‘People with high social status aren’t concerned about environment’
Australian researcher Samantha K Stanley speaks to Down To Earth about her research that showed how social dominance orientation and political …
Extreme anomalies
Between January and June 2019 extreme weather events across the world broke the century-mark
Cyclone Fani: Act of God in Anthropocene?
Natural disasters as cyclones, its frequency and pace, must be directly linked to climate change
Climate change has worsened global economic inequality
Temperature changes have enriched cool countries like Norway and Sweden, while dragging down economic growth in warm countries such as India and …
Climate Equity: Whose CO₂ emissions are more than their share?
Climate change poses the greatest threat to those least responsible for it–generally people that are already vulnerable to deep-rooted …
No political will to fight global warming finds 2019 Climate Change Performance Index
Are countries doing enough to counter the effects of climate change? Apparently not!
Clouds of confusion over monsoon's timely arrival
While extended range forecast shows some signs of an early onset, other meteorological conditions have shrouded the forecast in uncertainty
Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet
From Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former head of the Sierra Club Carl Pope comes a manifesto on how the benefits of taking action on climate …
Mainstreaming Climate Co-Benefits in Indian Cities: Post-Habitat III Innovations and Reforms
The co-benefits approach can lead to significant improvements in the way societies use environmental resources and distribute their outputs.
Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change
How will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt? Are we doing enough to protect ourselves from the coming chaos?
Feel the bitter winds
Nila Madhab Panda's Kadvi Hawa is a gently told tale of a family caught in the cusp of climate change
Himalayan glaciers are receding faster than before
To understand their changing behaviour in the wake of climate change, Indian scientists have for the first time set up a high-altitude glaciology …
Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed ― and What It Means for Our Future
From the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change.
Ice-free Arctic may happen much sooner than predicted so far: study
While Arctic sea ice volume and extent continue to dip each year, a new study has found out that salinity in snow cover affects accuracy of …
Climate Change: Sunita Narain on adaptation to the new normal
Sunita Narain's video-speech at the Water Research Commission Symposium 2017, in Boksburg, South Africa. She talks about the importance of water …
Can algae be a profitable solution for carbon capture?
Siddhanta Das, special secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, talks about using algae to capture carbon from industrial …
Are We Screwed?: How a New Generation is Fighting to Survive Climate Change
A declaration of resistance, and a roadmap for radical change, from the generation that will be most screwed by climate change.
Climate change, the hidden hand
Anthony McMichael takes us on a tour across epochs, showing how collapse of civilisations has roots in climate change
'Indigenous communities are key stakeholders in the climate change talks'
Ekai Nabenyo, 24, is the founder and chair of the Lorengelup Community Development Initiative, Kenya. An ethnic Turkana tribesman, he talks to …
Diving in the Arctic
Dinesh C Sharma is the first Asian journalist to go to the Arctic to report on an ongoing international scientific expedition to study climate …
Ice Age heat waves might have killed mammoths, says study
Abrupt warming, which resembles the human-made global warming of today, may have driven the mammoths’ extinction
The world is running out of time: Least developed countries on IPCC report
Science is even clearer: Global greenhouse gas emissions are rising, the impacts will be devastating, said chair of 46 least developed …
Spring is vanishing as Earth is warming. How can we save it?
By controlling temperature rise, we can prevent natural disasters and preserve seasonal cycles
Factsheet: Inclusion of aviation
In 2008, the EU decided to extend the scope of its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) to include emissions from the aviation
Week one in COP21 over, will week two deliver?
Even though there is very little agreement at the Paris climate summit, there is still hope, say negotiators