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 …

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

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

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 …

Union Budget 2020-21 spares little for climate mitigation

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman reiterates old announcements, cuts budget for National Adaptation Fund  

Climate resilience needed for COVID-19 recovery, flags UN commission

Global Commission for Adaptation has asked world leaders to align policies with long-term climate objectives, mobilise private sector support 

What happened at CoP26: A complete report card

Glasgow Climate Pact dismisses climate justice as a concept that is important only for some

High road to Dubai COP28: Developing countries demand ambition on financial support in Bonn

There can be no discussion on enhancing mitigation ambition in developing country Parties without an accompanied discussion on enhancing …

Paris Agreement at 8: Progress, challenges and road to COP28

Innovation, renewable energy, and sustainable practises can help COP28 create a resilient, low-carbon future

Extreme heat and rain: Thousands of weather stations show there’s now more of both, for longer

Unusually warm days are becoming more common throughout Australia; New Zealander also experiencing more days with temperatures 25℃ or more

India, Pakistan among 5 countries with greatest potential to address climate issues in livestock sector

Investments in India, China, Brazil, Pakistan and Sudan can make a huge global impact, finds study

Adaptation gap in developing countries widening even as extreme weather events worsen: UNEP

Countries in need received $21.3 billion but $215-387 billion needed every year

Africa Climate Summit: Youth and children demand climate justice, call for action now

Africa Youth Climate Assembly emphasises need for collaborative and immediate action in a declaration, reflects urgency echoed in …

Paris finance meet: Momentum builds for polluter taxes to fund green transition

Panellists discuss shipping and airline levies, financial transaction taxes and fossil fuel taxes at Pact Summit

Climate change in North East: Arunachal’s Seijosa shows connect between shifting patterns, declining biodiversity

Loss in forest cover, change in rainfall patterns, human interventions may together set in motion irreversible patterns   

Rich nations finally delivered on $100 billion climate finance pledge in 2022, finds OECD report; experts flag issues

Target met two years late, loans making up much of the financial flow

Ground report: Climate disasters in Bihar, UP make children more vulnerable to trafficking

Trafficking rackets use climate disasters as opportunities, say experts

Greece passes first climate law

The law envisages decommissioning all lignite / coal plants by 2028 

‘Zombie fires’ in the Arctic: Canada’s extreme wildfire season offers a glimpse of new risks in a warmer, drier future

As global temperatures rise, fires are also spreading farther north and into the Arctic

CoP26 first draft not good enough; climate finance grossly insufficient: Climate scientist Saleemul Huq

Saleemul Haq, director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Bangladesh, speaks to DTE on CoP26 progress and performance

Local knowledge refined with tech & funds can help climate adaptation in Asia-Pacific: IFAD

Digital mapping along with local knowledge can be useful to identify climate-vulnerable hotspots

More children believe in climate emergency than adults in G20 countries, UNDP survey finds

Conservation of forest land and transition to renewable sources of energy were among policies that received the most approval

Bonn climate conference: Loss and damage discussions nothing but ‘talk shop’

L&D finance must be grant-based so that countries are not further indebted by a crisis they contributed little to, say experts

Climate change is real & world needs real leadership to fight it

WATCH: As President Joe Biden readies his climate summit for Earth Day, Sunita Narain spells out why and how the US and the …

Kampala Declaration on climate change, human mobility now has 48 African countries as members

As many as 105 million people could become internal migrants within the African continent in a business-as-usual scenario