DTE Coverage: How COP28 negotiated on climate finance, carbon markets and methane

There was ultimately no deal on carbon markets at Dubai; talks have been postponed for Baku

Simply Put: Dubai Floods 2024

How a massive anticyclone caused floods in Dubai and humid heat in Mumbai, on the other side of the Arabian Sea

Anticyclones don’t let other weather systems pass by and create conditions for extreme weather on their peripheries as well

COP28: ‘Mismanagement’ complaints at Dubai Expo City 2020; delegates made to walk in circles for hours

Gathering of global leaders at the venue added to the chaos that was there since the beginning

UAE receives its highest rainfall in 75 years, with 1.5 year’s worth of rain falling over Dubai in 24 hours

Annual mean precipitation averaged over the Arabian Peninsula is likely to increase by the end of the 21st century, according to a study

COP28: Fifth Global Stocktake text attempts stronger language on fossil fuels

The latest GST text has stronger language on fossil fuels, changes in accountability and the recognition of differentiated pathways

DTE Coverage: Dubai Floods 2024

How Down To Earth tracked and reported on the floods that occurred in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates on April 16, 2024

DTE Diary: Our daily account of what happened at COP28

The CSE-DTE team tracked the major happenings on each day of the UNFCCC COP28 in Dubai

Extreme weather events in Mumbai and Dubai

On April 16, 2024, the two cities suffered from two different extreme weather events

Socotra archipelago: Why the Emiratis have set their sights on the Arab world’s Garden of Eden

Experts estimate tHAT 37% of its plant species, 90% reptiles and 95% land snails exist nowhere else in the world

COP28 Declaration on Climate and Health signed by 123 nations, $1 billion in financing announced

Declaration will only be considered a success if health comes to the front and centre while discussing fossil fuels or financing, experts tell DTE

COP28 Declaration on climate change and health a landmark move

This first ever move to commit action and finance to combat the health impact of climate change can empower and accelerate mitigation and …

A COP28 recap with CSE-DTE

As the world converges on Baku later this year, here are some interesting details from the COP gone by

COP28: New Initiative to tackle debt & climate change launched by Kenya, Colombia, France

Countries announce coalition of experts to review linkages between debt, nature and climate change   

Simply Put: Of broken promises

Emissions from oil have risen most during last one year; overall global carbon emission reached all time high

Emission reduction reaches a plateau; overshoot to 1.5-degree Celsius rise inevitable; says multiple reports

COP28: Global Stocktake Negotiations Day

CSE’s Tamanna Sengupta discusses the negotiations regarding the Global Stocktake in detail

Simply Put: Mirage in the desert

Simply Put: Destination Climate Action

COP Timeline: How climate negotiations have evolved over the years

Follow some key moments in the history of climate talks

What to expect from COP28 2023

Centre for Science & Environment and Down To Earth experts on what negotiations will mainly centre around at COP28 Dubai

US being biggest oil & gas producer should provide finance package for energy transition at COP28: Civil society

US cannot call out other countries for not phasing out at the same time as them, say activists from developing countries

COP28: Important takeaways from the first week of COP28 | Sunita Narain

Here's what we expect from the second week of the United Nations climate change negotiations

COP28 diary (December 5): Negotiations on Adaptation to continue; Industry Day observed at Expo City 2020

Last round of GST negotiations expected on December 6; green public procurement pledge launched

1 of every 10 Indian hospitals could fully or partially shut down by century-end unless deep emission cuts happen: Study

Southeast Asia most vulnerable global region; experts state that climate-health linkage is not a priority