Climate Emergency CoP 25: 22 million people will be displaced in 2019 by extreme weather events, says WMO

The State of Global Climate 2019 says that once-in-a-century climate events are becoming regular

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Developed countries have largely consumed world's carbon budget

The historical division of the carbon pie has been iniquitous, with rich, developed countries taking the lion's share 

Factsheet: The emissions imbalance

In 2007, the US had less than 5 per cent of the global population, but it accounted for 20 per cent of global CO2 emissions. India, with almost …

Bonn fails to deliver need of hour as climate clock ticks away

The 50th United Nations Bonn Climate Change Conference didn’t include key findings on global warming

Bangkok climate negotiations: The fate of the Adaptation Fund

Discussions dedicated to the Fund are not focussing on critical issues namely, the composition of its Board and reform in the way the Fund …

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  

For Al Gore, youth is the driver of climate debate

The renewable-energy enthusiast’s message was a ray of hope for civil society and non-government organisations at the Paris climate meet

The `hot' debate

Operationalisation of equity and financial assistance will determine the future of climate negotiations

Ed Miliband makes a potentially transformative pitch for CoP 26 Glasgow presidency

He must clarify position on carbon markets, genuinely work in partnership with world

Climate Emergency CoP 25: We have reached the edge — FULL COVER STORY

The world needs to give up carbon by 2050. Are we on track? Read Down To Earth's full cover package published ahead of the Madrid gig

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Technologies being experimented to become net zero carbon

Natural sinks cannot sequester all the carbon we currently emit each year

Climate Emergency CoP 25: New platform linking oceans and climate launched in Madrid

The new platform aims to integrate sensible ocean-based solutions into climate targets

#FridaysForFuture: Students demand climate action

Inspired by Swedish teen Greta Thunberg, thousands of youth from across the globe hit the streets

Africa presents united front and calls for action at COP22

Africa's key priority is to ensure that global ambitions are in line with the continent’s development goals

Climate talks now focus on health adaptation

As the global negotiations increasingly talk about the impacts of climate change on health, the upcoming UN CoP meet in Morocco will debate one …

Paris Climate Talks Day 1: oh, so pious

Going by the happenings on the first day, the gathering at Paris seems to be all about homilies

New CoP president’s first foreign engagement disappoints

In addition to being regressive on equity, ambition and markets, Claire O'Neill also has disturbing ideas about the new mantras of 'net zero'…

India to develop policy to deal with stranded marine species

Union government developing a policy to conserve the marine turtle population

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Two different worlds exist at CoP 25 in Madrid

The world of political negotiators behind closed doors and that of young activists and other stakeholders outside is hardly seeing eye-to-eye

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Climate-linked health impacts not a priority yet, says WHO

Lack of funding is one of the reasons for the low priority

First week at COP 22: discussions on crucial issues stalled due to lack of consensus

There has been a near-zero progress on pre-2020 action as most discussions have gotten stalled over fundamental differences

The significance of New York climate summit

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s diplomacy push before the Lima Conference of Parties is an opportunity to pull states away from rhetoric …

December In Copenhagen

Parties at Bonn find ways to make draft text ‘balanced’

The text that was released on October 5 was supposed to be more clear, structured and concise

The endgame at Cancun