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Although Eritrea is certainly far from the largest in terms of geographic area (covering a total area of more than 124,000 km²), it has a very diverse flora and fauna, both on land and in the sea. Among the country’s most important ecosystems are the

New Delhi: Acknowledgement that historical emissions of developed countries have depleted the carbon budget and that they failed to fulfil their pre-2020 commitments could be included in the outcome of the first-ever global stocktake. Pre-2020 commitments of developed countries refer to emission reduction pledges they made before the Paris Agreement under the Kyoto Protocol and the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto

The first-ever global stocktake, initiated in Glasgow in 2021, is expected to acknowledge that developed countries historical emissions have depleted the carbon budget and that they have failed to fulfill their pre-2020 commitments. The outcome of the global stocktake may also recognize that developed countries 2030 mitigation ambitions are inadequate.

At the request of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice will issue an advisory opinion on the liability of countries for damage caused by climate change.

Vietnam has responsibly and practically joined international climate change treaties as part of the efforts to materialise a resolution adopted by the 11th-tenure Party Central Committee in this regard.

BACKGROUND: The first reference to climate change started towards the end of the 1950s – Spencer Weart, Retired director of Center for History of Physics, Maryland in an email expressed, “It was just a possibility for the 21st Century which seemed very far away, but seen as a danger that should be prepared for”. Weart’s Discovery of Global warming website had debated whether

Prof. D. Mukhopadhyay, Dr. Kamal Agarwal Challenges for sustainability faced by the Mother Earth on account of climate change has been a burning issue before the global leaders all across. The Sharm el-Sheik COP27 has just been concluded at Cairo , the capital city of the Egypt where all the leaders of the UNO recognized countries, 195 delegates deliberated in minute details on the consequences of carbon and green house gas emission on the atmosphere and environment which costs havoc […]

Earlier this week, the international community came together to commemorate World Environment Day (WED). The historical roots of WED can be traced back to 1972 and the first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm. This

The Central government on Thursday announced the constitution of the National Designated Authority for the implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.The Paris Agreement 2015 is a collective global effort by the comity of nations that ...

The Peninsula Qatar-based Global Carbon Council (GCC) has recently received full approval from the United Nation’s International Civil Aviation Organisations’ (ICAO) Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). Being host of the GCC, an initiative by the Gulf Organisation for Research & Development and the first and only global voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) offsetting programme of the Mena region, Qatar can be proud of this achievement, which is part of its l...