Climate talks have to be reimagined as they’re dysfunctional, says Bonn delegate
Babitha PS speaks on visa issues, safety and women’s representation at climate conferences
COP27: We don’t need new pacts, implement current ones, says climate scientist Saleemul Huq
Part 2: The climate scientist talks about need for region and ecosystem-wise targets for adaptation
High Road to Dubai COP28: Global Stocktake talks enter final phase
Developing countries, led by the G-77 and the Like-minded Group of Countries, argued why the outcome of the global stocktake process should be …
Time up for reinvention?
If 2018 was the year of revolt, 2019 should be the year of realisation that we must change the way we do business
Himachal farmers start growing pomegranate and cabbage, as apple lines recede due to climate change
The apple growing belt is shifting to higher altitudes and intercropping in apple orchards with vegetable crops as it experiences warmer winters …
Climate disruption
Global warming has compromised Africa's ability to feed its population. It's time African nations adapt to the changing scenario
Managed decline of fossil fuel production needed to meet climate change target
Carbon emissions from the oil, gas and coal in the currently operating fields and mines are enough to take the world beyond 2°C of warming
Climate change causing rainfall in Africa’s Sahel region, says study
A long drought, which started in 1968, led to the virtual extinction of crops and widespread loss of cattle in the region
Environment ministry renamed, online system for green clearances launched
New minister, Prakash Javadekar, says India will present its case on climate change forcefully at international forums
Warm-up to kyoto
The industrialise countries have released billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but want the south to play nanny to them and …
Simply Put: Baked bricks
Cool it
We need ways to reduce the need for cooling devices. This means we need to build with nature, not against it
Simply Put: 12 months in a row
As the rest of Karnataka is bone dry, heavy rains wash away Bengaluru’s 133-year-old rainfall record
Karnataka capital latest victim of an unending spate of extreme weather events across the world; It received 111.1 mm of rainfall …
Human actions are changing rivers by altering decomposition rates, increasing greenhouse gas emissions: Study
Though rivers occupy 0.58 per cent of the non-glaciated global land area, they receive 0.72 billion tons of terrestrial carbon per year
Cyclone Remal causes chaos in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India: What we know so far
At least 7 people have been killed, millions left without power due to cyclone; around 8,00,000 people have been evacuated by authorities in …
In 2023, 69 weather stations across India recorded their monthly highest 24-hour rainfall in 122 years, finds CSE-DTE analysis
Maharshtra and Madhya Pradesh had 9 stations each that saw record-breaking rainfall
World Migration Report 2024: Climate impacts will force 216 million people to move within their countries by 2050
Climate change, while not the sole driver of displacement and migration, increases pressure on existing systems and communities
Islands of heat
CSE study shows how Indian urban centres are trapping more heat due to built-up landscapes, in turn impacting health
Twist in the (fairy)tale
How might fairy tales read if written in today’s times? When Fairyland Lost Its Magic is an attempt at that
The limits of ice: What a 19th century expedition trapped in sea ice for a year tells us about Antarctica’s future
Antarctica’s sea ice has held out for longer. A ship like the Belgica could have been stuck in sea ice as late as 2015
Is natural gas actually cleaner than coal? Growing evidence says maybe not
The fact that methane emissions from the oil and gas sector are said to be vastly underreported clearly shows that natural gas is not “very …
Doomsday urgent
Everyone should be terrified of global warming, Jeff Goodell writes in his book, The Heat Will Kill You First
More than half of internal displacements are now triggered by disasters
Five countries, Pakistan, Philippines, China, India and Nigeria, bear a heavier burden
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