CoP26: 104 countries promise to cut methane emissions; What is the global pledge about?
A 0.3% reduction per year in methane is equivalent to net-zero for carbon dioxide — there would be no additional warming if this level of …
Can a large volcanic eruption slow down global warming? Here’s what the latest IPCC report says
Before the end of the century, there will be at least one large volcanic eruption, the scientists predict
Indigenous knowledge is vital in the fight against climate change: IPCC report
The IPCC’s latest report cites various instances of how fast-vanishing indigenous knowledge is an important tool to mitigate the climate crisis
Monday’s IPCC report is a really big deal for climate change. So what is it? And why should we trust it?
This report puts greater emphasis on regional climate change, on changes in extreme events, and how these events are linked to human-caused …
15 million in Asia’s cities can be affected by sea-level rise by 2030: Greenpeace
$724 billion in Gross Domestic Product could be impacted due to extreme sea-level rise and coastal flooding by 2030
Biden‘s climate leadership summit: What should 3 PMs from South Asia do
The South Asian People’s Action on Climate Crisis has issued this demand-statement for the three south Asian prime ministers who have been …
Zero-zero, net zero
The fact that Joe Biden is not a climate denier is good news. But it is not enough
DTE analysis leads to sacking of British CoP president
The new appointee must work with the world to ensure UNFCCC CoP 26 at Glasgow is remembered as an inflection point
The Katowice collapse
Katowice fails. Its decision and the Paris Rulebook agreed here are un-ambitious, anti-science and dilute the Paris Agreement, says CSE
The sinking debate
The climate change negotiations have come to a halt over the issue of sinks. Neelam Singh discusses the associated complications
Bring the US back to the climate conclave: CSE
CSE media briefing insists on finding ways to re-engage the US in climate change negotiations and setting up a democratic framework with right …
Extreme climate can halve crop yields: Study
Global research quantifies impact of climate extremes on staple crops maize, spring wheat, rice and soybeans
Rising CO2 emissions may increase global iron deficiency risk
The estimated percentages of lost dietary iron under rising CO2 levels range from 1.5 per cent to 5.5 per cent
Is TISA undermining the Paris climate deal?
A global trade deal could threaten the goal of reducing CO2 levels, leaked documents show
UN communicates negotiating text for Paris climate agreement to all nations
Christiana Figueres urges for early resolution of the outstanding issues and to seek common ground on unresolved issues
Agencies funding climate research to hunt for weather weapons: scientist
Expert worried about who would control climate-altering technologies if they prove to be effective
Bangladesh releases Climate Change Outlook
Government says the report will help it take measures to tackle environmental degradation
Climate change pushing people out of their homelands in US, says report
Alaska particularly affected by rapid pace of temperature rise, ice and snow melt, and permafrost thaw
Let the journey choose the vehicle
Heather Allen looks at issues related to sustainable development at the International Association of Public Transport, Brussels. Pradip Saha …
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 …
Scientists develop early flowering transgenic mustard
This is important since oilseed crop requires cold days and the number of cold days required for full plant cycle has shrunk owing to climate change
Bonn climate meet concludes with little progress on issues
With Parties differing on their fundamental stances, creation of a robust and fair Paris climate rule book looks like a tough task
Fossil teeth reveal new facts about a mass extinction 260 million years ago
Did a change in climate caused or contributed to a mass extinction around 260 million years ago?
Sahara, the largest hot desert, expanded by 10 per cent in the 20th century
Climate change is causing the expansion of the desert into once arable land, says a study
Trees that survived California’s drought give scientists hope for climate change
What we found is that the ones that were green, like this one, were more water-use efficient than their dead counterparts: Conservation biologist …