21 meeting in Paris. Over the past year, much has been written about what sort of emissions reductions commitments we can expect, and how these…

The challenge of India at the COP21 Paris climate change summit

The Paris climate change summit has set the stage for high expectations from participating countries. Achieving the target of 2°C places particular pressure on countries with emerging economies, India being one of them…

What a bracket!

As negotiators pulled their third consecutive sleepless night in Paris, those of us watching remotely—and indeed members of civil…