Boiling point
Greenhouse gas emissions could raise global temperatures much more than previously forecast leading to drought and flooding as weather patterns …
COP27 diary (November 10): Rich countries admit funding gap in addressing loss & damage
A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit
COVID-19 tanked India’s carbon emissions, but stimulus will drive them up again
The Rs 90,000-crore stimulus for power distribution companies fails to consider emissions reductions
We just blew past 1.5 degrees. Game over on climate? Not yet
We haven’t yet failed to meet our Paris targets, but the July record shows us we are dangerously close to the line
COVID-19: Food waste during pandemic can worsen climate emergency
The median amount of food waste per capita in large developed economies is significantly higher than in large developing economies
India, Pakistan among 5 countries with greatest potential to address climate issues in livestock sector
Investments in India, China, Brazil, Pakistan and Sudan can make a huge global impact, finds study
COP28 head calls for ramping up renewables, carbon capture and climate finance
Comments indicate a focus on abatement technologies at Dubai summit over fossil phase-out
Exxon knew: Big Oil’s scientists documented accurate climate predictions since 1970s, 1980s
ExxonMobil publicly denied climate change, funded misinformation campaign, shows new paper
Looking back: How did climate change alter the world this year?
2020 is on course to become the third-warmest year on record; the development put in motion several catastrophic events
Dash for gas: 7 new countries enter African gas markets
84% new reserves to come up in the 7 countries that have no history of fossil gas exploitation, finds Global Energy Monitor
A year of Russia-Ukraine war: Global fossil fuel ‘bonanza’ may lead to more conflicts, warns Greenpeace
‘Neo-colonial models of extracting fossil fuels at any cost have to come to an end’
2022 too short, too far: 5 times James Webb grabbed eyeballs
Telescope helped us understand how stars are born and unfolded Mars’ and Neptune’s secrets
US, Japan & others to fund Indonesia’s transition to clean energy
Just Energy Transition Partnership’s $20 bn finance can help freeze the country’s per capita emissions at 2.4 tonnes by 2030
Looking back in 2020: The world in grip of extreme weather events
Cyclones, rainfall, floods and droughts, climate-induced migration: The world witnessed it all in 2020
India is all set to go for its first waste-to-hydrogen project
Hydrogen generated at a facility in Pune will be utilised locally to help the city lower its emissions, manage waste optimally
Extreme heat and rain: Thousands of weather stations show there’s now more of both, for longer
Unusually warm days are becoming more common throughout Australia; New Zealander also experiencing more days with temperatures 25℃ or more
Green crackers answer to Diwali pollution but manufacturing limited
Most green crackers do not contain barium nitrate, which is the most dangerous ingredient in conventional crackers
The world can help its climate crisis — by giving more power to women
Climate change worsens women’s plight: When it causes natural resources to become scarce, traditional gender roles intensify
Biden approves the Willow project — What is it and why has it invited so much backlash?
The vast oil drilling project in Alaska is inconsistent with President Biden’s pledges to lead on climate action
COVID-19 lockdown: Why battle against air pollution needs to continue
Air crisis will spiral if it’s not contained long-term and if mitigation actions are diluted to make up for time lost during lockdown
Climate Change Commission calls on New Zealand government to take ‘immediate and decisive action’ to cut emissions
New Zealand’s net emissions rose by 57% between 1990 and 2018, placing it among the poorest performers in the OECD
Green hydrogen could be a game changer by displacing fossil fuels — we just need the price to come down
The cost of electrolysers has roughly halved over the past five years. This trend is expected to continue
It is a cosy club: The voluntary carbon market is a closed-door affair
Voluntary carbon market is a sophisticated ecosystem. It involves a multitude of players to ensure that a carbon offset project delivers on its …
The Great Carbon Capture: All about markets and credits
Carbon markets have the potential to unlock billions of dollars for Global South nations that need financing to transition to a low-carbon energy …
Richest 1% emitted as much as poorest 66%, enough to cause 1.3 million heat deaths: Oxfam report
Annual global emissions of the super-rich 1% was cancelling out the carbon savings from almost a million onshore wind turbines, it shows