CoP 26: World is on the line at Glasgow

Reclaiming leadership and voice to rebuild the trust of people — both rich and poor — should top the agenda at Glasgow

Despite cutbacks, ExxonMobil continues to fund climate science denial

ExxonMobil has spent more than $39 million to manufacture doubt about climate science

COVID-19: Kerala needs to revisit approach

As area-specific control measures are failing on the ground, the state needs to explore alternative strategies

A quick guide to climate change jargon: What experts mean by mitigation, carbon neutral and 6 other key terms

Here’s a guide that may help you to follow the news about climate change ahead of CoP26 starting October 31 

India’s gas push: Import dependency is growing. Are we on the right track?

For millions of people living in poverty, however, the recent LPG price hike makes access to clean cooking fuel more difficult

A look at India’s flawed public health policies through COVID-19’s prism

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed many glaring loopholes in the implementation of public health management in India. Read on to know what they are

Lessons from Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks

Tobacco, as with much agricultural production, promotes unsustainable modes of commodification and consumption of nature

Time for transition: NGT flags air pollution from diesel generators

The NGT directed Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board to take remedial action to ensure compliance of air quality and noise standards from operation of diesel gensets

Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding — and climate change is making them stronger

Even modest increases in atmospheric river intensity could lead to significantly larger economic impacts

Climate change has already hit southern Africa. Here’s how we know

By identifying trends in the frequency of weather events happening and its intensity over a period of decades and exploring changes in related biological systems in light of this, it’s plain to see that the region has already been rocked by climate change

Australia’s stumbling, last-minute dash for climate respectability doesn’t negate a decade of abject failure

Australia is the worst-performing of all developed countries when it comes to meaningful climate action

CoP 26: Greening of polar ice should top agenda; here’s why

Greening will convert the ‘net reflective’ ice caps to ‘net absorptive’, accelerating polar ice melting 

Glasgow showdown: Pacific Islands demand global leaders bring action, not excuses, to UN summit

Pacific island countries have refused to be the canary in the world’s coal mine at CoP26

Fighting climate change: Why we need more policy experts, green jobs in India

We cannot leave the creation of green jobs to the future; they need to be created now

When the car drives you: Speed as hierarchy and privilege

What remains of the public if at their best of expressing their disagreement, their gatherings are called “traffic jams”?

The horse bit and bridle kicked off ancient empires — a new giant dataset tracks the societal factors that drove military technology

Around 1000 BC, nomadic herders in the steppes north of the Black Sea invented the bit and bridle 

Surveillance laws are failing to protect privacy rights: What we found in six African countries

Governments are purposefully using laws that lack clarity. Or they ignore laws completely in order to carry out illegal digital surveillance of their citizens

What is CoP26? Here’s how global climate negotiations work and what’s expected from the Glasgow summit

CoP26 will be a complex process, but it’s how international law and institutions can help solve problems that no single country can fix on its own

Indian Railways likely to become world’s first ‘net-zero’ carbon emitter by 2030

The Indian Railways transports 24 million passengers every day across the subcontinent on 13,000 trains covering approximately 67,956 km; it’s carbon footprint is massive

Can biomass co-firing offer a viable solution to coal shortage and stubble burning?

It is a win-win solution for the farmers and the environment

What it’s like to watch a harpooned whale die right before your eyes

Captain Paul Watson, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977, defends his organisation’s controversial tactics to prevent whaling