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 …

Targeted groups at Bonn climate meet show little progress

Parties have agreed to organise offline discussions beyond the scheduled time

World’s largest companies are failing on climate action, new report shows

A heavy reliance on carbon offsetting helps companies shirk accountability for a majority of their emissions

Climate lawsuits against major polluters linked with fall in their stock prices: Study

Big emitters hurt the most by new cases and unfavourable verdicts in climate litigation

Simply Put: Annual climate finance COP-out

Climate emergency: Tipping points are already here, scientists warn

Limited time available to shift priorities to alleviate climate crisis  

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Climate-linked health impacts not a priority yet, says WHO

Lack of funding is one of the reasons for the low priority

'Paris Agreement signing would mark critical global efforts to address climate change'

In a couple of days, the Paris Agreement document will be open for signatures by states

Dwarfed by climate change

Animals, plants stunt as global warming alters metabolism  

What the tourism sector can learn from Cape Town’s drought

The 2015-2018 drought, one of the longest and the worst to have affected Cape Town, affected tourism badly

Climate conferences have a huge trust deficit: How to make COP28 deliver

The fact that after 27 COPs the world is still not demonstrating tangible climate action is contributing to growing frustration

High road to Dubai COP28: The Bonn meet is to end soon; but there is no decision yet about Global Goal on Adaptation

The GGA is being framed as a global target for countries and communities to aspire and take guidance from, something which is proving …

Some key takeaways from the Petersberg Climate Dialogue

The discussions at the event veered around global renewables target, climate finance and Global Stocktake

Run-up to COP27: LDCs want clear process to bridge $100 billion fund gap, loss & damage finance structure

Manjeet Dhakal, advisor to the LDC chair, talks about challenges faced by disadvantaged countries & their agenda for CoP27

‘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

India in top 10 in climate performance ranking, says new report

US, China and EU fared poorly, slid several positions since last year  

Summers may last 6 months, winters only 2: Recent study

Between 1952 and 2011, summer duration increased to 95 from 78 days. In winters, it decreased to 73 from 76 days

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 …

Union Budget 2020-21 spares little for climate mitigation

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman reiterates old announcements, cuts budget for National Adaptation Fund  

Another bold move by Tuvalu

On Thursday morning, more drama on the floor, this time at the Plenary of the Kyoto Protocol.

World goes pound foolish over climate-related health risks

Less than 4 per cent of the global climate adaptation funding is to deal with health impacts

Slow progress on all procedural issues at COP 23

Parties have held only preliminary discussions on all issues, which have been captured in informal notes prepared for all agenda items

COP 23: Are countries ready for new market mechanism?

Developing countries need enabling conditions and more robust monitoring and accounting mechanisms for development of carbon markets

By 2050, climate-related disasters could cost US $35 billion a year: audit report

The GAO report urged Trump administration to take climate change risks seriously and begin developing a response action plan