Back in 2008, delegates to the Alexandria International Conference on Evaluation of Climate change and Development proposed the creation of a virtual knowledge exchange platform.

Thanks to the financial largess of a few bilateral partners -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway),…

New York-based nonprofit, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) has urged the Global Environment Facility to maintain investment in the transportation sector at the current rate as a means of cutting down on…

It might have taken an extra day, but it now seems it was worth it ? to strike a compromise agreement that has largely steadied the international negotaition process towards a universal and legally binding climate agreement in Paris in 2015.

By late Friday, November 22 when the United…

Today, the International climate change negotiations enter the second and last week. No significant breakthrough was expected in this Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Even as Typhoon Haiyan which killed thousands in the…

In business, it is unusual to find a technology that proves to be better and costs less than the one in use. In theory, that technology should spread like wildfire and quickly replace current production methods. If it doesn't, there is usually a barrier that prevents its spread.

In a…

Investment in projects that help countries adapt to climate change attracted around USD 20-24 billion in 2012, according to CPI?s recently published Global Landscape of Climate…

Having covered five UNFCCC conferences in the past, I recognize how challenging it could be to wrap one's mind around all the major issues going on in a conference with widely different interests and agendas.

But I guess it is fair to say that the…

• An emotional opening statement from the lead negotiator of the Philippines
• Full statement of Executive Secretary of UNFCCC
• Conference expected to make…

About this same time four years ago, publicity was awash with the historic Copenhagen climate change summit. Understandably, more than 100 Heads of State and government representatives had signed up to attend and everyone had heightened expectations: a legally binding climate deal.

Well…

Launched in 2007, Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) supports efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…