As told to Parliament (April 4, 2022): Amit Shah plays down Opposition worries on data collection Bill
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Shoe on the other foot: The UN generates its own carbon, including from CoPs
A new report by the UN though has noted that its own emissions reduced in pandemic year 2020 as activities went online
CoP26: Carbon budget report puts Net Zero euphoria in place at Glasgow
Net rise of emission for all major countries in 2021
Expectations from CoP26: Climate finance needs to be scaled up with focus on adaptation, says LDC Group
The group wants a balance between funds provided for mitigation actions and those for adapting to climate change
Global CO2 emissions from wildfires in July, August highest since 2003: Copernicus
The Mediterranean basin emerged as the wildfire hotspot that contributed to intense smoke pollution
UN calls for swift zero carbon recovery action at climate summit
There is a 40% chance of annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5 degrees Celsius in at least one of the next five years, …
IEA Roadmap modelling its way out to remove emissions with tech
To make the IEA Roadmap for the global energy sector a reality, global development in clean and green energy needs to vastly pick up the pace and …
We’ve made progress to curb global emissions. But it’s a fraction of what’s needed
Globally, we need to deliver at least ten times more emissions cuts than our pre-pandemic efforts
Climate crisis continues unabated: United in science, but are we united in action?
While emissions fell during the peak of the pandemic confinement measures, they have already mostly recovered to within 5% of the same period in …
CPCB confirms COVID-19 lockdowns helped clean up Delhi air
PM2.5 levels dropped by 50% during the lockdown in the national capital, a new CPCB study said
Earth may temporarily pass dangerous 1.5℃ warming limit by 2024, major new report says
The report found while greenhouse gas emissions declined slightly in 2020 due to COVID-19, they remained very high
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Decent outcome on 2020 Ambition
The text on ‘Chile Madrid Time for Action’ may have just salvaged this CoP
World breached safe atmospheric CO2 levels 33 years ago
Global consumption of fossil fuels, the primary source of CO2 emissions, has gone up by 78 per cent in last three decades
Katowice offers last chance
To limit warming to 1.5°C, countries must revise national plans at the upcoming climate conference
Ocean floor disintegrating rapdily due to manmade CO2
Excess carbon dioxide in the sea is using all the seafloor calcite that has helped maintain pH levels for millennia, says the study published in&…
World’s first bio-brick can help reduce CO2 emissions
University of Cape Town researchers have developed world’s first bio-brick from human urine
In carbon negative Sikkim, emissions are on the rise
A preliminary report by the Sikkim government suggests the green state is carbon-negative, but emissions are on the rise
Climate change will make rice less nutritious, putting millions of the world's poor at risk
As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rise, rice plants produce fewer vitamins and other key nutrients
Rising CO2 level can lead to drier Amazon and bring more rain in African and Pacific forests
Large-scale changes in rainfall can happen based on how tropical forests respond to excess CO2 in the atmosphere
US scraps CO2 monitoring programme that doesn’t cost more than a battle tank
NASA's Carbon Monitoring System provides data on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon stocks to help countries evaluate their progress towards …
Smartphones would be environmentally the most destructive device by 2020: study
85 per cent of their emissions impact comes from production because it needs a lot of energy to produce chip and motherboard of smartphones
Global warming likely to be in the range of 2.2-3.4°C by 2100, breaching limit set under Paris deal
While chance of cataclysmic levels of warming is miniscule, but achieving Paris climate deal’s objective more uncertain
Paris Climate Deal: ambitions and actions on the ground
National pledges on emission reduction made by countries under Paris Agreements will only account for one-third of what is needed to avoid the …
Not just oceans, freshwater bodies are turning acidic as well
Acidification of freshwater bodies is about 10 times faster than oceans
We have breached the planetary limit for nitrogen
India is under the grip of nitrogen pollution, finds the country's first assessment on the impacts of the nutrient
