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Justice Deferred: The Global South's Fight for Climate Equity

When will nations most responsible for the climate crisis rise above hollow promises and deliver the justice the Global South desperately needs? As the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate....

January 03, 2025 Climate Change , Commentary , climate justice , climate finance , Global South , COP29 , Climate Equity , New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) , Historical Emissions , Global Climate Diplomacy , Just Energy Transition

COP 29: Climate Finance to Take Centre Stage at the Annual Climate Conference

Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP 29) is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. Dubbed as the “finance COP”, this conference will focus on climate finance, with the aim of advancing the implementation of the Paris Agr....

November 14, 2024 Climate Change , Article , Conflict , Accountability , Fossil Fuel , resilience , Climate action , Cimate finance , Protection

India’s Climate Policy

Dr J.R. Bhatt, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The 1990s were a time of global change. The fall of the Berlin Wall led to Francis Fukuyama arguing in The End of History and the Last Man that western liberal democracy had triumphed and there was to be nothing thereafter in the developmental....

July 15, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Climate Change , Climate Change , Development , Environment , mitigation , adaptation , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , India's Climate Policy , Determinants and Evolution

Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR): India’s Journey from 2014 to 2024

PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

Introduction

The ten-year period from 2014 to 2024 has witnessed numerous humanitarian crises. The crises were triggered by, among other things, armed conflicts (Israel-Hamas war, Syrian civil war, Libyan civil war, Yemeni civil war, Tigr....

June 10, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Climate Change , Climate Change , Extreme weather events , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Humanitarian Crises , Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) , Natural Disasters

Bengaluru Water Crisis: A Case of Inadequate Water Management

Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction

When Cape Town in South Africa faced a severe water crisis in 2018, it was predicted that soon many metropolitan cities across the globe would face the same fate. Unfortunately, this prediction came true for India as its thir....

May 13, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Climate Change , Article , Climate Change , Water crisis , Water Policy , Drought , rainwater harvesting , Wastewater treatment , Water tankers , Bengaluru Water Crisis

Climate Change in 2023: Has the World Reached an Inflection Point?

Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction

2023 was a watershed year for climate change. As record after record was broken that year, experts lamented that the world may have reached an inflection point. For example, CO2 levels in the atmosphere are projected to reach....

January 16, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , Climate Change , Extreme weather events , COP28 , mitigation , adaptation , Loss and Damage Fund , carbon budget

COP 28: A Breakthrough or a Stalemate?

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The climate summit hosted by the UAE produced the first global stocktaking. This was a review of the progress made by member states in moving towards the agreed goals for emissions’ reduction. The report card was not satisfactory. COP 28 called on ....

December 19, 2023 Climate Change , Commentary , UN Secretary General , Paris Agreement , cop 28 , Emissions Gap , 1.5 degrees limit

What should be India’s Approach at COP 28?

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The 28th meeting of Conference of Parties (COP 28) of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is being convened in Dubai from 30th Nov to 12 Dec 2023. The meeting is being held in the backdrop of IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (SAR), whi....

December 01, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Climate Change , Article , India , China , CBDR , climate justice , COP28 , VIF Report

Seminar on Gas and Hydrogen Economy in India

On 1 November 2023, VIF organized a Seminar on “Gas and Hydrogen Economy in India.” The seminar was chaired by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director of VIF, and it was attended by researchers and industry practitioners. Five speakers presented on the role o....

November 23, 2023 Climate Change , Interaction , clean and renewable energy , CO2 , Gas and Hydrogen Economy

Climate Change: Reflections on Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward

The Climate Change Expert Group was established at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) in 2022. It comprises of experts from a wide range of fields, including climate and weather systems, the environment, energy, diplomacy and national sec....

November 22, 2023 Climate Change , Climate Change , Ecosystem , climate finance , clean energy , COP28 , COP , Global Goal on Adaptation