Extreme weather events are exactly the time to talk about climate change – here’s why

Talking about climate change is a powerful way of mobilising climate action, and extreme weather events provide helpful climate conversation starters

Three things scientists don’t know about women farmers and climate change but really should

Ensuring climate solutions work for both women & men farmers should be high priority at Bonn Climate Change Conference

G20 climate goals just won't do the job, claims new report

Latest Nationally Determined Contributions of 4 countries same or weaker than previous committments

IPCC Report: Joining forces and using indigenous knowledge could avert disaster

In its first major climate report since 2013, the IPCC offers its starkest warning yet: Serious impacts of global warming are now unavoidable

How ready is India for climate change? Not much, says this report

All south Asian countries fared poorly in the 2020 World Risk Index on strengthening their abilities to prepare and adapt to extreme events

The hockey-stick curve

The problem of and solutions to climate change. The imperatives of transition on the eve of the Bali meet  

COP24: A principled debate on adaptation communications

UN estimates that cost of adaptation in developing countries will rise to $140-300 billion each year by 2030

In a first, ING Bank will make lending decision based on clients’ climate actions

The Dutch bank will identify those clients that are leading the transition to a low-carbon economy and need its help the most

COP22: parties discuss ways to enhance transparency framework for climate action

The rules and modalities of the transparency framework are expected to be in place by 2018

Montreal Protocol: what came from Vienna negotiations?

Observers seem optimistic for a deal in the next meeting of parties, to be held in October this year

Countries differ on the issue of stocktaking at COP 21

Countries agree on taking stock on climate mitigation and finance targets every five years but are more hesitant on doing so for climate adaptation

Links between global climate events getting stronger: Study

Climate teleconnections intensified over last 37 years; southern hemisphere more vulnerable

Gendered impacts of climate change: Stories from Jharkhand

In their hometowns or factories far away, women in Jharkhand’s rural areas & urban slums face unique challenges wrought …

We’re headed in wrong direction: WMO’s United in Science report outlines action needed

During January-September 2022, CO2 levels were 1.2% higher than same period last year

Transboundary climate risks impact agricultural production in every country: Report

International trade in six major agricultural commodities, including rice and wheat, affected by transboundary climate risks 

An ocean like no other: The Southern Ocean’s ecological richness, significance for global climate

It stores heat and carbon, mixes global currents: The Southern Ocean, also called the Antarctic Ocean, can be best described in superlatives

#FridaysForFuture: India’s youth seek climate justice

Hundreds of Indian students skipped school on March 15, 2019 as a part of the global protests demanding climate action

Drafting the Paris agreement: the week that was

Draft text adopted, but many issues need resolving

Is climate litigation the way forward for accountability and climate action?

Recent judgment in the US held the State of Montana responsible for causing unreasonable damage to climate

Right against climate change part of right to life, equality: Read the Supreme Court’s exact arguments

Adverse impacts of climate change infringe upon right to life, equality and clean environment, the bench notes

Africa Climate Summit 2023: Experts criticise omitting health from main agenda

Point to inextricable link of public health with climate change

Most vulnerable countries unable to access Green Climate Fund for adaptation

Lengthy, complicated application process a major hurdle for many countries 

High road to Dubai COP28: This year is about money, says CSE on Bonn climate meet expectations

For countries of the Global South, the focus should be on the lack of concessional finance to drive the energy transition

Biden’s transformational challenge

Though the US is no longer addicted to coal, it is completely sold on the idea of cheap energy, writes Sunita Narain

Climate vulnerability maps developed for Himalayan states

Vulnerability to climate change varies from state to state and district to district, it also depends on various socio-economic factors