Climate crisis: Staple crop yield in 8 African countries may decline by 80%, flags report
The crisis will exacerbate food insecurity and poverty if no changes are made to agricultural practices or global policies, erratic …
Climate change in photos: More floods, more droughts, more hurricanes
From catastrophic flooding in Europe, the United States and China to drought in Madagascar to hurricanes brewing in the Atlantic — climate …
Climate change to increase sea level in Lakshadweep, affect airport, residential areas: Study
Lakshadweep Islands are one of the least polluting marine ecosystems and yet have to bear the harsh brunt of climate change
Rainfall variation resulted in long periods of droughts, floods in southern Ethiopia: Study
Increasing trends seen in mean maximum and mean minimum temperature over last two decades posed a threat to agriculture, livestock production, …
‘February 7 appears to be what I would call a rock avalanche’
Down To Earth speaks to Daniel Shugar from the University of Calgary in Canada on what exactly could have happened in Chamoli
World Water Day 2020: How water can be used in the battle against climate change
It is an enabling and limiting factor in humanity’s ability to mitigate and adapt to climate change
New CoP 26 Glasgow president: Alok Sharma distracts from national ambition
Nature-based solutions and Net Zero are welcome and adaptation finance is crucial. But they must not distract from enhancing countries’ …
Draft EU climate law: Too little ambition, net-zero target too late
2050 global net-zero goals only ensure 66 per cent chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C; high levels of ambition needed
BP and British media must stop green-washing
All promises of climate action must come with estimates of costs and emissions mitigated
Of pests and climate change
The locust attack in western India is not just another local phenomoenon. Eventually, it traces back to climate change
Europe’s biomass problem
Wood-fired power will actually increase emissions over timescales relevant to the Paris Agreement
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Can the world reduce its greenhouse emissions to zero by 2050?
To reach this target, the world must completely stop using coal by 2050, shift electricity generation to renewables and gas and remove large …
Informal stocktaking by CoP President on December 6
We have prepared possible elements of Doha outcome on finance, presented to the Parties and heard their concerns. We look forward to engaging …
The Danish Proposal Surfaces
A secret negotiating text is leaked to the media, and the day goes from dull to anything but.
Small island states make a stand
COP plenary suspended
Warsaw Climate Talks Day 12: November 22
A developing country delegate received message that there has been no progress on long term finance.
The Kyoto Protocol - Battlefield of Hegemonic Struggles in World Politics
It seems that the European Union (EU) has lost the fight with George W. Bush. By Hermann E. Ott
Solar power in Asia
The Philippines will get a solar power plant with the largest ever capacity in southeast Asia by 2002
WHO launches 'clean air coalition'; new clean air fund to be announced
WHO said Sunday that it was launching a “Clean Air Coalition” led by the Governments of Spain and Peru, while a group of …
90 years of desertification
More than 75 per cent of Earth's land area is already degraded and some 418 million hectares, or half of the size of the European Union, is …
Lexical conundrum: Desertification does not allude to deserts
Today, desertification just means a reduction in the productivity of the land that is not reversible
As Amazon burns BlackRock emerges as world’s largest investor in deforestation
The world’s largest institutional investor with US $6.5 trillion in assets is a global leader in financing forest destruction, new report says
Heatwave: think it's hot in Europe? The human body is already close to thermal limits elsewhere
The challenges ahead are stark. Adaptation has its limits. We must therefore slash greenhouse gas emissions to keep to the Paris warming limits
Nepal: A sitting duck for climate disasters
The country’s geography and ever-looming threat of climate change make it very vulnerable
US beekeepers lost 40% honey bee colonies in a year: Survey
Beekeepers lost 37.7 per cent colonies during the winter, between April 2018 and April 2019 — the highest winter decline in the last 13 …