Global emissions are way off target: what needs to happen

Four key questions on climate change and what their answers would mean 

New CoP 26 Glasgow president: Alok Sharma distracts from national ambition

Nature-based solutions and Net Zero are welcome and adaptation finance is crucial. But they must not distract from enhancing countries’ …

FULL COVERAGE: Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals CoP in Gandhinagar

Climate emergency: A question of semantics?

Framing the changing climate as an emergency is preventing progress towards climate action

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

Report at migratory species CoP flags rapid decline in India’s raptor population

State of India’s birds evaluated status of 867 species, using data from birdwatchers  

Narendra Modi flags off UN migratory species meet; brings up Joint Forest Management

PM skips any mention of Forest Rights Act in speech to CMS CoP13 at Gandhinagar

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

Prince Charles pushed markets over State at Davos

Entirely at odds with his long advocacy of coercive state action on environmental issues

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

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Negotiations drag on, African group expresses worry over outcome

We would rather that there be no decision on some issues than having a bad decision, leaders of the African Group of Negotiators say

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Ranking of top climate change performers disregards consumption question

Reducing consumption needs to be a central axis of the global mitigation agenda

Climate Emergency CoP 25: New index makes scathing critique of climate laggards

Approval of Adani mine makes Australian government an “increasingly regressive force”  

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Chile pushes for ambitious outcome in Madrid

However, even as the event reached its last day, resolution of key issues is still awaited

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Protests and climate summits will make politicians deliver

Climate multilateralism on shaky ground but summits help enforce accountability

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Carbon capture does more harm than good

It increases air pollution and social costs

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Carbon capture essential to our future

To allow recovery of the atmosphere, storage of CO2 is necessary for 10,000 years

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Will the world be net carbon zero by 2050

To attain the 1.5°C warming target, the world must completely stop using coal

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Developed countries have already exhausted the Earth’s carbon budget

Carbon space for Africa and India will be pittance; China too is consuming more carbon from the budget

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Why 2020 is a critical year for the planet

This is the year countries will declare the second round of their national targets to reduce GHGs

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Protesters thrown out of venue for opposing slow progress in talks

Protesters have repeatedly pointed out the disconnect between the reality of climate change and the slow pace of negotiations without any …

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: India is the only major economy to be ‘2 degree compatible’

The US, China and the EU are ‘highly insufficient’ in their efforts to reduce GHG emissions