ICMR, central drug regulator admit COVID-19 vaccine side effects; health ministry rubbishes claim

Government called revelations ‘ill-informed & erroneous’

We’re entering a new phase of COVID, where we each have to assess and mitigate our own risk. But how?

COVID vaccines aren’t perfect and don’t completely stop transmission, but they greatly reduce your likelihood of becoming …

Nearly every child will face frequent heatwaves by 2050: UNICEF 

1 in 4 children lives in areas where the average heatwave event lasts 4.7 days or longer

Climate finance: Donors give less than they claim; and not for mitigation to needy countries

Mitigation finance primarily went to middle-income countries such as Brazil, India, Mexico and Indonesia

Climate crisis: Expect more extreme heatwaves in near future

India witnessed a concurrent increase in meteorological droughts and heatwaves in various parts of the country over the last 60 years

Omicron in southern Africa: Zimbabwe tries to pull all stops

The country recorded 4,367 new cases December 14, 2021  

Abandonment, poverty, sexual exploitation: Why Indian women pay a higher price for climate crisis

Women have limited ability to overcome climate shocks compared to their male counterparts: It is an uneven playing field. But a gradual …

Natural wealth of the nations

 Wealth is increasing in the world but will not be sustainable in countries that have degraded their natural environment or capital: World …

CoP26: Women need more space at the climate table

Climate change does not affect everyone equally: Women are disproportionately more vulnerable. This should ideally mean more women having a …

Former UK PM Gordon Brown now WHO ambassador for global health financing

Brown had warned that 100 million COVID-19 vaccines would go waste unless global leaders shared surplus supplies with the poorest countries 

Is Kamala Harris a reliable climate leader?

Harris, the democratic vice-presidential candidate, expressed support for the Green New Deal, but has represented the establishment wing of the …

World to need 10 bln-plus more cooling machines: Report

Energy-efficient cooling can help avoid the equivalent 460 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases added to the atmosphere

The paradox of cooling

For a tropical country like India, there is not much to cherish about. The number of unbearably hot days experienced by India and Bangladesh will rise

First real-time digital platform to monitor rice fields can bolster food security

Researchers are developing the first real-time monitoring platform for rice fields, which will give information about the quantity of rice …

COVID-19 shows the world needs physicians who can look beyond medical charts

COVID-19 has placed a spotlight on the field of social medicine. It has done so by showing up inherent injustices in society

Africa's energy sector has most opportunities for investing in climate change: Survey

All respondents who see climate change more in terms of market opportunities have private equity investments in Africa

CSE on CoP 25: What we want on equity

The world is facing an existential threat. But it is also clear that without equity, ambition is not possible

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Large sections of western media insensitive to equity question

The Guardian and many others still believe developed nations are on track with climate targets

Negotiating the future

On the eve of the start of the CoP 6 negotiations a quick look at representation in the Hague

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Equity should be a practical necessity, not a moral nicety

Richest 10 per cent population produces half of Earth’s fossil-fuel emissions

Equity and per capita entitlement has to be the basis for fair climate deal says UK Climate minister

CoP-8, through the eyes of youngsters

CSE gives children an opportunity to voice their concerns on global environmental governance, in their own way

Jayanthi Natarajan's statement in Durban on the issue of a new legally binding treaty

Equity Watch

Green Climate Fund: Yes and No

The Durbanator reports

Compliance: More words

After a week of negotiations the compliance working group has produced nothing but even lengthier texts and more brackets, in short, a complete farce.