Most of Greater Horn of Africa to see excess rain till May thanks to El Nino, climate change

Climate researchers explain meteorological challenges in region March-May 2024 at climate outlook forum

Over $9 trillion investments in infrastructure resilience, Net Zero needed by 2050 to mitigate climate impact: CDRI

Climate change may lead to an global average annual loss of over $700 billion in infrastructure sectors and buildings

Making cities climate-ready crucial to solving climate crisis: World Bank

Cities in rich countries high emitters, but poorer ones will face most severe climate-related hazards, finds report

Seven disasters have cost the US $19 billion in 2023: NOAA

Each disaster caused damages of over a billion dollars; only 2017 and 2020 had more disasters in this timeframe

Expect more ‘bomb cyclones’, courtesy climate change

Severe rain and snow lay seige to large parts of United States, Canada 

COP28 should shine a spotlight on corporate environmental responsibility 

Public, private and social sectors need to come together in the climate fight

COP27 diary (November 15): Political support to loss and damage facility critical, says Pakistan

A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit

China’s Africa strategy is shifting from extraction to investment — driven from the industry-rich Hunan region

Vulnerability of African countries and changing domestic needs of China leading to the shift

Everything you need to know about COP27

The 27th international conference is synonymous with climate change. Here is everything you need to know about it.

'We are using the sea as a dustbin'

The Indian coastline no longer belongs to its traditional custodians—the small fisher people. A jamboree of development—cities, SEZs, …

COP28: Say climate crisis, think health crisis

COP28 will include the first dedicated 'Health Day'. It's due recognition that a health crisis is inextricably linked to the climate crisis  

Climate change made September heat in South America 100 times more likely

Unusual heatwaves hit continent in early spring; WWA study finds temperatures warmer by 1.4-4.3°C due to greenhouse gas emissions

Farmers need resilient value chains to combat climate impact

Emerging social entrepreneurs are helping restore forest and farmland ecosystems by supporting smallholder farmers without access and …

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

ISRO data shows Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag and Tehri Gharwal most prone to landslides in India

Mizoram saw 12,385 landslides from 1988-2022, the highest; followed by 11,219 in Uttarakhand and 8,070 in Tripura

Climate change fuelling conflict in Lake Chad Basin: Report

Shrinking natural resources due to adverse weather heightening tensions, says human rights group

Climate change could hit India, 58 other nations’ credit ratings

Countries ranking higher on sovereign ratings likely to face more severe downgrades

Climate impact: Europe is warming two times faster than rest of planet

Over 16,000 deaths in continent in 2022 due to meteorological, hydrological and climate-related hazards, found WMO & Copernicus …

High road to Dubai COP28: Scientists join group in saying 1.5°C warming limit too high

20-nation group point to global impacts on world’s ice sheets, glaciers and cryosphere 

Europe, US lawmakers want oil executive ousted from leading world climate talks

Dozens of members of the US Congress and European Parliament called for Sultan Al Jaber to be removed as COP28 president-delegate.

Apple orchardists in Himachal worry after unseasonal rain and snow kill Italian honeybees

Apple, stone fruit growers rent Italian bees from apiarists for pollination of their crops in April

Countries agreed to ban ozone-depleting chemicals in 1980s — but 5 CFCs are increasing to record levels in atmosphere

The 1987 Montreal protocol restricted the release of chlorofluorocarbons to the atmosphere

Climate change-related lightning strikes to spike wildfire risk globally: Study

Analysis finds over 40% increase in lightning; global occurrences to go up over land and oceanic region of Southeastern Asia

Global warming, Cyclone Biparjoy worked in tandem to bring monsoon to Mumbai and Delhi on same date

Incident last happened 62 years ago in 1961, confirmed IMD

‘Attribution studies help increase awareness about links between human activities and climate change’

Down To Earth talks to Wenxia Zhang, author of paper on attribution of extreme heat & drought events in 2022 at COP28