New centre for carbon capture, utilisation at IIT Bombay
New centre to help India meet climate goals
World Wetlands Day 2022: What is the significance of wetlands in the climate change era
If we protect wetlands, we also protect our planet and ourselves
Towards better adaptation: Global model to assess resilience to climate risks launched
The model will help countries focus on national adaptation investments
CoP26 Diary (Nov 2): Did you know Brazil’s new NDCs will be even more damaging
A round-up of what went on at the Glasgow summit.
Heavy rainfall due to climate change increasing landslides, say experts
73% of landslides in the Himalayas due to heavy rains, low absorbtion into the ground
Simply Put: Slothful climate adaptation
Warming Africa: Continent experienced fourth-warmest April this year
Africa has been warming steadily in the last two decades, according to data
Retreating monsoon rains a global phenomenon, can help study climate change
Eight regions across the world experience post-summer rainfall like India, says study
Ice shelves of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier may go earlier than expected
The melting of the glacier could result in a 0.5 metre global sea-level rise
Hot nights due to climate change will increase death rate by six times: Study
Disrupted sleeping pattern can damage the immune system
Oceans Great Dying 2.0: Read DTE’s in-depth coverage
Targeted methane mitigation can avoid 0.1°C warming in 2050, should be adopted with decarbonisation efforts: Report
These solutions are also estimated to be cost-effective, says IEA-UNEP
COP28: Kolkata, 100 km from the Sundarbans, demands loss and damage fund support in Dubai
The demand may be echoed by other vulnerable global cities soon, particularly those in south Asia like Colombo, Dhaka and Karachi
Simply Put: Adaptation Fund siphoned
COP28: Initial text on Global Goal on Adaptation rejected by developing countries
Down To Earth’s Akshit Sangomla discusses the negotiations regarding the Global Goal on Adaptation
The challenge at COP28 really is to have clean language saying “phase out” all fossil fuels: Minal Pathak
Down To Earth talks to Minal Pathak, associate professor at Ahmedabad University and senior scientist of Working Group III of the …
Multiple troughs, La Nina: Why Bengaluru is flooding repeatedly this monsoon
City received large excess rainfall in 5 of 13 weeks this monsoon
Himalayas on fire: Uttarakhand recorded maximum fire alerts countrywide in snowless January
December and January have been extremely dry in state; concerns being expressed about water availability, agri-economy and tourism in the days ahead
Himalayas on fire: Himachal’s tinder-dry forests, on its brown snowless hills, burn due to low moisture
Forest fire incidents have increased seven times this year; there have been 2,050 incidents in 3 months, data shows
Changes in precipitation in moderate or very high emissions scenario to impact 3-5 billion people: Study
Regions experiencing robust wetting and drying trends cover a substantial portion of the Earth’s landmass, shows analysis
MoEFCC submission to UNFCCC shows agricultural emissions are still rising
Agriculture emissions rose by 3.2 per cent from 408 MtCO2e in 2016 to 221 MtCO2e in 2019
Marginal triumph at COP28
The world agreed to transition away from fossil fuels at COP28 Dubai, besides operationalising a Loss and Damage Fund; it did not set a deadline …
2023 in a blink: What were emission footprints of transport, manufacturing sectors this year
Cement, steel and aluminium plants led to 108 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent of emissions
Century’s largest flood strikes Far North Queensland in the wake of Storm Jasper
The tropical cyclone witnessed by Queensland in Australia during December and during an El Nino year “is not normal”; such …
Fossil fuels’ death-knell sounded at COP28 held in oil-rich UAE; Al Jaber takes credit for keeping 1.5ºC target alive
Experts slam final text as weak, inadequate, with loopholes, and not in accordance with science; hail historical first entry of …