What Africa’s drought responses teach us about climate change hotspots
Understanding how drought is impacting on livelihoods and local governments can help in the development of longer term climate adaptation responses
Stockholm+50: Little to cheer
The Stockholm Conference of 1972 had put environmental issues on the global agenda for the first time. Today, over 176 countries have …
12 excuses for climate inaction and how to refute them
Using moral clarity to counter defeatism around the climate crisis
The Galileo gambit and other stories: the three main tactics of climate denial
One Nation Senator-elect Malcolm Roberts lauds Galileo as a hero who turned scientific consensus on its head. But the 'Galileo gambit' is just …
Climate change believers are more likely to cooperate with strangers, new research finds
One psychological mechanism that could explain variation in climate change beliefs and pro-environmental behaviour is a general willingness to …
Corporate climate efforts fall short, 24 major companies will be able to reduce only 36% emissions: Report
Only five of 24 companies hit the 90% emission reduction projection by their respective target years
India underestimating heatwave impact, more than 90% of the country at risk: Study
Climate experts and policymakers should re-evaluate the metrics for assessing the country’s climate vulnerability as heatwaves in India …
Six months after including agriculture in climate negotiations, Parties agree on roadmap
Over the next two and half years, the negotiating group will meet five times to discuss and prepare reports on the work required for each of the …
Climate change constitutes double-edged sword for Africa: ECA
Climate change could usher in a new model of sustainable development, but, on other hand, it could also decimate African fragile economies
Asia Pacific Climate Change Forum: community involvement key to successful adaptation
Hundreds of delegates have gathered at the 5th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum in Colombo
Bonn climate talks end without creating any key deliverables
Divide between developed and developing countries witnessed over interpretation of provisions contained in the Paris Agreement
Paris Agreement success: the devil is in the detail
The success of the Paris Agreement will depend on how negotiations will move in Bonn
Explaining climate clubs: Rich countries are turning to climate, industrial deals with ‘friendly’ countries
These multilateral deals are premised on cooperation between like-minded countries on industrial and climate policy, but are concerned with …
Climate doomism is bad storytelling — hope is much more effective at triggering action
Looking at individual solutions can seem trivial, but it is a great way to tap into the power of self-efficacy
With GCF becoming headless, future of global climate finance does not look promising
Howard Bamsey resigned abruptly after a 'disappointing' meeting on expansion of GCF-funded projects
India proposes formation of separate workstream on equity in global stocktake
There was a difference in views on interpretation over equity between developed and developing nations
Climate change: can right to skilled jobs be denied?
To stop mass exodus after floods and cyclones, there is a need to introduce skill development for better adaptation to climate change
India has been getting warmer continuously, consistently and rapidly
A new analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment has indicated that India is warming at a much faster rate than thought previously
Are Gujarat’s climate change actions ‘superficial’?
There are conflicting views on the status of implementation for the state action plan on climate change (SAPCC) in Gujarat
Species speed up adaptation to beat effects of warmer oceans
Species threatened by climate change may find ways to adapt far quicker than through changes in DNA
Developed nations should assist us in climate change actions: BASIC group
The BASIC ministers reiterated that developed countries should provide financial and technological support for climate change actions
Global assets worth trillions of dollars at risk due to climate change
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to 2°C substantially reduces the value at risk
World needs a collective strategy to deal with US at Bonn climate conference
US move to repeal Clean Power Plan proves that naming and shaming has not worked, nor are the statements to stand united on Paris Agreements enough
Global science funding must be redesigned to succeed on SDGs, say experts
Existing science design, funding and practice fail to address complex global issues, they pointed out
Climate adaptation to cost India Rs 85.6 lakh crore by 2030: RBI
Sector-specific climate mitigation strategies can address the crisis in India to an extent