Climate change is happening in your garden: here's how to spot it

Spring has sprung and gardens are flush with growth. Can this annual spike in plant activity tell us anything about climate change?

How to help farmers prepare for climate change

There is increasing evidence from across many African and South Asian countries that contextual, timely climate information, helps farmers manage …

Are Gujarat’s climate change actions ‘superficial’?

There are conflicting views on the status of implementation for the state action plan on climate change (SAPCC) in Gujarat

South Asia headed for longer heat waves, warm spells

Special report on managing risks of extreme events and disasters recommends change in policy approach

‘A wake-up call’: Why this student is suing the government over the financial risks of climate change

Katta O’Donnell argues Australia’s poor climate policies — ranked among the lowest in the industrialised world — put the …

CoP26: Adaptation costs increase as fund flow slows down

The latest UNEP Adaptation Gap Report says that adaptation costs and financing needs in developing countries are five to 10 times greater than …

Deaths due to heat wave likely to increase by up to 2000%

By 2080, deaths from heat waves could increase by up to 2,000 percent in some areas of the world, say Australian researchers

Asia Pacific Climate Change Forum: community involvement key to successful adaptation

Hundreds of delegates have gathered at the 5th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum in Colombo

Extreme weather: Understanding birds’ response can help conservation efforts

All birds respond differently to different extreme weather events; long- and short-distance migration bird species are impacted differently …

Need of the hour: Reinvent economic growth model

Future actions must accept the reality of climate equity and use it to drive economic growth

#FridaysForFuture: Students demand climate action

Inspired by Swedish teen Greta Thunberg, thousands of youth from across the globe hit the streets

Rising to the call of climate change

Some stories of spectacular adaptation to climate change in dufferent parts of India

Summers may last 6 months, winters only 2: Recent study

Between 1952 and 2011, summer duration increased to 95 from 78 days. In winters, it decreased to 73 from 76 days

Focus on climate change: Food majors to US government

Sustainable Food Policy Alliance pushes for carbon pricing system for industries 

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

Adaptation in the time of 'climate apartheid'

The inequality against developing and under-developed countries is increasing in global climate negotiations

Climate change is the most impactful risk in 2016: World Economic Forum

Climate change will also aggravate water and agriculture crises, conflicts and forced migration

Funds to fight climate change in Africa grossly inadequate

Almost 70 per cent of the funds committed by developed countries to finance climate action in Africa are tied to conditional loans and credit lines

IPCC suggests adaptation and mitigation efforts needed to tackle climate impacts

Synthesis report suggests sector-wise strategy for policy makers to make their people, especially the poor, climate resilient

Japan uses technology to help farmers tackle changing weather

Farmers can now keep weather conditions constant and produce high quality vegetables

COVID-19 can be a wake-up call for nature-based solutions

Money alone won’t solve the problem; but governments hold powerful levers to make markets value nature and attach a cost to …

Countries voice 1.5°C challenges at 5th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum

Representatives from over 50 countries are participating in the three-day-long conference

We need to treat extreme events as connected, not as anomalies

Clear trends of interconnected extreme weather events intensifying and becoming more frequent can be seen across the world as the climate crisis …

India needs US$ 2 trillion to adapt to climate change

The country will experience 1-1.5°C increase in mean annual air temperature in the near term from 2016 to 2045 with ‘profound’ …

Biden’s transformational challenge

Though the US is no longer addicted to coal, it is completely sold on the idea of cheap energy, writes Sunita Narain