Climate Emergency CoP 25: Madrid, the longest CoP ever, ends in disappointment
Never-before-seen disconnect between what climate science and people demand and what governments deliver on display at the summit
Doha outcome adopted. US reserves its right to walk out later
US does a Kyoto again. It rejects the idea of equity by refusing to associate itself to any new agreement that is under the Convention.
Pact Politics
High political drama marks climate negotiations as the European Union strives to enforce the Kyoto protocol without the US. The South could play …
Compliance: More words
After a week of negotiations the compliance working group has produced nothing but even lengthier texts and more brackets, in short, a complete farce.
Factsheet: Will the Kyoto Protocol survive?
Following the failure of the 15th Conference of Parties (CoP 15) at Copenhagen to deliver a fair, equitable, ambitious and binding treaty needed …
Climate extremes, population rise to cause water, food scarcity in Upper Nile: Study
While the region is expected to receive heavy rainfall, it will be too slow to result in significant changes in runoff demand, researchers said
Suketu Mehta on immigration
In 'This Land is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto', the veteran author tackles the thorniest issue of our times
By spending just 3% more on infra, developing nations can save $4.2 trillion: World Bank
Making assets climate resilient can help these countries earn $4 for each $1 spent, according to the report
How will global warming affect El Niño in the 21st Century?
With available data not sufficient, it is imperative that models be held to very stringent standards on their performance of El Niño …
COP24: Nationally determined contributions and search for common time frames in Katowice
Time is running out and negotiators are still not happy. What will be the fate of the Paris Rule Book?
Oceans are heating up 60% faster than IPCC claims: study
The researchers claim that devices used to measure ocean temperatures are not evenly distributed
New centre to help farmers become climate resilient
The centre would focus on real-time structured surveillance for insect-pests and diseases using GPS-tagging techniques
Many small island nations can adapt to climate change with global support
Although climate change threatens the world's small island nations, many can adapt and preserve their homes and cultures – especially if …
Here's why the latest push for pre-2020 action at COP23 is likely to fall flat
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad stressed on the importance of meeting pre-2020 commitments on which there has been little progress so far
US provides more than $20-billion subsidy to fossil fuel industry each year
Apart from disrupting the process of meeting global climate targets, it undermines the steps taken at states and cities level to address climate …
India, please don't make the same mistakes we made in industrialised world: Swiss President
President Leuthard urged India to explore the possibility of close collaboration between research institute and policymakers on clean energy
Is Trump doing what his people want?
Seven in ten registered voters of the United States want the country to participate in the Paris Agreement
Climate change will cost cities twice as much as rest of the world
Cities act as “heat islands” when natural vegetation is replaced by heat-capturing surfaces such as concrete, asphalt and glass
After US, rising sea level may soon gobble up an entire island in Canada
Land bigger than 300 football fields has been swallowed by the sea within the span of a few generations
Digitising agriculture in face of climate change
Extreme weather and changing geography threatened food security and livelihood in Africa and Asia this year. Digitising agriculture has become a …
Globally supported agricultural insurance mechanism must for developing nations: CSE
Unaffordability is one of the main reasons why farmers are not warming up to the idea of agricultural insurance
This Bangladeshi woman can tell you why the latest round of climate talks matter
Those who have lost much due to environmental disasters would want the Paris agreement to be a success
Bleached to death
The current mass bleaching of corals across the world appears to be the most severe ever. It threatens the very existence of coral reefs. …
Paris Agreement inches closer to entry into force this year
Thirty-one countries deposit their instruments of accession with the UN Secretary General, 14 more pledge to join Paris Agreement
Climate talks now focus on health adaptation
As the global negotiations increasingly talk about the impacts of climate change on health, the upcoming UN CoP meet in Morocco will debate one …