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Diluted breakthroughs

New Delhi, May 11 -- The COP13 was held in Bali from December 3-14 in 2007 along with the third Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP3). The meetings of the Subsidiary Body for Scienti... Read More


Navigating through riddles

New Delhi, May 4 -- The COP12 was held in Nairobi from November 6 to 17, 2006, along with the second Meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP2). It may be recalled that it was decided in COP1... Read More


Steering through struggles

New Delhi, April 13 -- The ninth COP kicked off on December 1 with the Opening Plenary and was attended by 166 countries, over 300 intergovernmental, non-government and observer organisations, and num... Read More


Threads of hope

New Delhi, April 6 -- The COP8 began in New Delhi in October 2002, with participation from 167 member countries, three observer states, 213 intergovernmental organisations and NGOs, and many media out... Read More


A pivotal breakthrough

New Delhi, March 30 -- The seventh COP was being held in the aftermath of the horrific terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, in the USA. There was a feeling that international cooperation was a must... Read More


Flipping the script

New Delhi, March 23 -- The sixth session of the COP kicked off on November 13, 2000 at The Hague, with the participation of 182 countries and representatives from 323 intergovernmental and non-governm... Read More


Building the bedrock

New Delhi, March 16 -- The COP-4 in Buenos Aires managed to keep political interest alive in the climate change negotiations. Even though there were no concrete targets, it managed to put together the... Read More


Stymied by dichotomies

New Delhi, March 9 -- The fourth COP at Buenos Aires in 1998 was attended by 180 countries and numerous NGOs with the objective of discussing various issues that spilled over from the Kyoto COP. It wa... Read More