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
CoP26 presents make or break opportunity to put world back on track: WMO
Past 7 years set to be warmest on record, sea level at new high, says World Meteorological Organization report
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 …
When did CO2 become our planet's arch enemy?
Carbon dioxide was always essential for our planet, but when did it become too much?
Paris Agreement at 8: Progress, challenges and road to COP28
Innovation, renewable energy, and sustainable practises can help COP28 create a resilient, low-carbon future
Climate change could hit India, 58 other nations’ credit ratings
Countries ranking higher on sovereign ratings likely to face more severe downgrades
Restricting global temperature rise to 1.5°C could help India lower drought, river flooding, biodiversity loss risk: Study
Limiting temperature rise could reduce drought impact on humans by 70% and agricultural land by 21%
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
Extreme heat makes women extremely vulnerable
Our response and mitigation approaches to heat and other such extremes should be gender-sensitive
Monsoon begins in Kerala 2 days ahead of schedule, advances over Northeast India
Both regions in midst of rainfall spell due to long-lasting cyclonic circulation over Kerala, Remal remnants in Northeast
Over a third of Amazon rainforest is unable to recover from frequent droughts
Scientists warn these signs are an early warning indicator that these areas are approaching a threshold to a die-off event
Indian & Bangladeshi Sundarbans to be impacted as cyclone Remal to make likely landfall 100 km from Indian border
Cyclonic system may overlap with high tide to maximise damage if landfall happens late evening on May 26
Climate change responsible for over 80% of temperature rise within Asia last month, the hottest April ever: WWA
Climate change and El Nino combined to push minimum and mean temperature rise in eastern India to highest ever in April
Northern Hemisphere 2023 summer warmest in two millennia; study calls for urgent greenhouse gas reduction
The 2023 summer temperature was 1.19°C higher than the warmest summer in 246 AD
Warming planet may transform tundra ecosystems from carbon sinks to sources
Experiments show warming temperatures increased metabolic activity among plants and microbial soil
Simply Put: Dubai Floods 2024
India to get ‘above normal’ rain this monsoon season, IMD forecasts
If distributed fairly across the country, the forecast should be a cause of cheer, especially for agriculture
Carbon Controversy: Corporate climate action watchdog’s new decision regarding use of offsetting causes backlash
Without sufficient guardrails and stringent oversight, there is a risk of writing off the responsibility of businesses to actually reduce the …
A winter without snow
Record-low snowfall in the Himalayas is evidence that climate change is speeding up
Carbon capture plants are underperforming — why are we so optimistic about them?
IPCC noted that CCS has the highest cost and lowest possible contribution to net emission reduction in both energy and industry sectors
The year 2023 smashed several climate records, with some being ‘chart-busting’: WMO report
Greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, Antarctic sea ice cover and glacier retreat reached …
India’s northeastern states desertifying most rapidly
Half of Nagaland is degraded, flags new report
Surplus June rainfall in Bihar may be an outcome of climate change, claim experts
Thousands displaced; most rivers and their tributaries overflowing