Climate Change

The international conference deals with the political framework, regulatory instruments, as well as leading technologies, key projects and new alliances for the economic-ecologic turnaround. On May, 28-29 a live-stream will be available.

Dr. Michael Köberlein über die Gewinner und Verlierer des Kopenhagener Weltklimagipfels und warum die Etablierung eines funktionierenden Klimaregimes ohne Alternative ist.

Dr. Jürgen Kropp from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) about the errors of the last IPCC report and the direct impact of melting of Himalayan glacier on water resources and agriculture in India

Date: March 16, 2010Venue:  Hotel Claridges, New Delhi

If the Copenhagen Accord on climate change can be called a small step forward or a grand failure depends on the regional perspective. Two months after the Copenhagen climate summit, this paper sheds some light on the different regional and national evaluations of the conference and analyzes how perceptions on the outcome of the conference vary between key countries and regions

The Q & A with Prof. Anders Levermann clarifies the disturbances in Indian monsoon phenomenon due to anthropogenic activities causing abrupt transition. Since the economy of the country is still agrarian in nature, it adversely affects the livelihoods of poor and marginal.

Climate change is on top of the international and national political and strategic agendas. Dr. Michael Köberlein, Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF), India gave a 30-minute presentation on "Future of International Climate Regime" on 15th March. The session was chaired by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Lal Bahadur Shastri Chair at IDSA 

It is apparent to everyone that the Copenhagen Accord is a travesty of what the world needs to avert climate change. Instead of an ambitious, effective, equitable and binding treaty with stringent emissions-cut targets for developed nations, we have a hollow Accord without legal status. The North has offered a 16 per cent emissions-cut when 40-45 per cent is needed. Years of talks have been set at nought by a dirty collusive deal between the United States and Basic (Brazil, South Africa, India and China), extended to cover only 26 of the 193 countries represented in Copenhagen

Indien will sich bei den Klimaverhandlungen nicht von den Industriestaaten unter Druck setzen lassen Klimaschutz ist in Indien Chefsache. Doch auf rechtlich verbindliche Ziele will sich das Land nicht festlegen lassen. Das bedeutet jedoch nicht, dass es keine politischen Aktivitäten gibt. Ob die in Kopenhagen eine Rolle spielen werden, muss sich allerdings noch herausstellen. Derweil warten 700 Millionen InderInnen auf Hilfe bei Anpassungsmaßnahmen an den Klimawandel

The 21st century is expected to see warming more quickly than at any time in the past 10,000 years due to many anthropogenic activities, which will affect the fundamentals of human life, including food, water, health, fodders and fuel. It seems that we cannot prevent climate change.