"Brown clouds are a transcontinental issue"
Asian Brown Clouds created a lot of heat in South Asia, a few years ago (see: 'Aerial Raid,' Down To Earth, August 15, 2002). Now the chief …
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‘The Indian green bond market is a driver for people’
Green bonds in India have grown from virtual non-existence in early 2015 to a US $7 billion market, with participation from public and private …
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
Recognise ‘Un-enabling’ environment that prevents climate finance access, says Global South at UN talks in Cartagena
Experts & governments met for technical discussions and negotiations on New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance
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 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
Simply Put: Annual climate finance COP-out
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
'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
Copenhagen Diary
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
India in top 10 in climate performance ranking, says new report
US, China and EU fared poorly, slid several positions since last year
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
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.
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 …
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
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
Some key takeaways from the Petersberg Climate Dialogue
The discussions at the event veered around global renewables target, climate finance and Global Stocktake
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 …