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Between 2011 and 2025, Libya alone accounted for 13,205 disaster-related deaths, the majority resulting from the catastrophic Derna floods on 10 September 2023.
Climate Change

Africa's climate crisis: 2021-2025 marks the deadliest period in 15 years

Kiran Pandey
4 min read
Over 221 million affected by extreme weather in past 5 years, more than the combined total from 2011 to 2020
Daily Heat Tracker: Itanagar, Srinagar see highest rise in maximum temperature
Climate Change

Daily Heat Tracker: Itanagar sees highest jump over normal maximum temperature

Shagun
Minimum temperature was the highest over normal in Diu
Plant treaty: Global talks trigger sovereignty concerns over weak benefit-sharing proposals
Food

Plant treaty: Global talks trigger sovereignty concerns over weak benefit-sharing proposals

Shagun
3 min read
New payment plan undermine true value of genetic resources, write scientists in letter to Union agriculture minister
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Between 2011 and 2025, Libya alone accounted for 13,205 disaster-related deaths, the majority resulting from the catastrophic Derna floods on 10 September 2023.
Climate Change
Africa's climate crisis: 2021-2025 marks the deadliest period in 15 years
By
Kiran Pandey
4 min read
Daily Heat Tracker: Itanagar, Srinagar see highest rise in maximum temperature
Climate Change
Daily Heat Tracker: Itanagar sees highest jump over normal maximum temperature
By
Shagun
Plant treaty: Global talks trigger sovereignty concerns over weak benefit-sharing proposals
Food
Plant treaty: Global talks trigger sovereignty concerns over weak benefit-sharing proposals
By
Shagun
3 min read
Hindu Kush Himalayas seeing dramatic rise in glacial-origin floods, recent events triggered by nascent glacial lakes: ICIMOD
Climate Change
Hindu Kush Himalayas seeing dramatic rise in glacial-origin floods, recent events triggered by nascent glacial lakes: ICIMOD
By
Rohini Krishnamurthy
2 min read
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 8, 2025)
Environment
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 8, 2025)
By
DTE Staff
3 min read
How India moves: Our analysis from 40 cities provides a brutally simple answer — it does not
Air
How India moves: Our analysis of 40 cities reveals a brutally simple answer — it does not
By
Sunita Narain
14 min read
Erwin Neher, along with his colleague Bert Sakmann, received the 1991 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells.
Science & Technology
A Nobel-winning discovery changed the way we treat high blood pressure today: Erwin Neher highlights legacy of his ion channel research
By
Wallace Mawire
2 min read
Finance aimed at both mitigation and adaptation tripled between 2018 and 2023, reaching $58 billion in 2023.
Climate Change
Global climate finance reached record high of $1.9 trillion in 2023, but gaps and systemic risks persist
By
Archie Gupta
4 min read
Daily Heat Tracker: Highest jump in above-normal maximum temperature recorded by Lucknow and Aizawl
Climate Change
Daily Heat Tracker: Lucknow records highest jump in maximum & minimum temperatures over normal
By
DTE Staff
Bihar faces high deficit rainfall, farmers fear drought-like situation
Natural Disasters
Bihar faces high deficit rainfall, paddy farmers fear drought-like situation
By
Mohd Imran Khan
4 min read
An immediate ban on single-use items like straws and cotton buds. would be more effective than a gradual phase-out, the study found.
Waste
Banning problematic plastics may save the world up to $8 trillion by 2040
By
Akshit Sangomla
4 min read
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 7, 2025)
Governance
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 7, 2025)
By
DTE Staff
4 min read
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