Indian agriculture: The route post-CoP 26
Strategies and pathways that can make Indian agriculture resilient and sustainable in a changing climate
CoP26: How India is paving the way towards climate action
India’s adaptation efforts have been shouldered through afforestation activities, wetland management, compensatory afforestation, etc
CoP26: Adaptation costs increase as fund flow slows down
The latest UNEP Adaptation Gap Report says that adaptation costs and financing needs in developing countries are five to 10 times greater than …
Joe Biden’s climate plan is investing too little in climate action
While the spending figure needs to be much higher, there is scope to keep up the pressure, both from domestic groups as well as international entities
Climate change is real & an emergency: 64% people voted so
People living in small island developing states showed highest support for climate action
Biden winning US elections 2020 shows how clean air, climate inaction influence mandate
Joe Biden’s electoral victory proves that democracy can work for science and environmental justice, says Anumita Roychowdhury of CSE
A year of resistance: How youth protests shaped the discussion on climate change
Today’s youth saw themselves on the generational front lines of climate change, so they walked out of their schools to demand …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Javadekar trumpets govt’s achievements in Madrid
The minister then ticked all boxes currently under negotiation in a business-as-usual manner without being much forthright
Climate crisis: Venice to be added to the UNESCO heritage danger list
Venice has been grappling for years with too many tourists and the effects of climate change; there has not been any “significant”…
Western Disturbances: Reason for the temperature spikes in North India this February
The primary reason for the early onset of heat over northwest India is the lack of strong western disturbances
Peril in the hills: Extreme weather a danger for Nilgiri ecosystem
Despite consecutive years of extreme precipitation over short periods in the Nilgiri Biosphere, hardly any step has been taken to address …
International Monetary Fund, pension funds and climate: The heat is on
The most vulnerable need protection from the volatility of climate and market
UNFCCC Pre-COP: Restoring faith needs proactive agenda on loss and damage
Loss and damage offers the process of the UN body an opportunity to signal desperately needed empathy with the most vulnerable
TV weathercasters who are shifting public opinion on the climate crisis
Meteorologists’s reports help viewers understand what is happening and why it’s important – and they’re having an impact &…
Sustainable land management key to controlling degradation, achieving neutrality
The benefits of action against land degradation through sustainable management are seven times higher than its cost in 15 years
Climate proxies can effectively mobilise public action and tackle climate change
These proxies work for everyone as people use them based on their age-group, understanding and even geographical location
Low pre-monsoon showers, dry spell behind heatwaves in Bihar: Scientists
Patna has recorded the maximum temperature of 45.8 degree Celsius — the highest in the last 53 years
Somalia records third-driest rainy season in 39 years
The main rainy season (April-June) has been below average in the country since late 2015
Extreme weather: Understanding birds’ response can help conservation efforts
All birds respond differently to different extreme weather events; long- and short-distance migration bird species are impacted differently …
Carbon budget: Unfair share has been the way of the world
Till 1989, the original seven emitters appropriated 77% the world's carbon space. Between 1990 and 2019, China, along with the original seven, …
Double standards on fossil fuel, backtracking on pledges: BASIC fires shots at wealthy countries at COP27
India, China and Pakistan to work together in climate forum over common interests of developing countries
Climate adaptation to cost India Rs 85.6 lakh crore by 2030: RBI
Sector-specific climate mitigation strategies can address the crisis in India to an extent
‘Global commons’: Indo-Bangla consensus on need to highlight climate impact, loss & damage in Sundarbans globally
UN Loss and damage discussion progressing slowly; experts favour wider sourcing and innovative funding for Sundarbans
Climate Crisis: IPCC Synthesis Report says the vulnerable are suffering the maximum losses and damages
Global temperature rise may touch 1.5 degree by 2030 and India is experiencing high loss and damage; say experts
Need of the hour: Reinvent economic growth model
Future actions must accept the reality of climate equity and use it to drive economic growth