À Bhadla, dans l’État du Rajasthan, un impressionnant déploiement de panneaux solaires. Le gouvernement indien compte sur cette énergie pour donner accès à l’électricité au plus grand nombre. Money Sharma/AFP

L’Inde plaide la cause des pays émergents

Pour réaliser son ambitieux programme de développement des énergies renouvelables, solaire en tête, l’Inde a besoin du soutien des pays les plus industrialisés.
Small solar panel installations can provide electricity and jobs, while not adding to emissions. Manukrishna CK/Praveen R/Wikimedia Commons

India is focused on energy and poverty, but it can still sign a global climate deal

Much of India’s huge population is still without electricity, perhaps making climate action a tough sell. But India’s vision for green development chimes well with the world’s climate agenda.
The latest climate talks in Bonn, Germany, unexpectedly agreed to a mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation. CIFOR/Flickr

Bonn climate summit brings us slowly closer to a global deal

The mid year Bonn negotiations for the proposed new global agreement to tackle climate change have just concluded. They will be finalised at the end of the year in Paris. What progress is being made? What are the challenging issues that may end up being a focus of negotiations in Paris? What does the roadmap from here look like?
Australia has faced tough questions over whether it is doing its part to cut greenhouse emissions. CSIRO/Wikimedia Commons

Australia in the spotlight at climate talks, for all the wrong reasons

Australia’s grilling by other major nations at this week’s climate talks in Bonn show that it still has serious questions to answer over the scope of its greenhouse emissions-reduction targets.
The US proposes to meet its climate targets through regulation, including reducing carbon emissions from coal power plants by a third below 2005 levels. Cathy/Flickr

How the US’s post‑2020 climate target could fit into a global deal

The United States’ post-2020 climate target raises many questions for this year’s global climate talks, and puts pressure on Australia to raise the stakes.
Tony Abbott says Australia is taking strong action on climate change. It needs to be stronger to keep up with the US-China pledges. AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

The US‑China climate deal leaves Australia with no excuse

The US-China climate deal provides a fresh burst of momentum after years of exhausting international negotiations in search of a worldwide agreement to tackle climate change. It also confirms that Australia…
US president Barack Obama addresses the 2014 UN Climate Summit. EPA/JUSTIN LANE

A view from the 2014 UN Climate Summit in New York

The 2014 UN Climate Summit has wrapped up in New York. What has progressed and what big challenges remain in the run up to and beyond the Paris negotiations in December 2015? Secretary General of the UN…
It’s all one atmosphere: tackling climate change will need action on a global scale. blueforce4116/Flickr

The other world game: reporting from international climate talks

Over the weekend the latest round of international climate negotiations concluded in Bonn, Germany. Offering some encouragement, the talks are inching towards a new global agreement in Paris 2015 for global…

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