Explainer series: Tracking climate crisis in North East India
Some villages are parched, some are seeing unusual floods: The climate crisis is doing the unimagineable in North East India. DTE tells …
12 excuses for climate inaction and how to refute them
Using moral clarity to counter defeatism around the climate crisis
Climate change hurts: Will Gourmet ‘gur’ continue to thrive in Bengal’s Jaynagar
Destruction of date palm trees during cyclone Amphan and warming weather have resulted in a huge decline in production of West Bengal’s …
Why have Punjab & Haryana farmers started clearing fields so early in 2023?
Usually, stubble clearance in these two states starts around mid-October and peaks around Diwali; but this time, extreme rains in September …
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
India stuns all at Cancun by opening up to binding emission commitments
Minister goes extempore, deviates from written speech to make announcement that writes off 'historical debt' and poses a challenge to development …
Factsheet: Loss and damage and liablity
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the debate on the link between extreme weather-related events and climate change
Desert creatures may cope with climate change better than expected
Researchers took Gehyra variegate, a gecko, as the sample species and found that it does not shy away from heat and can maintain its population …
Have some economists severely underestimated the financial hit from climate change? Recent evidence suggests yes
Extreme weather is expected to upend lives and livelihoods, intensifying wildfires and pushing ecosystems towards collapse as ocean heatwaves …
Maui wildfires: Extra logistical challenges hinder government’s initial response when disasters strike islands
Wildfires destroyed the Hawaiian tourist town of Lahaina on August 8 and 9, 2023, leaving many of its roughly 13,000 residents homeless
The hockey-stick curve
The problem of and solutions to climate change. The imperatives of transition on the eve of the Bali meet
Factsheet: Extreme Weather Events
There has been evidence since 1950 of changes in climate extremes. Observed changes in climate extremes reflect the influence of anthropogenic …
Killer heat wave is on, but no relief in sight
As heat wave is not recognised as a natural calamity by the central government, there are no relief measures in place
Disproportionately affected
Limited access to resources and exclusion from research and policy-making process put women on the frontline of climate disaster
Health system in Africa functions at just 53% of expected performance: WHO
WHO highlighted Africa’s high burden of public health emergencies arising from epidemics, extreme weather events, humanitarian crises and …
India underestimating heatwave impact, more than 90% of the country at risk: Study
Climate experts and policymakers should re-evaluate the metrics for assessing the country’s climate vulnerability as heatwaves in India …
Six feet under: A quarter of Earth's carbon may be buried beneath surface, finds study
New findings reveal how water helps take organic carbon deep beneath earth’s surface for long-term storage
Droughts, declining cost of solar panels may hinder Africa’s hydropower expansion
Solar power can emerge as the favoured technology by most African countries in the long-term
How climate change is wreaking havoc on communities in Niger Delta
Locals vulnerable to recurring floods in Africa's largest oil producer; a non-profit is mapping these communities for early warning of flood …
Tax super rich to pay Global South for climate damages: Open letter to world leaders by economists ahead of Paris talks
Just a 2 per cent tax on extreme wealth can raise $2.5 trillion a year which can be diverted to loss & damage fund
Over 60% of Indian firms can identify, manage climate-related market risks, finds study
Climate risk to businesses discussed by 82% per cent of company boards, but many lack tools to handle
‘Developed countries need to double funding to Africa for adaptation to climate change’
Summit discussed Africa's COP 27 agenda; Calls for flowing funds to continent's Adaptation Acceleration Program
Clear signs: 1.5°C warmer world to be catastrophic for India
DTE pieces together latest IPCC data to chart how temperature, rainfall patterns in India’s states will change in a 1.5°C warmer world
WMO confirms 2020 heat record in Siberian town
Verkhoyansk, a town in Siberia, recorded a temperature of 38°C June 20, 2020 — the highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic …
Coping pressure: State of extreme events in 2019
India recorded only 9 out of 93 disasters in Asia in 2019, but accounted for nearly 48% deaths. The country also had nearly 46% of the people …