Shades of equity
Negotiators from developing countries lack the strategy to put equity on the global climate change agenda. But the US has already begun to define …
'Energy poverty hurts women'
Women's participation should be considered while making policy on access to energy and management, says an expert
Inflation Reduction Act: What does this new bill mean for climate change mitigation?
Overall, the new bill is the first big step the US is taking to avoid runaway climate change
Tonga volcano spews enough water to fill 58,000 pools into stratosphere, likely to add to global warming
Excess stratospheric H2O will persist for years, could affect stratospheric chemistry and dynamics and may lead to surface warming
'Climate change reversal unlikely; mantra is to adapt'
Down To Earth speaks to Anjal Prakash, associate professor, Regional Water Studies, TERI School of Advanced Studies, on the IPCC Report's …
How vulnerable are we: Mapping climate change in India
This set of factsheets maps the potential climate change impacts on various agro-ecological zones in India
Explainer series: What sixth IPCC report says about India and the world
Climate change is rapid, widespread and irreversible, IPCC flagged on August 9, when it released its sixth assessment report. A collection of …
Chandra Bhushan on the draft negotiating text before highlevel segment
Chandra Bhushan Deputy Director General of Centre for Science and Environment, says that the negotiating draft produced on December 9, 2014 will …
Ananlysis of the first week of COP 21
Chandra Bhushan talks about the first week of negotiations at the Paris Climate Change Conference COP21
Lived anomaly
Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment has just released a book that suggests how farmers in India can be enabled to cope with …
Bonn climate conference 2015
The conference ended without making any headway. Ten days of negotiations were spent in streamlining the text for the Paris agreement, …
A changing climate, growing human populations and widespread fires contributed to the last major extinction event − can we prevent another?
The past teaches us that the ecosystems we depend upon are vulnerable to collapse when stressed by multiple intersecting pressures
In the future, we could snuff out cyclones. But weather control comes with new risks
If cyclone control is perfected, what would stop a country trying to redirect cyclones towards a rival?
Nearly 150,000 Indians have died in the past 51 years because of extreme weather
A new analysis by WMO published on May 22, 2023, stated that 138,377 Indians died between 1970 and 2021 in 573 climate-related disasters
How a possible El Nino can lead to failed monsoon in India?
Usually an El Nino event peaks during the winter season but the current event seems to be developing quite rapidly
Horn of Africa drought made 100 times more likely by climate change
Low rainfall and high evapotranspiration would not have led to droughts without global warming, study shows
Climate justice takes centrestage at UN, top European court in historic firsts
UN General Assembly passes resolution calling world’s highest court to opine on state responsibilities towards climate protection; European …
Flood crisis cuts off communities in Western Australia
The floods have created an emergency situation in Kimberly, an area in the state of Western Australia which is about the size of California
Europe’s ‘pyroregions’: Summer 2022 saw 20-year freak fires in regions historically immune, close to normal in fire prone areas
Expansion of fire-prone pyroregions in southern Europe is projected under various warming scenarios
Will India be able to survive heatwaves of the future?
Over the last 60 years, India has witnessed a rise in meteorological droughts and heatwaves, with the frequency and intensity increasing
Infographic: Extreme weather events in India from January to September 2022
A comprehensive analysis of the extreme weather events India faced from January-September this year
Climate change denial: ExxonMobil may face trial
Massachusetts High Court case accuses fossil fuel major of decieving investors, breaking laws
Climate change: West African countries mark $294 billion to meet challenge
The commitment is part of a Regional Climate Strategy to set regional mitigation and adaptation targets for 2030, with a review planned for 2050, …
IPCC AR6 (Part III): Cut emissions across all sectors to keep temperature rise to 1.5°C
According to the report, limiting warming to around 1.5°C requires global GHG emissions to peak before 2025 and reduce by 43 per cent by 2030
Asani: The first cyclone of 2022
The storm will move northwards along and off the Andamans, towards the Myanmar and south Bangladesh coast in the next 48 hours