Amitav Ghosh in conversation with Sunita Narain

Amitav Ghosh in conversation with Sunita Narain on his new book The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable

Limiting HFCs should not be a burden on the developing world

Developing countries should guard against a weak phase-down of the super-warming hydrofluorocarbons in the ongoing Montreal Protocol

Can it be different this time?

Can developing countries find a way to get an ambitious and equitable outcome at the negotiations for the HFC phase-down amendment to the …

Earthwitness

Four people from different parts of India find themsleves on the frontline of the Earth's biggest, most complex crisis—climate change

A musician's Yantra

Violinist-turned-environmentalist Aubrey Meyer has coined the phrase "contraction and convergence" and set the world thinking on the lines of …

Cop-out

Hopes were pinned on the latest UN climate summit at Lima. It was supposed to prepare the ground for a new climate deal that will replace the …

Health leaders call for concerted action on climate change at Lima summit

Climate change puts the health of people at risk, both directly and indirectly, say health professionals

Report card on climate change aid: developed countries not transparent

Emerging economies cannot make emissions reduction conditional to financial support says the US

Heatwaves, droughts, extreme rain may be near permanent in 20 countries at 1.5°C warming

Study warns climate impact may increase multiple extreme events that occur simultaneously or consecutively

Rural women have resilience to cope with climate risks: study

Women use creative ways to manage food and nutrition security in their households in lean months, shows an ongoing study in Faizabad, Uttar …

Race to kill kyoto protocol

As Copenhagen nears, Obamas America sees new hope Yes, we can...dump climate multilateralism. In Bangkok, most developed countries joined the …

Five things you need to know about the Glasgow Climate Pact

From phasing out coal to carbon market loopholes, here is what you need to know  

Greenhouse gas levels hit new high in 2020: WMO

The average global warming would exceed Paris Agreement’s target of global temperature rise of 2°C above pre-industrial levels&…

Climate emergency: Extreme weather events in Australia to get more frequent, intense

Report says extreme heat, heavy rainfall and coastal inundation, fire weather and drought expected to get worse

COP27: ‘Translation between change in weather and damages is not linear’

Down To Earth talks to Friederike Otto, climate scientist at Imperial College London about the science of weather attribution

Market and mitigation dominated G20 climate actions — not a good signal leading to COP28, claim experts   

Woefully inadequate in response to Global Stocktake Report and unlikely to keep temperature rise within 1.5°C  

Study warns of a billion human deaths if global warming reaches or exceeds 2°C

Authors suggest aggressive energy policies to decrease carbon emissions, minimise loss of lives

How climate resilient is Shimla? Not much, shows city’s ground situation

A third of Shimla is at high risk for landslides; more open spaces and green cover needed

RESCUED or DOOMED

Nations adopt a diluted agreement on implementing the Kyoto Protocol that gives away too many concessions to polluting countries

Miracle cure or placebo?

While CDM has been touted as the solution to all climate negotiation problems the reality is much different. This free market will impose huge …

Unequal rights, equal responsibilities?

Industrialised countries want to have the cake and eat it too. President Carlos Menem delivered it to them on a silver platter by agreeing to …

2016 was year of extreme warming; 2017 shows no signs of easing

Last year was the warmest on record for North America, second warmest for Africa and South America and third warmest for Europe

‘Statistically impossible’ heat extremes are here — we identified the regions most at risk

At-risk regions include Afghanistan, several countries in Central America and far-eastern Russia

Human-made climate change behind rising 2019 temperatures: WMO

Absence of El Niño and yet an extension in the spate of rising temperatures points towards it, says the UN weather agency

Himalayan meltdown: Hindu Kush Himalayan region warming faster than global average

Capping global warming at 1.5°C will still mean a higher rate for the region through this century