Climate Interviews

I believe Belem will be the first COP of implementation. But we also want it to be a COP of adaptation and of turnaround: André Aranha Corrêa do Lago
Climate Change

I believe Belem will be the first COP of implementation. But we also want it to be a COP of adaptation and of turnaround: André Aranha Corrêa do Lago

Jayanta Basu
10 min read
The essence of the COP is not only to approve decisions but also to implement the approved decisions, says COP30 president
‘Western disturbances lingering in India till monsoon due to climate change, causing extreme rainfall in Himalayas ’
Climate Change

‘Western disturbances lingering in India till monsoon due to climate change, causing extreme rainfall in Himalayas ’

Akshit Sangomla
3 min read
Tropical meteorologist Kieran Hunt on why India is experiencing more western disturbances in monsoon & how extreme weather impacts can be mitigated
Illustration: Yogendra Anand / CSE
Climate Change

‘Window to avoid worst climate scenarios is rapidly shutting’

Shagun
6 min read
Six of the nine Planetary Boundaries critical to Earth systems have already been breached. These transgressions, driven by global warming, bring us closer to irreversible climate tipping points, warns ...
Supriya Sahu is additional chief secretary of environment, climate change & forests, Tamil Nadu government.
Loretta J Mickley, senior research fellow and co-lead of Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group at Harvard
‘Reducing aerosol pollution could worsen heat risks — we need policy that can handle both’
‘While 67f86% disasters are predicted, only 2% are financed in advance’
Rising climate-driven wildfires will alter how inventories calculate greenhouse gas emissions: Minal Pathak
‘More than Trump himself, quickly spreading Trumpism will be dangerous for global climate action’
The most difficult challenge in dealing with wildfires’ rising threat is to prepare for risk levels never experienced before: Kaitlyn Trudeau
We need all tools — technology, science, and art — to stop the climate emergency, says artist Mundano
Kingfisher oil project: French-Chinese collaboration to surpass combined annual carbon emissions of Uganda, Tanzania — here’s why that’s a problem
Thorsten Fehr
U C Mohanty
One of the major gaps in our weather observational system is over the oceans: Elena Manaenkova
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