Soumya Sarkar

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Indian delegates at the closing plenary on November 22. Image © UN Climate Change – Kiara Worth via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Soaring expectations met with sinking outcomes at climate summit

Soumya Sarkar 24 Nov 2025

Speakers at the high-level event on building cooperation for scaling climate finance. Image © UN Climate Change - Diego Herculano via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

India, China step into leadership vacuum at climate meet as the West retreats

Soumya Sarkar 21 Nov 2025

Youth at COP30 protest against fossil fuels, for a global just transition to clean energy and climate action. Image © UN Climate Change - Zô Guimarães.

India’s federal climate action model could offer a blueprint for the Global South

Soumya Sarkar 19 Nov 2025

Civil societies campaign for climate finance goals at COP30. Image © UN Climate Change - Kiara Worth via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Brazil climate summit confronts gap between finance goals and reality

Soumya Sarkar 18 Nov 2025

On November 16, activists attend the People's Summit Audience at the Federal University of Pará at COP30. Image by Alex Ferro/COP30.

Urgency grows at midpoint of Belém climate summit as intent still outpaces action

Soumya Sarkar 17 Nov 2025

An Indigenous man takes part in a demonstration for the conservation of the Amazon rainforest at COP30 on November 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Amazon calls the world to account at 30th UN climate summit in Belém

Soumya Sarkar 10 Nov 2025

Climate change to redefine survival strategies for India’s iconic sea turtles

Soumya Sarkar 3 Nov 2025

Soot from the plains results in drastic glacier loss in the Himalayas

Soumya Sarkar 4 Aug 2025

Activists demonstrate outside The Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, ahead of the advisory opinion issued on July 23, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

World court strikes a blow for climate justice, paves the way for demanding action

Soumya Sarkar 25 Jul 2025

Loss and damage funding languishes as costs of climate disasters multiply

Soumya Sarkar 22 Nov 2024

Talks on climate finance deadlocked in Baku summit as G20 nations meet in Brazil

Soumya Sarkar 19 Nov 2024

Melting ice: Need to freeze on an action plan quickly

Soumya Sarkar 15 Nov 2024

UN climate summit starts in Azerbaijan under shadow of impending Trump presidency

Soumya Sarkar 11 Nov 2024

Indian Navy personnel clearing a tree from a road in the aftermath of Cyclone Hudhud. Increasing natural disasters highlight the importance of insurance coverage to minimise loss. Photo by Indian Navy/Wikimedia Commons.

Insurance sector needs to redraw risk assessment framework as climate-related disasters multiply

Soumya Sarkar 19 Dec 2023

Big oil leaning on carbon capture may fracture consensus on ditching fossil fuels

Soumya Sarkar 11 Dec 2023

Workers drying and husking rice at a mill outside Kanchipuram.

Dubai climate summit puts food on high table for first time, India stays away

Soumya Sarkar 4 Dec 2023

India needs to weigh options before partnership with G7 countries to accelerate a just energy transition

Soumya Sarkar 29 Nov 2022

Egypt summit decides to set up a fund for climate catastrophes, no other progress

Soumya Sarkar 21 Nov 2022

India’s initiatives on green hydrogen could help global decarbonisation

Soumya Sarkar 18 Nov 2022

Many nations join India’s call to phase down all fossil fuels

Soumya Sarkar 16 Nov 2022

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