2020 US elections: No Democrat candidate offers bold plan for climate action
A number of polls suggest that Democrat voters also consider climate change to be a top-tier issue, as important as healthcare
Farmers will bear the brunt of climate change
By 2050, India is likely to experience a temperature rise of 1-4°C; rainfall will increase by 9-16 per cent. This will have a detrimental …
To withdraw from climate deal is to reject the idea of global cooperation
American pressure was fundamental in retaining voluntary emission reductions for countries and eliminating possibilities of penalties in the …
Wolf at our door
The US has made the world rewrite the climate agreement so that the targets are based on voluntary action, not science
Climate in Budget 2017-18: notes ban effect likely to leave climate expenditure high and dry
With eyes on upcoming state elections and cool down in the mood towards climate action around the world, no major announcements to offset climate …
Progress and contradictions in US-India climate relations
The recent US-India join statement takes on a one-sided narrative of India’s commitments to decreasing emissions and transitioning to a …
Adaptation finance for agriculture is the need of the hour
Efforts for adaptation finance will have to be multiplied greatly as the needs of today are not being met, leave alone the needs of a more …
Will climate-induced migration feature at COP21?
People in small island nations and vulnerable deltas, which perhaps had no role in the greenhouse gas emissions changing the world's climate, are …
Climate change can’t be dealt without focus on public health, urge experts
The need to gather data to develop deeper understanding of health impacts of climate change was emphasised at a meet in Delhi
Time to abandon UNFCCC to address climate change
The progress made by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change so far and its potential to deliver results in the future looks …
Over $9 trillion investments in infrastructure resilience, Net Zero needed by 2050 to mitigate climate impact: CDRI
Climate change may lead to an global average annual loss of over $700 billion in infrastructure sectors and buildings
High road to Dubai COP28: 6th Technical Expert Dialogue on New Collective Quantified Goal held at Bonn
Quantum of new climate finance goal should be based on needs of developing countries, backed by science & tied to specific outcomes, …
US, equity and the elephants in the room
The issue of sharing the common atmospheric space has been at the core of discussions—the elephant in the room that we want to forget. It …
UN Climate Ambition Summit 2023: Who’s leading the charge?
Topics like Loss and Damage Fund, fossil fuel phaseout and $100-billion climate finance promise remain inconspicuous
Greenland ice melting fastest in 12,000 yrs: Study
Increased loss likely to raise sea level 2-10 cm by the end of 21st century
Whose view of climate equity?
Inheritance of loss
Economic losses due to extreme weather events reach record high while nations spar over liability
COP27 diary (November 10): Rich countries admit funding gap in addressing loss & damage
A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit
Anders Levermann on geopolitics of climate change
Professor at Germanys Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Anders Levermanns interests range from monsoon in India to glacier …
COP28: Rich countries must commit more climate finance for adaptation of African livestock sector, say experts
Investments necessary to sustain fastest-growing population on planet, write African leaders, scientists and experts
COP24: Developed nations successfully wipe out equity in finance, reporting
These countries seem to be working towards a weak and non-ambitious Paris rulebook
Dire straits
Global warming will have bigger impact on oceans than thought
CoP26: Activists protest global leaders’ dilly-dally, demand climate justice now
Greta Thunberg termed CoP26 discussions “blah, blah, blah”
Carbon capture made easy
Salt, sugar and alcohol can help trap the greenhouse gas
Megadrought demystified
Two major lakes dried up in Africa in the most severe drought recorded in 50,000 years