How do extreme weather events lead to increase in child marriages?
Droughts, floods and other extreme weather events by intensify gender inequality and poverty, causing a spurt in child, early and forced …
June-August dry spell, heavy September rain signs of climate change: Odisha experts
Erratic rainfall, floods, water-logging, cyclones and sea erosion are factors that make Odisha a state highly exposed to climate change,…
Climate crisis may destroy aquatic food systems — and livelihoods, economies
Much of Africa, South and Southeast Asia as well as the Indo-Pacific under high to very high risk under high-emissions, no-mitigation …
Climate crisis in North East India: How flooding shifted a village in Assam’s Dhemaji
The Kumutiya river floods every year, destroying crops and houses. The river has shifted 3 km since 1960, and an entire village has had to shift …
As Monsoon 2021 reaches its end, DTE traces its erratic trajectory
August was a very dry month with just one low pressure area; such areas could reduce in the future due to global warming
IPCC Sixth Assement Report: Insights for African countries
The continent will likely experience drier conditions with an exception of the Sahara and eastern Africa
Climate change is real: July 2021 was 3rd warmest globally
Surface temperature for June 2021 was the 5th-highest in 142 years
Harness power of nature-based solutions to fight climate crisis: G20 ministers
G20 countries identify need for sustainable business models to implement nature-based solutions in developing countries; but they lack direction
Climate crisis: Madagascar drought worsens
Women, children have to walk for hours to get to food distribution points; families living on raw red cactus fruits, wild leaves and locusts&…
Climate Change is real: Temperate North America sizzles under ‘heat dome’
Canada’s British Columbia and the US Pacific Northwest’s Oregon and Washington are experiencing a once-in-a-millennium event, experts say
Why the deportation of an English anthropologist has south Kerala’s fishing communities worried
Filippo Osella was about to launch a precise early weather-warning system the fish workers badly need
Polar Heatwaves: Record temperatures 30-40 degrees Celsius above normal
Rapid rise in temperatures at poles a warning of disruption in Earth’s climate systems, say experts
More than 75% of Amazon rainforest near tipping point, may transform into dry savanna: Study
Researchers say it is not too late to act; reducing deforestation will protect the forest’s threatened parts and boost Amazon rainforest …
Human presence has accelerated snow melting in Antarctica: Report
Black carbon-impacted areas seeing snowpack shrinking by up to 23 millimetres water equivalent every summer
Mega iceberg released 158 billion tonnes of water into ocean
Over Christmas 2020, the mega iceberg hit the headlines around the world after coming worryingly close to South Georgia, raising concerns it …
Extreme weather events led to 8 deaths, destroyed almost 390,000 hectares of cropped area in Jan-Feb 2023
Haryana saw most damage to cropped area; Karnataka saw extreme cold events after a gap of over four decades
Climate’s clear connect: Africa needs to come together to curb its health crises fanned by global warming
The resource-constrained scenarios faced by most governments warrant pooling of resources
‘Let’s get real’: Scientists discover a new way climate change threatens cold-blooded animals
Ectotherms will need even more energy in a warmer world — increasing extinction risk
Tomato price rise: Farmers in Andhra say that is only part of the whole story
All-year demand, the pressures of cultivating tomato off season and changing climate are making life difficult for Chittoor’s farmers
Renewable wood-based products can help combat climate change: FAO
Bioeconomy has emerged as a concept for tackling challenges that contribute to climate change
Africa’s financial sector must cope with climate risk for smooth transition to Net Zero: Report
At least 49 banks in Africa have over $200 billion in lending across sectors with high-potential climate risks
Nearly 51 million internally displaced in 33 countries in first half of 2021: UN
The lethal mix of conflict, COVID-19, poverty, food insecurity and climate emergency has compounded humanitarian plight of the displaced, flags …
CoP26: With less than 100 months left for a climate redline, here is a deal that feels laggard
India forces coal and subsidies ‘phase out’ clause to milder and undefined ‘phase down’
World headed towards 2.4°C warming despite CoP26, according to 4 assessments
We may still be able to limit warming to 2°C, but 1.5°C will require technology to play an outsized role that it currently does not …
CoP26: Meat eating is a big climate issue – but isn’t getting the attention it deserves
The global food system is currently responsible for about a quarter of all human-made greenhouse gases, a figure that is projected to increase