Climate Policy

The discussion at SB64 showed how difficult that shift remains. On adaptation, negotiations became mired in disagreements over references to tripling adaptation finance.

Farmers’ representatives say a super El Niño and a global fuel-fertilizer shock are threatening crop yields, incomes, and food supplies

Delhi's Draft EV Policy 2026 is the most ambitious electrification mandate India's capital has seen. Before it is finalised, it needs to answer three questions it has not yet asked.

The report says that at the current emissions rate, the carbon budget will be exhausted slightly over the next three years

As negotiators gather in Bonn on June 8 after the landmark Santa Marta conference, the debate on moving away from fossil fuels must shift from declarations and coalitions to the practical challenges of finance, technology, energy security, critical minerals, and a just transition for developing countries

The report noted that climate action in the housing sector must go hand-in-hand with tackling the growing global housing affordability crisis.

As the Iran war disrupts global supplies, registered consumers remain protected while migrant workers and poorer households pay some of the highest rates anywhere in the world for LPG

Part 3 of CarbonCopy’s series on non-economic loss and damage looks at how years after Cyclone Fani, shifting coconut yields and fishing patterns are driving losses insurance cannot cover

Banks provided nearly $22 billion in financing for met coal mine developers between 2022-2024, while institutional investors hold roughly $30 billion in securities

From Rajasthan’s revived Sherni river to the shrinking Yamuna, evidence is mounting that decentralised water restoration may, in some cases, deliver greater climate resilience and lower social costs than conventional hydropower-led river development

A recent protest took place in Noida’s industrial belt on 13 April, 2026, where about 45,000 factory workers demanded wage hikes, fixed hours, and overtime pay. The UP government in turn announced an interim minimum wage hike after the protests turned violent on day four.

Timing, in climate diplomacy, is everything. India released the third instalment of its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 3.0) this week as the West Asia crisis continues to intensify and energy markets convulsed.

India’s cabinet has approved the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 3.0) for the period 2031 to 2035 after months of delay, at a time when geopolitical conflict in West Asia disrupted the global energy supply chains and exposed the cost of fossil fuel dependence. 

India is laying the foundation stones of a national compliance carbon market. The market design features and regulatory systems are progressively under development, and industries are starting to prepare for the market. Much of the conversation so far has focused on targets, sectors, and trading rules. These are of course important — but the strongest foundation of an effective carbon market is something far more elementary.

The ongoing disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and escalating tensions in West Asia have highlighted the vulnerability of the global fertiliser supply, potentially jeopardising food security worldwide.