COP27 diary (November 14): Global shield against climate risks for loss and damage launched

A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit 

COP27: Climate vulnerable countries, G7 launch plan for quick loss and damage funding

Pakistan, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Fiji, Senegal, Philippines and Ghana will be among the first countries to receive assistance from the Global …

Run-up to COP27: ‘John Kerry is scared of the floodgates of litigations on accepting loss and damage’

Down To Earth speaks to Farhana Yamin, one of the key architects of the Paris deal, on why rich countries are attempting to linger negotiations …

Simply Put: Baked bricks

Cool it

We need ways to reduce the need for cooling devices. This means we need to build with nature, not against it

As the rest of Karnataka is bone dry, heavy rains wash away Bengaluru’s 133-year-old rainfall record

Karnataka capital latest victim of an unending spate of extreme weather events across the world; It received 111.1 mm of rainfall …

Human actions are changing rivers by altering decomposition rates, increasing greenhouse gas emissions: Study

Though rivers occupy 0.58 per cent of the non-glaciated global land area, they receive 0.72 billion tons of terrestrial carbon per year

Cyclone Remal causes chaos in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India: What we know so far

At least 7 people have been killed, millions left without power due to cyclone; around 8,00,000 people have been evacuated by authorities in …

In 2023, 69 weather stations across India recorded their monthly highest 24-hour rainfall in 122 years, finds CSE-DTE analysis

Maharshtra and Madhya Pradesh had 9 stations each that saw record-breaking rainfall

World Migration Report 2024: Climate impacts will force 216 million people to move within their countries by 2050

Climate change, while not the sole driver of displacement and migration, increases pressure on existing systems and communities

Islands of heat

CSE study shows how Indian urban centres are trapping more heat due to built-up landscapes, in turn impacting health

Twist in the (fairy)tale

How might fairy tales read if written in today’s times? When Fairyland Lost Its Magic is an attempt at that

The limits of ice: What a 19th century expedition trapped in sea ice for a year tells us about Antarctica’s future

Antarctica’s sea ice has held out for longer. A ship like the Belgica could have been stuck in sea ice as late as 2015

Is natural gas actually cleaner than coal? Growing evidence says maybe not

The fact that methane emissions from the oil and gas sector are said to be vastly underreported clearly shows that natural gas is not “very …

Doomsday urgent

Everyone should be terrified of global warming, Jeff Goodell writes in his book, The Heat Will Kill You First

Climate change matters to more and more people — and could be a deciding factor in the 2024 election

Between the 2016 and the 2020 presidential elections, climate change became increasingly important to voters

Simply Put : The global warming frying pan

This heatwave is not a weather blip

IPCC AR6 (Part III): Can carbon capture and renewable energy save the world?

Phasing out fossil fuesl is the only way to go

Mountain glaciers may hold less ice than previously thought — here’s what that means for 2 billion downstream water users and sea level rise

Policymakers should look at these new estimates to revise their plans

What is irrecoverable carbon? How it exacerbates global warming?

Simply Put: Wilting Arctic, wallowing Yamuna

Warmer waters can drive higher predation rates: Study

These changes could disrupt balances that have existed for thousands of years

Simply Put: Footprints of our heated times

Cyclone Hamoon makes landfall in coastal Bangladesh

Hamoon underwent rapid intensification from 30 knots to 70 knots in 24 hours