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COM2024: Climate financing hurdles take centrestage at African economic ministers’ conference
Some of the home-grown financing solutions that some African countries have already started embracing include carbon trading
Climate disaster movies resonate in ways that news never will
As we face the escalating challenges of climate catastrophe, embracing diverse and emotionally engaging storytelling in mainstream media becomes …
Why climate change is making it harder to monitor marine pollution
Warming of oceans means that the plants and organisms used as warning systems for pollution are being rendered ineffective
Global climate finance flows for 2015-16 increased by 17%: UN report
The report highlights that a large part of climate finance continues to go towards efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions
African countries to develop climate-resilient agriculture systems
The continent's 55 countries sign a 5-point declaration to strengthen food security
A win-win deal
The agreement to amend the Montreal Protocol for hydrofluorocarbon phase-down is a huge success for India
How aerosols lead to extreme rainfall
Aerosols play a crucial role in the formation of clouds. But now scientists are linking both extreme rainfall and drought to higher concentration …
Is Earth Close to “The Great Dying”?
Our “normal” climate is dead; the weather has gone insane, and it is annually killing thousands of Americans and millions of people …
The eco collapse we were warned about has begun
This accumulation of tragic evidence, against all the denialist narratives, makes it undeniable that the climate crisis is already here, among us
Holistic approach makes agrarian systems more climate-resilient: Study
Initial watershed development interventions in the studied areas intensified agriculture, but led to declining groundwater tables and …
In pics: Sea ingress has left this Odisha coastal town a shell of its former self
The marching sea has taken a toll on Podampeta’s agriculture and fishing communities through rapid sea ingress and consequent cyclones. Now, …
COP27 diary (November 12): ‘US won't support legal structures for loss and damage liabilities’
A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit
Run up to COP27: Only a quarter of global climate finance flows into Asia; much of that in loan
India received a total of $37.1 billion in climate finance during 2013-2020
IPCC’s new report on climate change is a call to action
The latest IPCC report confirms that we can no longer lose time in prevarication or in finding new excuses not to act, including empty promises …
Green bonds and greener environment: Are they linked?
Green bonds, in particular, may play a key role in the forthcoming economic recovery and may help India achieve the SDGs