Book Digest: Tracking Trump’s history on climate change, global refugee crisis and more
Futuristic society after COVID-19 to post-pandemic economy, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and development from leading authors
India in danger zone as locusts breed 400 times than usual
Attacks by desert locusts are threatening India, Iran and Pakistan, as well as the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea region
Cyclone Amphan and high tide: A 1 hour gap saved Sundarbans from an even bigger disaster
Experts say Aila was worse; that, however, is little consolation to the thousands who have lost home and hearth
A warming Bay of Bengal may have turned Amphan into super cyclone: Experts
Storms will rapidly intensify more frequently in the Indian Ocean, making prediction methods less accurate
Will El Nino make 2024 the hottest year on record?
Under climate change, the impacts of El Nino events are going to get stronger, according to the head of the UK Met Office
‘Earth’s empty quarter’: Many Pacific nations now have falling populations
Rising sea levels are affecting the lowest-lying nations first, such as the atoll states of Kiribati and Tuvalu
Cropping frequency decline due to climate change may impact food security: Study
Irrigation effectively offsets the projected production loss, but irrigated areas have to be expanded by over 5%
Who will pay or claim loss and damage money? COP27 agreed on a fund; but questions remain
The COP27 decision does not mention equity and common but differentiated responsibilities, making things tricky
COP27: India happy with loss and damage outcome; wary on agriculture, hints Centre
India not to give any fund to loss and damage facility but will claim, confirms environment minister
COP27 will fail because of the US, EU and Global North, not the developing world
The narrative that India, China or the African Group will block progress must be nipped in the bud
Tamil Nadu now a forerunner among all states in acting on climate change
Other states in India can emulate Tamil Nadu’s initiatives with a view of implementing climate change mitigation activities for the …
Less than a quarter of emission targets from Paris climate agreement met in 7 years
World is not on track to achieve forest goals of ending and reversing deforestation by 2030
Loss & damage: The 2022 extreme weather events linked to climate change
Human imprint is evident in 71% of the 504 extreme weather events witnessed across Earth between 2003 and 2022
What impact does climate change have on your health?
Heat-related deaths increased by 68 per cent between 2000–2004 and 2017–2021
Perfect storm: What is the Fujiwhara Effect?
The world is seeing a rise in cyclonic formations and in cases of cyclones merging to form megacyclones, courtesy warming oceans
UNEP calls Nord Stream methane leak ‘biggest-ever’; plume over Europe fading
Earlier this year, UNEP showed that oil and gas fields worldwide have been causing massive methane leaks, mostly due to faulty equipment
What will happen to India in a 1.5°C warmer world?
Average global temperature could breach the 1.5°C mark in less than 2 decades, found an IPCC report
Planetary summer: Why Europe may have reached a point of no return on prolonged droughts, heatwaves
Droughts are becoming a new reality for Europe, latest scientific projections suggest
Too hot, heading south: how climate change may drive one-third of doctors out of the NT
If they do, this would leave a large gap in the territory’s health-care system, which already suffers from a fast turnover of staff
‘The expectation that burden of US inaction will be borne by developing countries is unfair’
Given its economic capacity and carbon debt it owes the world, US should not emit any carbon in the future at all.
Hottest in India: Angul boils at 40°C in February
Soaring temperatures spark forest fires across Odisha, officials say loss ‘extensive’
Anthropogenic emissions cause distinct regional impacts on extreme fire weather: Study
By 2080, greenhouse gases are expected to raise the risk of extreme wildfire by 50%, according to the study
Global warming: Mollusc species collapsing in eastern Mediterranean, finds study
Marine organisms that cannot adapt to rising temperatures migrate to cooler water areas or die
India needs to invest urgently in climate action
The government should engage with sector experts and increase participation of leading organisations in the field of climate finance
Canada’s latest climate plan bets on expensive and unproven carbon capture technologies
Bill C-12, if passed, commits Canada to “binding” targets every five years as of 2030 with the goal of achieving net-zero emissions …