Trump’s battle with California busts myths about American climate policy

The development should end the illusion that sub-national action will suffice

Using the ocean to fight climate change raises serious environmental justice and technical questions

Ocean affects everyone on the planet, but not everyone will have the same relationship to it or the same opportunities to have their opinions heard

Climate clock is ticking: Reset shows world is a year closer to 1.5°C warming threshold

According to recent estimates, only 500 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide can be emitted from 2020 onwards if we are to stay below the 1.5 C …

Best way to remove carbon: Sequestering it in its natural sinks

To curb desertification, we need to restore degraded soil via forestry, improve vegetative cover, enhance water use efficiency, reduce soil …

Defunding environment programmes in US will affect the world

The Energy Star Programme, which has prevented 2.8 billion tonnes of GHG emissions, is being defunded

Cities take the lead by setting emission reduction targets

Cities are responsible for a large chunk of greenhouse gas emissions due to concentration of economic activity

Norway on aKutt campaign

Run-up to COP27: DTE’s coverage of loss and damage in Africa due to climate change

Africa is suffering from losses in agriculture, employment and faces food insecurity due to global warming

How crop burning affects Delhi's air quality

Polash Mukerjee from Centre for Science and Environment explains how crop burning in Punjab and Haryana affects Delhi's air quality

Simply Put: Achieving net zero

Under the microscope: LULUCF

Several Annex I countries are lobbying for shoddy accounting practices that would weaken their overall emissions targets

Is India on track to meet its Paris commitments

The country may not meet its targets completely but is within reach to achieve a substantial part of it

It’s banned and depletes ozone layer, still China uses it

The Environmental Investigative Agency has found that CFC-11, a gas banned under the Montreal Protocol, is being used extensively in East Asia, …

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 …

HFC phase down: what is the relationship between cost and ambition?

Coming to a consensus on the relationship between cost and ambition will be crucial in determining the nature of the HFC phase-down amendment

US emissions inflict $1.9 trillion in global losses

A report found that the emissions caused by the US has inflicted severe losses on poorer countries through heatwaves, crop failures and other …

Climate colloquy: All about net zero

An exclusive series based on CSE’s new book Climate Change: Science and Politics to answer your climate change queries.

Designed for developing

All programmes to mitigate climate change are being designed for developing nations.

Political declaration - Update I

A deal just reached between the US and BASIC countries appears to undermine every principle of effective collective action on climate change

An Interaction with Jairam Ramesh

Jairam Ramesh gave details of how the Copenhagen Accord was negotiated, the role of the BASIC group in negotiations and the domestic action …

Fall in place

Less than a quarter of emission targets from Paris climate agreement met in 7 years

World is not on track to achieve forest goals of ending and reversing deforestation by 2030

NASA spots 50 methane super-emitters on Earth

Most of these sites have ties with agriculture and fossil fuel industries

Climate goals at stake: State support for fossil fuels almost doubled in 2021

51 countries doubled the amount of expenditure on fossil fuels, according to an analysis by OECD and IEA

5 charts that show CoP26 has hardly anything to show for itself yet

CoP26 is ending in two days but climate action is proceeding at snail’s pace