What happened to India’s flood management plan?
There is no national-level flood control authority in India — 43 years after the country’s first and last commission …
Inheritance of loss
Economic losses due to extreme weather events reach record high while nations spar over liability
Cricket among sports to be hit by climate change: Study
Excess heat, rising sea levels, changes in precipitation may derail global sports
We just blew past 1.5 degrees. Game over on climate? Not yet
We haven’t yet failed to meet our Paris targets, but the July record shows us we are dangerously close to the line
Surviving heatwaves: What can India learn from France
Heatwave events caused 22,223 deaths from 1992 to 2015 in India
Southeast Asians worried about food security, extreme weather events, shows climate survey
ASEAN countries must stop building new coal plants, say over half the respondents
Pastoral community in Kenya at high risk from climate change
Lack of livelihood options makes herders more vulnerable
Bitter harvest: farmers kill selves
Freak weather destroys crops across India
Climate impact: Europe is warming two times faster than rest of planet
Over 16,000 deaths in continent in 2022 due to meteorological, hydrological and climate-related hazards, found WMO & Copernicus …
Understanding climate patterns: What are El Nino and La Nina?
El Nino and La Nina are opposing climate patterns in the equatorial Pacific Ocean that can affect weather worldwide
North India Deluge 2023: Rainfall during July 1-10 broke multiple records
Excess to large excess rainfall in almost 40% of country at the end of the period, but over half was still rain deficient
Amid hurricanes and wildfires, Trump gives science a cold shoulder
“I don’t think science knows actually. It’ll start getting cooler,” US President Donald Trump said during a briefing on …
Climate change: Scientists look at 20th century data, heat extremes for early-warning signals
The study found that early-warning signals existed before global warming and were possibly due to the interplay of multiple environmental determinants
31 iconic sites at risk from climate change, warns UNESCO report
The report gives a miss to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Sundarbans in India
Looking back: How did climate change alter the world this year?
2020 is on course to become the third-warmest year on record; the development put in motion several catastrophic events
Alphonso’s last call?
The world’s best mango is perishing in coastal Maharashtra, which grows most of the crop. The culprits are climate change and unsustainable …
El Nino may remain till April 2024, may push temperatures even higher: WMO
May cause further rise in global average temperatures, more extreme weather events
Climate change to cut South Asia’s growth by 8.8 per cent by end of century: ADB
GDP loss for Maldives projected at 12.6 per cent, for India 8.7 per cent
Avg global temperature can rise by 1.5°C in next 5 years: WMO report
Countries under 2015 Paris Agreement had agreed to try and limit average global temperature rise to below 2°C by the end of the century
Extreme weather: India’s death toll 1,357 from 19 events in 2019, flags DTE report
Over 300 died from floods, heavy rain in Bihar, 292 died from heat waves, shows report
‘Attribution studies help increase awareness about links between human activities and climate change’
Down To Earth talks to Wenxia Zhang, author of paper on attribution of extreme heat & drought events in 2022 at COP28
Tropical Storm Hilary pounds Southern California with heavy rain, flash flooding
California had only one confirmed tropical storm landfall in the past in September 1939
Farmers want support
Say they are more vulnerable due to erratic weather
Heatwaves, droughts, extreme rain may be near permanent in 20 countries at 1.5°C warming
Study warns climate impact may increase multiple extreme events that occur simultaneously or consecutively
Rural women have resilience to cope with climate risks: study
Women use creative ways to manage food and nutrition security in their households in lean months, shows an ongoing study in Faizabad, Uttar …