An interview with Raju Pandit Chhetri, a climate negotiator from Nepal, about the country’s demands for loss and damage financing and climate justice.
Rishika Pardikar
Rishika Pardikar is an Indian environment reporter tracking science, law and policy. Her areas of focus are climate change, tribal rights issues and biodiversity conservation. Her work - spanning investigations, analysis and quick news - has appeared in The Lever/ Jacobin, Foreign Policy, Dialogue Earth, science magazines like Nature and AGU's Eos, Indian newspapers and magazines like The Hindu, Frontline, Article-14 and Deccan Herald. She lives in Bengaluru.
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Denial and Misinformation: How Politics Weakens India’s Air Pollution Response
Indian politicians have denied the severity of the air pollution crisis in the country for decades. Documents related to an update of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) show how the denial has constrained policymakers.
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As Europe Leaves Controversial Treaty, the Secretariat Courts Resource-Rich African Countries
European countries are leaving the Energy Charter Treaty amid concerns that it blocks national climate action. Internal documents reveal that the Secretariat of the investor-friendly mechanism is now wooing African countries.
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Debt and import dependency in Japan’s fossil financing for Bangladesh
With promises of Singapore- and Shanghai-style ports and businesses, Japan’s development agencies are pushing fossil fuel projects in Bangladesh
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A Reckoning with the 1.5°C Goal at COP30
Climate scientist Glen Peters about where we are in terms of achieving Paris Agreement temperature goals, where we need to go and how to get there.
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Running into COP30 with Oil and Gas
As COP30 gets underway in Brazil, a new report spotlights increased oil and gas production from the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed a decade ago.
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75,000 Endangered and Exotic Animals, SLAPP Suits, and Zero Oversight
How oil and coal billionaires with close ties to the Modi government escape judicial and media scrutiny in India.
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Exxon and Shell Sue The Netherlands in Secret Tribunals for Closing Europe’s Biggest Gas Field
Following billions in profits and over a thousand gas extraction-related earthquakes, the oil and gas giants filed claims against the Dutch state in four separate investor-state disputes concerning compensation for home damages and the permanent closure of the Groningen gas field
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New Research: The Inherent Conflict of Interest in Carbon Markets
The allure of “verified” carbon credits is obvious, but new research finds the verification process deeply flawed by the fact that auditors are hired and paid by project developers, creating a financial incentive to sign off on dubious credits.