Articles

Climate Change: A Review of 2024 and Projections for 2025

Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

State of the global climate in 2024

From global average temperature to greenhouse gas emissions, records have already been broken yet again in 2024. The impact of this was felt in the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather ....

January 23, 2025 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , Floods , heatwaves , Negotiations , climate finance , loss and damage , Extreme weather events , Fossil fuels

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

Himani Agrawal Commentary

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

Neighborhood News Digest - 14 November 2024

Afghanistan

Taliban delegation attends Telecommunication Conference in India-The Khaama Press

The Taliban’s spokesperson announced that Barat Shah Agha Nadim, head of the Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (....

November 14, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Climate Change , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , IMF , climate finance , BNP , Carbon Neutrality , Maldivian Economy , COP29 , interim Government , South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council , Taliban Delegation , Artificial Intelligence Policy

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

World Bank Reforms and Climate Change

Dr Arpita Anant Article

Introduction

There is a growing debate on the reform of multilateral development banks to provide ‘global public goods’. At the behest of G20, an independent review of the Capital Adequacy Framework of multilateral development banks w....

July 17, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Climate Change , Article , India , Climate Change , G20 , World Bank , climate finance , multilateral development banks , regime complex

COP 27 and Africa

Olivia Rumble

In November 2022, COP27 will take place in Egypt. In this podcast episode, Samir Bhattacharya, Research Associate at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) discusses with Olivia Rumble and Andrew Gilder some questions related to COP27 were discus....

October 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , BRICS , Podcast , climate justice , climate finance , COP27 , African Union , Environment Negotiation , Climate adaptation

India Should Prepare to Deal with the Fallout of Multiple Global Crises

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The Russia-Ukraine war, now in its eighth month, shows no sign of ending. It has entered a new phase with Russia annexing the regions of Donbas and Luhansk. Putin has ordered a mobilisation of citizens to get fresh recruits to fight the war. He has g....

October 10, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , G20 , World Bank , IMF , Inflation , climate finance , Food Crisis , forex reserves , recession

Climate Change: Takeaway from the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report

PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

In this episode of the VIF podcast, Ms Heena Samant, Research Assistant and Mr PK Hangzo, Associate Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation discuss the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Re....

August 23, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Climate Change , Floods , Podcast , Extreme weather , climate justice , climate finance , threat multiplier , droughts

IPCC’s Timely Reminder on the Need for Climate Justice: A Quantum Leap in Global Climate Change Talks

Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction

Climate change as a concept has evolved over the years. To reaffirm, climate change is one of the most pertinent issues of our time with serious consequences. It has been declared that climate change acts as a “threat multi....

March 25, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , Climate Change , Water crisis , climate justice , climate finance , loss and damage , league , global warming

Year End Review: India Took a Big Leap in Addressing the Threat of Climate Change in 2021

Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction

Climate change, for India, is a subject of huge concern as the country of 1.38 billion falls under the category of one of the most vulnerable nations to experience the worsening impacts of a changing climate. It is for this s....

January 10, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , Climate Change , Pandemic , energy transition , climate justice , climate finance , milestone , proactive