National targets to limit global warming: Off by a mile
Even enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions are not nearly enough to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Many poor countries, with …
UNEP production gap report: Net-zero targets by countries are empty pledges without plans
Governments are planning to produce more than double the production of fossil fuels than what the world requires to limit global temperature rise …
No new coal by 2021: Zimbabwe, South Africa may become outliers, flags report
The two southern African countries have new coal projects in the pipeline amid clamour to move away from coal to cleaner fuel
IPCC report: Global emissions must peak by 2025 to keep warming at 1.5°C
Even in the most optimistic scenario, there is only a 50:50 chance that global temperature rise will stop there
UN calls for swift zero carbon recovery action at climate summit
There is a 40% chance of annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5 degrees Celsius in at least one of the next five years, …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: India’s mixed role
India continued to push developed countries on climate action but played a less-than-constructive role on other issues
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Two different worlds exist at CoP 25 in Madrid
The world of political negotiators behind closed doors and that of young activists and other stakeholders outside is hardly seeing eye-to-eye
Only 13 of 132 largest energy cos committed to net zero emissions: Study
The research reveals that the global energy sector has hardly achieved any progress in achieving the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement, four …
New climate targets to limit emissions from 28 companies
Hewlett Packard, Levi Strauss, Unilever, Vodafone & Mahindra Group are among the 28 companies who vowed to limit temperatures to below 1.5°…
COP24: No time for limitless negotiations, says Guterres
At Katowice, United Nations chief warns of catastrophic changes to climate if Paris Agreement terms not implemented
Ocean heatwaves likely to increase as planet warms: study
Marine heawaves have already become longer-lasting and more frequent, extensive and intense and this trend is likely to accelerate under further …
COP23 ends; US plays the spoilsport again, says CSE
US continued with its business-as-usual obstructionist agenda in the negotiations and hampered meaningful progress on equity and finance issues
COP23: Parties arrive at consensus on key decisions on pre-2020 climate actions
A draft decision on the implementation and ambition of pre-2020 climate actions has emerged
Slow progress on all procedural issues at COP 23
Parties have held only preliminary discussions on all issues, which have been captured in informal notes prepared for all agenda items
Commitments under Paris deal one-third of what is needed: UN Emission Gap Report 2017
If the emission gap is not closed by 2030, it is extremely unlikely that the goal of restricting global warming to well below 2°C can be met
Centre's order allows granting of mine leases to applications without environment clearance
The ministry’s order, however, states that mining activity cannot begin before the environment clearance is obtained
COP 22: US must respect climate change commitments, says French President
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hoped that climate action will be implemented with swiftness and special focus on equity and justice
Adaptation in the time of 'climate apartheid'
The inequality against developing and under-developed countries is increasing in global climate negotiations
Does the monsoon this year means forests for India?
The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill 2015 has crossed the doors of the Lok Sabha, but is set to face the Rajya Sabha test during the monsoon …
Taking stock of the Paris climate debate
Climate change is about two things: mitigating the global warming effect and adapting to the changed climate
El Niño not solely responsible for poor monsoon
This season, parts of India witnessed one of the driest monsoon spells
Trash crisis in Lebanon, protests turn violent
Protests that started over garbage dump and shortage of landfills evolved into demonstrations against the government
What made people in Delhi choose Aam Aadmi Party
Both BJP and the Congress need to look beyond what went wrong with their election strategy
Climate finance: Donors give less than they claim; and not for mitigation to needy countries
Mitigation finance primarily went to middle-income countries such as Brazil, India, Mexico and Indonesia
Cleaning India’s air: What is the report card so far?
An analysis of various steps taken by the government in this regard shows that much more needs to be done