Carbon footprint of richest in developing countries same as low earners in developed countries, shows report

There is an urgent need for developed countries and China to embrace sustainable lifestyles, authors note

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

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

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

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

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&…

India ranks fifth in national contribution to warming: Study

United States topped the list; China stood second

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

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 …

Carbon dioxide in 2023 comparable to 4.3 billion years ago as global greenhouse gas levels hit all-time high: NOAA

This was the twelfth consecutive year that carbon dioxide levels rose by more than 2 parts per million

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

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, …

CoP26: Carbon budget report puts Net Zero euphoria in place at Glasgow

Net rise of emission for all major countries in 2021

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 Emergency CoP 25: Decent outcome on 2020 Ambition

The text on ‘Chile Madrid Time for Action’ may have just salvaged this CoP

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 …

Katowice offers last chance

To limit warming to 1.5°C, countries must revise national plans at the upcoming climate conference

We’re headed in wrong direction: WMO’s United in Science report outlines action needed

During January-September 2022, CO2 levels were 1.2% higher than same period last year

India witnessed worst levels of human-induced air pollution during 2018-2021: Study

Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune and Chennai recorded huge fluctuations in terms of air pollution

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

Study ranks India’s climate pledges 4th in ambition, 5th in compliance

Eight countries, the EU analysed; Least faith in US policymakers

As told to Parliament (March 28, 2023): India recorded three H3N2 deaths, 1,317 cases 

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

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

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